 Hadouken,
They really took me by surprise tonight with a
storming performance and some really catchy beats
to boot, they had a real good great stage presence
while performing, Rebirth, M.A.D, Mecha Love and
house is falling, the crowd loving every moment
of it, even I had my head a nodding, which is
a rarity as I'm normally hard to please electro
rock bands can be hit and moss sometimes but these
guys are a hit, performing a new song called oxygen
what a fantastic songs real driving drum beat,
the good songs just kept on coming with the likes
of, Ugly, That boy that girl, I feel the set waned
a little in the last few songs, they just wasn't
as good to me as the other 2/3rds of the set but
over all what a great support band and a tough
tough act to follow!!
 Pendulum, what can I say, bias much, one of my
all time favourite bands, seen them now 3 times
and photographed them 3 times also!!They open
there set with Salt in the wounds and The Vulture
and the fantastic showdown, a real excellent opening
to the set and the crowd are bouncing long to
every beat thrown at them with Ben mount(MC) really
working the crowd well and keeping them going.
I seemed to stay in pit for more than the 3 songs
which was nice got some extra songs o really try
and get more great shots of a great band. They
continued their set with Voodoo people and off
their latest release Immersion, Witchcraft which
you can help but to sing along too as I was with
the rest of the crowd. Fasten your seatbelts Slam
Island parts 1 and 2 filled out the middle set,
hearing both parts of the island was most welcome,
not having the master of puppets intro to slam
was a shame as it is pretty damn awesome and one
of my favourite parts to the previous shows I've
been to. Tarantula always a favourite too which
was followed by Propane nightmares, such an excellent
way to keep the momentum going with Different
following it had a dub step switch in it, which
was different to say the least but fit well into
the song, Granite, Blood sugar and Encoder finished
out the main set. Now at this point, in all my
years going to gigs I've never come across such
a rude bunch of people in the crowd which nearly
ruined the night for me, it’s just unnecessary,
when you ask someone to watch what they’re
doing only for them to bite your head off, just
rude. Crush and Watercolour finish the set off
in fine style. Overall it was an excellent gig,
but I think it would have been even better in
a smaller venue.
Hadouken 4/5
Pendulum 5/5
Review Robert Lawrence
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