It was a cool night. The full moon shone with a brilliance that lit up the night sky, as stars peppered the heavens. And with Valentine's Day less than a week away, it was the perfect setting for a gloriously romantic date. Either that or a rock concert.

Thousands thronged Fort Canning Park on Wednesday to spend the night with two of the most exciting live bands from the United Kingdom: The Vaccines and Kasabian.

The Vaccines kicked off the night with their rambunctious 45-minute set and got the crowd going with a slew of songs, including Blow It Up and Wreckin' Bar (off their debut album, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?) and other non-album tracks such as Tiger Blood.

Then it was Kasabian's turn. The Leicester band offered a salvo of songs from their latest album, Velociraptor, such as Days Are Forgotten (complete with its Led Zeppelin-esque yell), Rewired, Switchblade Smiles and the title track, as well as tracks from earlier offerings, including crowd favourites such as L.S.F., Club Foot, Vlad The Impaler, Where Did All The Love Go?, Empire and Underdog.

Unlike other bands, Kasabian didn't need to resort to any showboating or fancy production to carry the show, relying on the strength of their songs to get the crowd going. And they got going.

Interestingly, it was guitarist Serge Pizzorno who turned out to be more of a front man than singer Tom Meighan. He got the crowd raring as he exhorted them to sing along, took over lead vocal duties on La Fee Verte and Take Aim, and was, by far, the most animated member of the band.

But you couldn't deny Meighan's presence. He had the rock 'n' roll swagger down pat, but could turn it on its head with sentimental sensitivity on slower songs like Goodbye Kiss. (He also told of how his mother grew up in Singapore when she was a child and dedicated the song to his family.)

Meanwhile, the remaining members of the band - Chris Edwards, Ian Matthews, Jay Mehler and Ben Kealey - kept up a steady tempo of rhythms and melodies as they locked in with riffs and solos.

Sure, some may say the 17-song set was a tad too short, but if you wanted a good rock 'n' roll show, then you could do worse than the double whammy of The Vaccines and Kasabian. It was worth every cent of the ticket price.