The Pretenders, Southampton Guildhall

CHRISSIE Hynde - the ultimate bad girl of rock and roll - steamed into Southampton ready to give a powerful performance for her adoring fans.

After initial problems with the sound - remedied when the crowd at the front shouted they couldn't hear her - Chrissie was in ultimate control all night.

Her voice seems better than ever and when she performed a backlog of hits for the encore, it was as though she was back in her heyday.

She swore, she strutted, she was outrageously sexy - she even played a coquettish vamp at one stage - and she was clearly loving it.

Her band are all accomplished musicians and they literally made the floor shake.

When she announced they were going to do some material from the last century - it made you realise some of her best material is 20-odd years old. But, like fine wine, her best material has matured and stood the test of time.