Yes, it has finally happened; third time lucky. I have tried and tested the cloakroom at Wembley Arena. The result: a half hour wait. Considering the size of the venue you would have thought that the cloakroom would also be a reasonable size but I've seen bigger cloakrooms in venues ten times smaller than Wembley. Not unorganised but extremely slow. 7/10.
If you've never seen a man doing press-ups on the stairs of Wembley Arena then you are definitely missing out. That's right. One man took it upon himself to entertain the whole crowd by showing off his skills. He then proceeded to rip his top off and strike a manly pose amid cheers from the crowd. This was then followed by a Mexican Wave around the entire arena. A very amusing five minutes.
Anyway, onto the music. Sub Focus were first to take to the stage; lurking behind a huge wheel of flashing lights which was rather impressive. As to the music, I'm a little indecisive. It was better than I expected but it occasionally lapsed into repetitiveness. Whatever it was, it definitely got the crowd going. 57/100. www.myspace.com/subfocus
Pendulum made an extremely bold entrance. Through the darkness, the screens onstage light up while Genesis explodes throughout the venue. As Pendulum take to the stage the song warps into Salt In The Wounds and the crowd literally go mental. Out of nowhere a huge mosh pit appears; a frenzied mixture of moshing and raving which continues throughout most of the set. All of their best songs are played: Showdown, Fasten Your Seatbelt, Slam, The Island (Parts 1 and 2), Propane Nightmares, Blood Sugar, Watercolour, Tarantula, Hold Your Colour and The Tempest, not to mention a cover of The Prodigy's Voodoo People. It's hard to choose a highlight when the whole night was so good. Every song was performed with brilliant energy. It wasn't only the band who were bouncing off the walls though; the whole crowd appeared to have taken an overdose of Relentless. Even the people in seated were up on their feet. A bloody exceptional night! 95/100. www.myspace.com/pendulum
Sorry folks. No photos from this gig. We were far too busy raving.
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