Bradford turned out in force last night to honour one of the icons of the '80s.

Belinda Carlisle, pictured, turned back the clock before a packed Pennington's Live club in Manningham Lane.

She might be 45, but she doesn't look it. And for more than an hour last night she wound back the clock with some of her hits of 15 to 20 years ago.

It was in December 1987 that Belinda reached her peak when her debut solo single, Heaven is a Place on Earth, reached number one, but her roots go back further than that.

She went back to her Punk beginnings during her show last night with some of her hits from the Go-Gos.

Bradford certainly gave her a warm reception when she came on stage just after 11pm last night and they were still cheering when she came on for an encore at gone midnight.

Half-an-hour later she was still belting out a range of songs which showed that she's lost none of the power and emotion in her voice. She might have peaked in 1987 but she had a succession of hits through the 1990s including In Too Deep and Always Breaking My Heart.

The warmest applause was reserved for Heaven is a Place on Earth and Leave a Light On (number four in 1989). Then came Circle in the Sand (another number four, this time from 1988) which really wound up the crowd.

And for her encore she gave us Runaway Horses (number 40, from 1990).

They gave her a real Bradford welcome - the atmosphere was more like Carlisle United than Belinda Carlisle at times - but she seemed to appreciate it.

Pennington's might not be an ideal venue for a concert - viewing can be a little limited - but it seems Bradford folk are happy to turn out to see the stars of the past.

After all, over the next few weeks Pennington's is playing host to The Hollies, the Commitments, a version of Bay City Rollers, a large helping of Spandau Ballet (Hadley, Norman and Keeble) and, wait for it, Black Lace.