Three months ago, Dundee four-piece The View were playing tiny college venues.

On Friday night, Celebrity Big Brother turn Donny Tourette strode to the front of the queue at a special "intimate" show for XFM prizewinners and guests to join View admirers Carl Barat (ex-Libertines) and Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie.

Today, The View's debut album, Hats Off To The Buskers has entered the charts at No1.

So how have the band achieved this rush of success? By being one of the most exciting live acts to emerge in years. Friday's show found them pivoting between the first heady thrills of success and the full-on madness of rock stardom.

Already guitarist Pete Reilly has morphed from a shambling kid into a shapethrowing, chest-flashing guitar hero. While it's fair to say that even if the band were recording Exile On Main Street, drummer Steve Morrison would still be sporting leisurewear, part of The View's appeal is that they're absolutely convinced of their own brilliance.

The set's opener, Comin' Down, shot up like a bottle-rocket, a mangle of filthy guitars and Who-style screaming from moptopped singer Kyle Falconer.

Hit single Wasted Little DJs was similarly ecstatic, and yet despite The View's confidence, they seemed less convinced by their audience.

These were 20-something London hipsters, not messy teenagers, and Reilly looked peeved when he drawled to the crowd: "Even though you're all dressed much cooler than the frontman you're standing still - get involved!"

The sweet jangle pop of current radio hit Same Jeans became a thrillingly aggressive roar, and the band drove the set home with a spiky Superstar Tradesman.

The View are a special band, on the verge of making it big. Now all they have to do is keep their heads - even if, on Friday night at least, nobody around them was losing theirs.