The 13-piece orchestra from New York should make some sight, promising to overwhelm the stage with monstrous horns and bass, polyrhythmic beats and funky breaks, all wrapped up in furious English, Spanish and Yaruban lyrics.

A spokesman for the Reading Rooms said, “I've caught the band live a couple of times at sold-out shows at The London Jazz Cafe and they are amazing.

“They sound great, from the massive battery of interweaving percussion lines, all the way to the horn soloists. Personally, I think they will be one of the best live acts to grace a stage in Dundee......ever!”

Since 1998, the Brooklyn-based co-operative Antibalas (“anti-bullets” or “bulletproof” in Spanish) has carried the Afrobeat torch ignited by the late Nigerian singer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.

Their sound combines highlife, jazz, funk and traditional African rhythms informed with unabashed political conviction. The band has spread its inferno to festivals and world-class venues in over 15 countries.

Having opened for James Brown, No Doubt, Wyclef Jean, Trey Anastasio and more at some of the world’s best venue, they’ll have no problem rocking the audience at this year’s Glastonbury festival.

So be in no doubt that tickets for next week will be almost as hard to find as T in the Park passes.

That’s a over-used sentiment thousands of musicians have expressed, especially if they haven’t sold a thousand records, never mind a million.

But when it comes from Perth’s Michael Rattray, formerly of Mylar and now fronting the Michael Rattray Allstars, you get the feeling he means it.

“If we don’t sell thousands of copies of our album then we’ll just make another one. The songs stand by themselves and it doesn’t really matter.”

The band’s first album Petticoat Government was recorded last year at the Seagate Studios in Dundee and resulted in them being signed by London label Genepool Records, who released it in February.

“We haven’t sold loads, they haven’t got the money to promote it massively, they just care about the music and want it to be released,” Michael said.

“We’ve started recording the next album and we’re already four songs into it. Stuart Firm is engineering it again, he’s a musical genius, a really great guy and we love working with him, he knows exactly what he’s doing.

“The next album should be out around the end of the year hopefully, but there’s no rush. The quality is what counts.

“We think it’s sounding great, the new material is getting a lot rockier, more in your face, kind of flambouyant and a good laugh.”

The Michael Rattray Allstars will be showcasing some of that new material at their hometown gig at the Twa Tams on Saturday night, with support by Dundee’s Venetian Love Triangle, who are promoting their own recently-released EP.

Doors open around 8.30pm.