Who: East 17

Where and when: Dance lounge, 10.30pm

Dress code: Checked shirts, shaved heads but, sadly, no white puffa jackets.

What happened: East 17 were reasonably punctual, and that is pretty much the best thing that can be said about this performance. The trio (minus songwriter Tony Mortimer) opened with a limp rendition of Steam, a move that suggested they had overestimated the crowd's knowledge of their back catalogue. Next came a few incomprehensible, R&B-tinged numbers that likely date back to their days as E17. Finally, there was a glimmer of hope when they performed a quite lovely version of If You Ever, the former No 1 duet with Gabrielle. But the audience, who sang along loudly and surprisingly melodically, were then treated to a "remixed" version of their song Alright. This is in between singer Brian Harvey telling the crowd this gig "made my whole career worthwhile", delivering a sermon on gun crime, intercepting songs with "Ole, ole, ole, ole …" and, bizarrely, getting the crowd to engage in call and response with the words "Britain's Got Talent". A fittingly weird performance for a night that will be remembered by few for the Walthamstow trio's "comeback" performance.

High point: If I Ever, a classic song (by the largely forgettable artist Shai) sung by fans who didn't know how much they loved it until now.

Low point: Rambling B-sides and non-descript songs. Not even Take That could pull off album tracks from 1995!

In a tweet: I'm all for a ban on knife crime, but onstage banter + shambolic show = a Pontin's weekend break.