The first time I saw Jake Bugg he was the support act at The Old Fire Station, a few months later it was here at the O2 before he moved on to selling out the BIC.

That summer he played to a few hundred thousand people at festivals up and down the country. His rise was pretty meteoric but also well deserved being built on a solid foundation of musical and song writing talent.

Having three successful albums under his belt I have to remind my self that he is still only twenty-two years old.

A low-key entrance saw him coming onto the stage dressed as though he had just popped out for a drink with his mates.

He started the gig with four solo acoustic numbers that went down really well and to be honest I could have listened to a stripped back set for the rest of the evening.

Hearing songs performed in their most basic form allows you to fully appreciate the talent of the artist and this really came across well in this first short segment.

Song five saw the rest of the touring band join Jake on stage with the tempo and volume being cranked up a fair few notches along with the response of the crowd.

He then tore through a set of ballads, pop and rock tunes all delivered in his own very distinctive style.

Some of the songs from the albums always sound to me as though they have a slight Country twang in the delivery and on occasions the band could have even been on stage in Nashville but playing at double speed.

That's not meant as a negative and the man himself has quoted Johnny Cash as an influence.

His guitar work is excellent as is his voice; there are tunes that could be sung to a couple of people and songs that sound equally at home in the bigger venues.

He only spoke a couple of times to thank the crowd for coming along and listening to the new songs, he has never been a great talker and is happier to let the songs do that for him.

I don't mind that at all as it means we get more songs in the relatively short set.

The last bars of Lightning Bolt rang out and he was gone, no encore tonight but even at only 75-minutes I am sure the crowd left feeling they had more than had their moneys worth.