It’s been nearly a decade since KT Tunstall last performed in the island and as she pointed out as she bounced onto the stage at the Gaiety, ’that’s way too long’.

Sporting silver astronaut-style trousers, the Scottish pocket rocket launched into an energetic set of power pop that combined old classics and new material.

The Edinburgh-born singer-songwriter was straight into a blistering rendition of ’If Only’ - and pointed out that a Norwegian number one ski jumper was her body double for the video accompanying that 2009 number. ’But she had a bigger bottom!’ she quipped.

Her easy going nature soon had her connecting with the audience, waving their mobile phone torches to Other Side of the World and joining in with the chorus on It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am.

She joked that song - which she admits has one of the lengthiest titles in pop music - was either about how long it took to get the Isle of Man or the protracted journey from puberty into adulthood.

Her truly international band comprised Japanese keyboardistHinako Omori, American drummer Denny Weston and Welsh bass player Rej Ap Gwynedd.

But she was perhaps best on her own, leaping around the stage with her guitar or stamping down on her tambourine and foot-operated loop sequencer.

A highlight was Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, the song which first brought her into the public eye back in 2004 with a solo performance on Later... with Jools Holland.

An emotional Kin, title track to her latest and fifth studio album, was followed by a mash-up which included a creditable spin on The Bangles’ classic Walk Like an Egyptian.

A rousing set ended in an encore of Suddenly I See that brought most of the audience to their feet.

KT praised her support act, local singer-songwriter Alice Dudley who overcame her stage nerves to win over the crowd with original songs and covers.