THE teenyboppers might well have body swerved the King Tut's tent for Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott.

The credible remnants of The Beautiful South were certainly catering to the older element of the T in the Park clientele when their performance began.

They did so deftly, with a set largely composed of Beautiful South and Housemartins hits in which the occasional new song such as DIY stood up well.

Paul Heaton highlighted the generation gap, passing a bottle of wine to the "teenagers" stuck at the front, who are "waiting for someone less s••• to come on".

But then the heavens opened and young and old alike were driven under canvas.

And the veterans thrived on the atmosphere, turning the tent into a singalong, with the odd cry of "who are you" drowned out by shouts of recognition, and enthusiastic participation in hooky verses and catchy choruses : Rotterdam, Old Red Eyes is Back, Five Get Over Excited and Keep it All In all featured as well as Don't Marry Her (unlike at Glastonbury, they played the R rated version).

All topped off with venerable Housemartins tune Happy Hour, sung a capella, to send everyone back out to face the weather with smiles on faces.