PERFORMING with Kings of Leon, playing at Glastonbury and touring the USA – there’s no denying Glaswegian rockers Twin Atlantic are enjoying the big time.

Their third album The Great Divide topped the UK rock charts earlier this year and the quartet joined rock titans 30 Seconds to Mars on the European leg of their arena tour in February.

It’s a dramatic transformation for a band which worked tirelessly in its infancy to reach the cusp of superstardom.

Now Twin Atlantic will return to Southampton for the first time since 2012 for a headline show at The O2 Guildhall on November 4.

Although the great divide may be more than 400 miles away from their native Glasgow but Southampton is a city held in high regard by the band, as frontman Sam McTrusty explains.

“We used to come down to play The Joiners – we did two or three headline shows there. It was one of the first places that we ever sold out a gig in England, even before London and northern cities”, he told the Daily Echo.

“Then we supported the Subways at the Guildhall and we couldn’t believe there was a venue like that. To get to go back there in 2012 and do it on our own made us a bit more romantic about going there. We had our own little story about playing the smaller venues to playing much, much bigger ones.

“We have been coming down for seven years and it will be good to come back. For people to still want to see us will be a massive honour.”

They may have become a huge rock band in their own right but Sam remains humble over their successes.

He said the reaction to the new album has been positive and 2014 has been “one of the best years” for Twin Atlantic.

Heart and Soul, the first single from The Great Divide, enjoyed extensive radio airtime and culminated in supporting Kings of Leon at the Milton Keynes Bowl in June.

McTrusty added: “It’s so hard to pick a highlight this year, we’ve been spoilt. Milton Keynes Bowl with Kings of Leon is a lifelong memory for us all.

“It’s such an iconic venue and they are the next level of any band – they are going to be a band remembered for ever and to play with them is very special.

“All of the UK festivals where so many people came out to watch us was so humbling and encouraging for us. We took our time to bring out our album so it was really encouraging to see people still cared, man.”

So what can fans expect from Twin Atlantic’s headline show in Southampton?

“We are a rock band but sometimes rock music live can have quite a lot of clichés that go badly wrong and takes itself seriously at times, but we are more about making sure the audience has a really good night because we are massive music fans ourselves, and go to a lot of live shows”, McTrusty added.

“We try to take you on a bit of a rollercoaster and I guess we have that type of music that we go from quite the introspective to quite a party atmosphere. We have found our gigs have become quite a big celebration.”

Tickets for Twin Atlantic at Southampton O2 Guildhall are available from livenation.co.uk or from the box office on 02380 632601.

Rory McKeown