Hits like ‘Chelsea Dagger’ and ‘Whistle for the Choir’ propelled the Glasgow trio and they soon had fans and critics addicted, thanks to their honest and quite brilliant anthems.

Despite taking a time-out in 2009, the band got back together in 2012 and they haven’t looked back since.

Workaholic front-man Jon Fratelli didn’t pause for a breath during that particular sabbatical, releasing material with Codeine Velvet Club, and some solo work.

Speaking exclusively to Times Out, Jon revealed that he is still finds it ‘comical’ that the Fratellis are still so well received.

The band are playing King Tuts Wah Wah Hut Friday, August 21.

Jon said: “It’s something that I’m still constantly surprised by-I don’t know why I’m surprised by it.

“I’m just surprised that we are still being allowed to go and do our stuff, you know?

“Maybe it’s a long habit of feeling like your pushing your luck!

“10 years later you think ‘the wheels will come off any day now’ – but they haven’t seemed to, maybe they will tomorrow.”

Taking nothing for granted, Jon is just back from Italy-where the band have just played some sell-out shows, he said: “Being allowed to go and travel , and just having people to go and play to is something that it has taken me a while to realise is; without an audience-it’s not even a band.”

Realising how fortunate he is, Jon enlightened the Evening Times on the differences between audiences-with some unexpected results, he said: “It’s hard to put into words what the differences are, but it’s tangible.

“Milan was a great crowd-they’re just loud.

“It’s a completely different culture, Italians are very expressive-UK audiences are a bit more reserved.

“Italian audiences-when they are having a good time-you can hear them above the music, I mean you can hear them above Mince’s drumming –and believe me that takes a lot.”

“We (Glasgow audiences) do it differently; we do it in between songs –and they do it throughout the songs.

“It’s not better or worse-it’s just a cultural thing I guess.”

Legendary venue King Tuts is set to offer fans another close-up and intimate gig following the success of their last performance there in April 2014.

Set to release their fourth album, ‘Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied’ The Fratellis went back to the man who produced not only ‘Costello Music’ but also some of Jon’s solo work- legendary producer, Tony Hoffer, Jon said: “Apart from him doing our first record, and a couple of records with me, I had always kept in touch with him.

“Basically what he (Tony) said to me was ‘Jon, I’m your biggest fan’ and as soon as he said that then I realised that we had the perfect guy to make the record then.

“As soon as he was on board, everything became easy.

“All of this entire record was made-just for the hell of it.”

Jon revealed to us what fans can expect when they come to see them, he said: “We go from gig, to gig, to gig and by that point we will be desperate to play as many new songs as possible.

“We will be throwing in two or three a night anyway but it’s always a balancing act.

“It’s almost pointless saturating an audience with new songs, you know?

Fans attending can expect this, but also the classic tracks that they know from the back catalogue, as Jon and the guys are keen to repay their faithfulness.

Jon said: “If people pay money for a ticket, they’re entitled to get what they want from it.

“Over the last 18 months of touring we have played the new songs-but also every old one that we know people will want to hear.

“There’s no chance that were not playing that stuff, it makes no sense-and I think it would be unfair.

“Sometimes the gigs just get longer and longer; because we have so many songs that we want to play.

“You know, it’s a sort of unofficial trade-off between a band and the crowd-because ,to me anyway, is what keeps you motivated and even bothering to do it-certainly the creation part of it- it becomes almost like a ‘we’ll give you what you want-and we’ll also get what we want at the same time.’

“But when bands are playing new songs-it’s when their tails are up.

The Fratellis are playing King Tuts Wah Wah Hut August, 21.

Doors open at 8.30pm

Tickets can be bought from: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/the-fratellis-glasgow-21-08-2015/event/36004EC29DFC2EF5?brand=dfc_gis&camefrom=CFC_UK_DFC_GIS

Tickets cost £20