The highly anticipated debut of Las Vegas indie rockers The Killers lived up to the hype as an even bigger crowd than day one of the Tennent's Vital Festival turned out to welcome the double Brit winners to Belfast.

The rain stayed off for the second night in a row, delighting the festival goers who were there to see some of the biggest names in music.

Supporting The Killers were Leicester band Kasabian, New York DJ/producer Mark Ronson, The Shins and Albert Hammond Junior.

Among the celebrities who turned out to see the band was Irish rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll, who stepped out with the vast majority of his squad, including Shane Horgan.

Mark Ronson said he was thrilled to be in Belfast and got a rapturous reception from the crowd.

On the Radio One stage, local bands Kharma 45 and Alloy Mental wowed the crowd.

Glenn Rosborough, lead singer of Kharma 45, said it had been one of their best gigs to date.

"The crowd was mental, even better than Oxegen," he said.

"It's always great to play on home soil."

Kasabian kicked off their set with the hit single Shoot The Runner, taken from their second album Empire, before playing all the crowd-pleasers, including LSF, Me Plus One, Club Foot and Processed Beat.

But it was The Killers who, not surprisingly, got the biggest cheer of the night as they played their first ever gig in Northern Ireland.