Returning to York Barbican for the third time, The Overtones are touring once again, promoting their latest album, Saturday Night At the Movies.

Originally formed in 2010, the five-piece harmony group have been steadily growing in popularity ever since.

Solo singer Si Cranstoun set the tone for the evening as the opening act. Backed only by the soundtrack of his own CD, the audience immediately warmed to his beaming grin and excellent vocal talent, his charisma and clear unabashed enjoyment creating a powerful, passionate performance and getting the audience nice and ready for the main act.

Following a bombastic, cinema-styled entrance, The Overtones quickly had the crowd moving and shaking with a medley of old and new songs, crooner classic and creative covers, all filtered through their own delightful doo-wop style. People were soon dancing in the aisles.

All looking extremely dapper in their matching blue blazers, these English, Irish and Aussie gentlemen really know how to put on a show, encouraging everyone to join in and sing along. They even joined the audience at one point, using a cleverly timed wardrobe change to sneak off stage and appear suddenly in our midst, much to the surprise of the ecstatic crowd.

Wonderfully raucous, indisputably classy and just a ton of fun, The Overtones really brought the party to York.

Review by Robert McKelvey