Kings Of Leon got a few lessons in stadium rock from supporting U2 early in their career.

But whereas Bono and Co use elaborate stage sets like 'The Claw', this Nashville group play simple rock 'n' roll with an unwavering intensity, and connect to the audience through their instruments.

For a band so stoic, performing at Slane Castle in front of 80,000 fans could have been a disaster.

But on Saturday night the Kings Of Leon proved it is possible to engage an arena of this size without gimmickry.

It helped that the band could draw on tracks from their two most recent multimillion-selling albums, Only by the Night and Come Around Sundown.

There were few introductions, but with giant crowd-pleasing hits to deploy, like Sex On Fire and Use Somebody, the Kings really didn't...