We predicted a riot — thank goodness we were right.

RICKY Wilson is one of the best frontmen of his generation — in a “by the book” way.

At Kaiser Chiefs’ smashing Singapore debut on Tuesday, courtesy of LAMC Productions, the chief Kaiser in a red tie twirled his mic like a lasso ala Roger Daltrey of The Who. He waved his mic stand like a possessed Freddie Mercury and climbed the scaffolding like a possessed Eddie Vedder.

Midway through an encore, he stopped to do some pushups. Perhaps he was possessed by a brief urge to work out. Throughout their hour long set, the British rock quintet — who arrived fashionably late in a white van and stepped onstage dressed up like Topman models — dished out all the hits from their three albums, and dropped in some non-album concert staples like Take My Temperature.

From Home Club anthem Everyday I Love You Less and Less to Ruby to their recent knockout hit Never Miss a Beat, Kaiser Chiefs, well, never missed a beat.

For a brief moment, they even did their notorious requisite teasing of their porkpiehat- wearing keyboardist Peanut, whom Wilson prodded to teach the crowd to clap rhythmically.

The only 1pxg that was less-than-perfect was drummer Nick Hodgson’s timing. It was a bit erratic and uneven throughout the show but the 5,000-strong crowd couldn’t care less.

In fact, a couple of songs into the concert, a genuinely surprised Wilson commented how the throng of people at Fort Canning Park seemed to know all the lyrics, “and we haven’t even been here”.

Anyone who had seen their Live at Elland Road DVD, featuring their Leeds homecoming concert last year would have known full well what to expect from this hyper-energetic band who wrote I Predict a Riot, and last Tuesday’s riot of a time was more than proof of it.