IT is fair to say after 10 years in the industry, Reverend and the Makers have lost none of their love for the music.

The Sheffield band made their breakthrough in 2007 with top 10 single Heavyweight Champion of the World, going on to performing alongside the likes of Oasis and Arctic Monkeys.

Away from the charts they’ve built up a dedicated following - know affectionately as the Rev Army - and a reputation as a live act that’s worth catching.

Sunday will see the indie rockers return to Bolton and a much larger venue than they played last time.

Frontman Jon McClure said: “Our fans follow us like a football team, they are so passionate. In turn we play gigs in their houses, they get big, people falling through windows! We’ve come to Bolton before, to someone’s house! They love it.

“There’s a great heritage of music in Lancashire, there’s a whole lot of bands from the area. The best bands are from the North, to be honest. Which makes you wonder why the music industry is all based in London.

“We are very much a festival band.

“It’s a party and we have fun doing it. I will do this for life, I’m having a great time and having a laugh.”

A self-confessed ‘motor-mouth’, the 34-year-old can't resists a quick brag about the band’s longevity, though he is quick to point out he has dropped a bit of his ‘moody’ and politically-charged stage persona in favour of ‘having a laugh’.

After the success of their first single, the band went on to bag the top five spot in the album chart spot that same year with The State of Things.

Subsequent singles and three albums, however, did not quite achieve the same success but that hasn’t dampened their drive.

Jon added: “It’s amazing, a lot of bands who we came out with have fallen by the wayside, we don’t seem to get any more or less popular.

“The tide turned against guitar music when we were at our peak time. Our band did well to weather that and continue, it’s a testament to the quality of our music and the fans.

“Bands water down music to be on the radio but I refuse to do that any more, I will be vindicated by history. Cheesy pop music will be a thing of the past.

“I don’t feel I’ve made my best record yet, and if you feel like that and are have a great life playing live then enjoy it.

“I look at Guy Garvey and Elbow making their best music, I know I can carry on here too. I could do this forever!”

Fortunately for the man know to fans as the ‘Reverend’, he appears to be living up to his word with latest album Mirrors receiving high praise from critics following its release in October.

Noel Gallagher and Carl Barât - best known as co -front man of The Libertines - even stepped in to lord it up as a “magnum opus”.

The album was recorded in Jamaica, hence its “psychedelic” vibe explains Jon - and the for the next project the band is jetting off, complete with families, to Thailand where they are hoping to produce a unique album with an “East Asian” flavour.

Anyone heading to the Premier Suite for the second night of Bolton Live needn’t fear they will spend the night listening to less-known songs, as Reverend and the Makers don’t shy away from the tunes which put them in the spotlight in the first place.

“You get bands like Radiohead who don’t want to play Creep, I just think ‘Come on!’ Not everyone knows all your songs.

“Our biggest tunes were heavy Weight Champion and Silence is Talking and we throw them out there.

“The Bolton gig is going to be good. People are going to be jumping up and down, we are not going to have anyone standing still! It’s a party and people are addicted it. You have to see it, it’s not like normal gigs. I assure you it will be a good night!”

Reverend and the Makers will be joining Scouting For Girls, singer Ellie Dibben, Bolton’s Alex James and the Sound, The Brew and France taking to the stage on Sunday.

Tickets are on sale at www.boltonlive.uk.