They’ve got the Barrowland bouncing, turned T In The Park yellow and have sold out the O2 ABC tonight.

But Glasgow party machine Colonel Mustard and the Dijon Five have an even bigger target in mind for 2017 – Glastonbury.

“Glastonbury is the last of the big three on our bucket list, after T In The Park and the Barrowlands,” says the Colonel himself, John McAlinden.

“We want to tick that one off and we’ve heard some rumblings about an opportunity there, but it’s not a given yet. I’ve not been for a few years but I used to love going to fields like the Shangri-La field so it would be fantastic to get in there sometime. T and the Barras were amazing and once you’ve ticked them off the list it just gives you the ambition to go bigger in the future.”

For anyone that has ever seen the Colonel and company perform, then they need no introduction. For anyone who hasn’t, the band are a sprawling 15-strong collective who mix party pop music that’s in the same vein as Black Grape and Alabama 3 with daft antics onstage and ridiculous amounts of fun, to the extent that John admits they were once dubbed “a Singing Kettle for adults”.

Their DIY ethic has seen them build up a grassroots following in Scotland, after gigging around the country, and their growing popularity was confirmed earlier this year when their Yellow Movement, meaning them and various other bands that are kindred spirits, put on a joint gig at the Barrowland.

Tonight they will deliver a Christmas cracker of a gig at the O2 ABC, with the show having already sold out, while a new album is planned for next year.

“It’s another indicator of how things are going for us,” says John.

“It’ll be nice to play underneath the biggest disco ball in Europe as well. I’ve seen a few cracking bands in there like George Clinton and Public Enemy, so it’s another one where you’re playing the same stage as some of your heroes.”

In typical Colonel Mustard style, this won’t be your average run of the mill gig. The group have lined up a Santa’s sack full of surprises for it.

“I’ve made my own disco ball suit,” says John, in a sentence you don’t often hear.

“My pal that works at the Voodoo Rooms venue in Edinburgh told me they were chucking out their old disco ball and it is massive, so I thought we could use it. I hadn’t realised how big it was until a couple of my mates brought it through on the train, though, and they were sweating by the time they got it to me because it wouldn’t fit into a taxi!

“Blair that’s in the band always crowd surfs out on something and we’ve got a Christmas theme planned for that, and a few other things…”

There is a serious side underneath the wackiness though. First, the band take making the actual music seriously, which is why their tunes are so catchy. They are also an act who do everything themselves, which is something that is already inspiring other bands.

“Young bands come up to us and say ‘oh, we’ve seen what you do and I’m planning on doing my own thing in East Kilbride or Cumbernauld or wherever’ and that’s great,” says the singer.

“If people are interested then we’ll try and give them a gig at the Yellow Movement Sunday’s at McChuills on High Street – these things raise money for charity but it also gives bands a platform. Hopefully that helps inspire other bands to maybe do something a bit different as well.”

The group have found themselves going global lately too, after being asked to perform over in South Korea.

“Korea just made total sense,” adds John.

“We were at a rock club one of the nights, and they were doing dance moves to the music and as soon as I saw that I thought we’d do alright. When we started the song Dance Off and one Korean girl started dancing, they all got into it.

“I still don’t know how they understood what we were saying, though – our friend Dave is from Liverpool and he was like’ I can’t understand what you are saying, how are you getting the message across to them?’, but they bounced around and did everything.”

Colonel Mustard and the Dijon Five, O2 ABC, tonight, sold out, 7pm

Jonathan Geddes