The Radioactive Pussycats (a.k.a. Atomic Kitten) are a British pop group somewhere along the lines of the Backstreet Boys, except these girls can actually sing. If you’re looking for a full-on, energetic and pumping performance, don’t pick this disc - a Hi-5 disc may have more of what you are after.

Atomic Kitten are made up of Jenny Frost, Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon, who all provide stunning vocals and moving harmonies to their songs. Look to the left, up in the top corner of the review and you can see a picture of the girls in the order set above, running left-to-right. Their dancing efforts are not as exuberant as other pop groups, but the reality of the matter is that you can’t sing when you’re jumping around like an absolute lunatic. They look like they are loving what they’re doing on-stage, with their subtly cheeky dances and slick movements. And then there are the male back-up dancers (David, Martin and Danny) too, who dance like they have either sat down on an upright pen or are slightly disturbed. Scary...

This reviewer was pleasantly surprised with the performance, and it could have been much, much worse. Our esteemed editor Amy actually has some interesting goss about how Atomic Kitten were formed. For those of you old enough to remember the '80s (some of us were just a tad young), you may recall the “ace band� (to quote her directly... love the language) OMD, or Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Well Andy McCluskey (“Andy is the best dancer ever - makes Peter Garrett look coordinated�) from OMD “pretty much invented� Atomic Kitten, and “then the slags dumped him... Ingrates!� Now, a reminder that these are Amy's words, so all hate-mail is to be directed to her. She said I could quote her... (editor's note - erm, oops...)

They then went on to have a few number one singles, as well as a number one album, and have done many covers of older songs such as the Bangles’ Eternal Flame, as well as Kim Wilde's Kids in America and the Motown classic Dancing in the Street, all of which are seen on this DVD. Recently they have had a few more number hits, including Whole Again from their first album Right Now, as well as It’s OK from their new album Feels So Good and The Tide is High (a cover of the Blondie song, which isn't actually on this DVD). The quality of the music on this disc is superb, with some moving tri-part harmonies, powerful leading lines and awesome vocal annunciation. Their retro-style of pop music has its appeal for pop audiences, and fits in perfectly with the Top 40 trash countdown, but still hangs a little bit above the top 40 crud because these girls can actually sing, one talent that many Popstars-style, synthetic, so-called "musicians" are getting away with NOT doing.

This was the first tour for the Kittens, and also their first time with a live band. However hesitant at first, they pursued with a live band, and found out how much more energetic and electric the music could be. The band features Steve on drums, Gordon (for some reason called Pemmo) on bass, Ciaron on keyboards, Julian on guitar and Adam on another set of keys. The energy that leaks from the band is great to watch, and their raw talent screams into the stadium and drives the Kittens home. However, if you’re after some pussy with attitude, look in the restricted section of your video store, or grab Josie and the Pussycats. I know which one I’d have - Josie any day! This ain’t no punk-rock band, but a more wholesome genre of music which shows off the real talent of the girls.

The video transfer of the concert is presented in a 16x9 enhanced widescreen aspect of 1.78:1. The PAL image is superb, and demonstrates an excellent rendition of a live concert with very few problems.

The largest issues would be compression-related artefacts such as aliasing and an ever-so-slight case of posterisation, however these are barely worth mentioning. Blacks are solid, deep and rich with no sign of low-level noise. Colours are rich, bright, bold, fluorescent and simply stunning, with absolutely no colour bleeding. Shot on digital sources, there are no film-artefacts nor any grain, and the picture is consistently sharp and richly detailed. Some minor blocking artefacts can be seen on the more intricate details, such as the out-of-focus band equipment in the background, but you really have to pause the show and search for them.

This is a dual-layered DVD-9 disc, but the layer change is most probably between titles as no pause is detected throughout the 75-minute film duration or the 45-minute documentary duration.

Three stunning audio tracks have been provided, all in English and all of such a high standard. The three tracks are DD 2.0, DD 5.1 and DTS 5.1. Normally this is where the reviewer rants and raves about the DD or DTS surround tracks, but not this time. The track-of-preference would be the DD 2.0 track. This is for a very simple reason, the poor 5.1 mixes. The DD 5.1 track has a lovely rich bass line, but sounds very muffled. The DTS 5.1 track too has a lovely bass line, but is a tad crispy and harsh to listen to. Both surround tracks sound as if they have been distorted while remixing to a six channel soundstage.

For all tracks, the bass levels are appropriate, and dB levels are almost identical for each track – something quite rare with various formats on a music disc. For the surround tracks, the rear channels are used to add ambience, which is a tad over-done and subtracts rather than adds to the experience. The front end of the soundstage is run from the centre-channel, with very little activity in the left and right channels. The subwoofer is constantly humming away with the 5.1 tracks, supporting the music appropriately and powerfully. But for a clear, precise and perfectly-rendered recording of the concert, listen to the 2.0 track. Sure, you get no surrounds, but the surround tracks are nothing to write home about anyway.

For a music disc, this has its fair share of quality extras, starting with the 45-minute featurette entitled The Kitten Diaries. This follows the girls and the band as they prepare for the tour, then take off on their first national sortie, as well as a music video stop-over in South Africa. This is a quality, personal and relevant addition to the disc, and offers a great insight into the band and their personalities, music beliefs and somewhat lunatic antics. The other two features are comprised of music videos, The Tide Is High (3:28) and It’s OK (3:16), the second of which was filmed mid-tour in South Africa near Cape Town. The video and audio quality of all of these features is superb, and is just lacking 16:9 enhancement for the most part of it. Audio is provided in DD 2.0.

This disc is a must-have for fans (obviously) and pop queens, showcasing the girls’ talents on a superb disc. Seriously, its worth a watch for the talent on stage and also, if you’re that way inclined, their beauty too - but each to their own. The video quality is remarkable, and the DD 2.0 audio is superb, let down by two poor 5.1 remixes. The extra features are clever, fun and plentiful. So all you Atomic Kitten fans out there, feel free to rush out and grab this great companion to their growing list of musical talents.