Girl group Katseye are missing two members, but their tour still dazzles

They may have been two members down, but the pop group Katseye received a hero's welcome as they played their first full concert in the UK.

The audience erupted with screams even before the show began, as the band broadcast their music videos on the O2 Arena's big screens, and the noise barely dipped for the next three hours.

It was proof that Katseye have become pop's biggest property (they're currently the most-streamed act on YouTube UK) even while singers Manon Bannerman and Sophia Laforteza are on health-related hiatus.

The stage felt emptier without them, but their bandmates worked hard to fill the gaps, hyping up the crowd with a succession of bass-heavy pop anthems and jaw-dropping dance breaks.

"Are you happy to see us?" asked the band's youngest member, Yoonchae Jeong, as if the answer hadn't been obvious from the moment they appeared in a storm of laser lights and launched into the Brazilian funk workout of Hootie Frutti.

"I think you guys are our loudest crowd ever, literally," marvelled Megan Skiendiel.

The concert was only the second date of the band's Wildworld tour - but fans already knew every twist and turn from social media.

There was even a cheer of relief when Daniela Avanzini survived a complicated lift in the dance routine for Gabriella. On the opening night, her dance partner dropped her. , external