WITH a bang of drums the Sugababes hit the stage at the MEN Arena.

Sporting diamante sunglasses and silver biker jackets, the girls launched into a high energy performance with one of their latest hits, Red Dress.

The crowd went crazy - and the first song proved to be the tip of the iceberg as the girls launched into hit after hit, including a medley of tracks which didn't make their Greatest Hits album.

Keisha sparkled - even more than the dazzling jewel encrusted microphone stands used by the girls, fans screamed for Heidi and banners showed their support for the band's newest member - Welcome to the Sugababes, Amelle, they read.

The hit of the night was Stronger, which they sang to a background of pictures of starving children. As the girls went off for a costume change they played the Make Poverty History "Click" advert which they appeared in alongside Sting, Kylie Minogue and Bob Geldof to name but a few.

The girls stomped back on stage for Walk this Way, their official Comic Relief duet with Girls Aloud, which topped the charts in March.

They entertained with a cover of Primal Scream's Get Your Rocks Off, their chair writhing during Easy got many hot under the collar and the crowd reached fever pitch as they performed Freak Like Me.

With three triple platinum albums, four number ones, a Brit Award and a gig supporting Take That on their Stadium Tour, it's hard to understand why this is the girls' first Arena Tour, but they rose to the challenge in spectacular style.

The girls played out to Hole in My Head and Push The Button, dressed in skinny T-shirt dresses with neon print reading "Feel My Hits".

And feel them the fans did. Dancing in the aisles, lasooing cowboy hats and blowing their whistles.

Sugababes, MEN Arena