Going to a Human League gig felt a bit like accompanying your parents to their school reunion: I found myself surrounded by middle-aged people attempting to relive their youth, and more middle-aged people simply looking for a pleasant evening out.

This isn't to say that the crowd was restrained – they went predictably mental for Don't You Want Me and Together in Electric Dreams, and were only slightly less enthusiastic about the band's other hits. It’s more the case that, being comfortably 20 years younger than the average person there, I felt that I might have been missing something. I know my Mirror Man from my Empire State Human, but even so I think The Human League remain a band best appreciated by those who grew up with them.

Their band’s sound has admittedly aged remarkably well, but it hasn't developed at all.  Even the latest single Night People, released in 2010, sounds like it was recorded in 1988. Probably recognising that the crowd wasn’t expecting any new material, The Human League played just two new songs. Whilst Night People held up well, the decision to open with Electric Shock, the other new track, was odd: someone clearly thought that an unheard song from an unreleased album would be the perfect opening number, and they were sorely mistaken.

Despite this staggered start, the energy picked up by the second song and the band’s major hits were wheeled out throughout the night, most to great effect. Overall the gig was tremendous fun. Phil Oakey's voice has held up remarkably well, and the solid backing band should be commended for managing to feature not one, but two(!) keytars at once: a feat I had previously assumed impractical at best, impossible at worst.

The experience of The Human League live can be summed up by a moment during one song when I witnessed simultaneously a couple attempting to slow-dance and a balding man throwing the horns. I can't say I had expected to see either, but in retrospect, both made perfect sense.

Ultimately the band put on a fantastic show, but one which caters for a slightly niche audience. If you knew their back catalogue well, you would have had a great time watching Oakey relive his glory days. On the other hand, don't expect their live show to make you a fan if you aren't already, or to show you a new side to their music. They play their hits, and they play them pretty damn well – by now you probably know whether or not that sounds worth your while.