Feeder have unfinished business in Brighton. They were last here in December but cut their gig short after just half an hour.

Frontman Grant Nicholas stopped singing in the middle of a song, crippled by a sore throat and unable to continue.

The audience were gutted and so were Feeder. Now they are back to settle the score. "It was a pretty horrible experience," says Grant. "I felt a bit tired before I went on stage, but thought it was just a bug coming on.

"After seven or eight songs my voice just didnt have any power in it. I didnt want to let people down but I didnt want to do any more damage to my voice."

For a band who pride themselves on hard graft, it was a tough call to make. But it was the right decision.

That night Grant was told he had two small haemorrhages on his vocal chords.

Now fully recovered, the band hope to give the crowd - who Grant credits as being "really cool about it" - the full Feeder experience, with plenty of new material to bolster their already hefty, 15-year back-catalogue.

Formed in 1992 in Newport, Feeder are working hard on a new record. The Singles album, a "best of" Feeder anthology, is coming out in May.

"I feel like we're going very strong," says Grant of his band which also includes bassist Taka Hirose and ex-Skunk Anansie drummer, Mark Richardson.

"Musically I think we are stronger than ever. I'm writing some of my best stuff at the moment. I'm always inspired. We never stop and have these long rest periods. We like to keep moving."

Following the tragic suicide of original drummer Jon Lee in 2004, Feeder's heavy rock sound, which saw them compared to bands such as Smashing Pumpkins in the Nineties, has become mellower and more melodic.

"Jon's death has made me more focused, more confident, maybe more grateful," says Grant. "It's also made me more sensitive.

"Horrible things happen to people all the time, but it's only when they happen to you that they change the way you feel. I think it made me do songs I was probably a bit scared to do before, but I have always had those songs in me from day one."

Support on all shows comes from Goldie Lookin' Chain.

Starts 7pm, tickets cost £18.50. Call 0870 9009100