Pendulum headlined the opening night yesterday (May 1) of the 2010 Gaymers Camden Crawl with a 12-song set at The Roundhouse – head to NME Radio for coverage live from the event.
The Australian act played crowd favourites ‘Propane Nightmares’ and a remix of The Prodigy’s ‘Voodoo People’ before finishing with their new single ‘Watercolour’ and 2005 hit ‘Tarantula’.
Showering the sweaty crowd Rob Swire told the sweaty Roundhouse: “You’ve been entertained all day but now we’re going to finish you off, you understand?”
Earlier that night Sugababes opened The Roundhouse shows with a greatest hits set backed by a five-piece band. Opening with ‘Freak Like Me’ and ‘Hole In The Head’ the trio also performed a cover of Florence And The Machine’s ‘Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)’.
Calvin Harris then played a set with a five-piece live band in The Roundhouse, dressed in a black shirt and white tie. The Scottish DJ warmed the crowd up with the likes of ‘Colours’ and ‘Ready For The Weekend’ before Plan B took to the stage.
The star broke up a set of tracks from his chart-topping new album ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ with a version of Paolo Nutini’s ‘Coming Up Easy’. Backed by a full band, singers and a saxophonist, Plan B received the biggest cheer of the set for recent single ‘She Said’, declaring afterwards: “Camden is where my musical career started, and it’s nice to be back here.”
Elsewhere at the multiple-venue event New Young Pony Club played material off both their albums at the Electric Ballroom, including classic single ‘Ice Cream’ and ‘Chaos’ from their new record ‘The Optimist’.
Pulled Apart By Horses had kicked off the action at the earlier that night with a nine-song set. Drummer told : “It’s a great venue, it’s a strange bill to be on but I suppose that’s the joy of isn’t it? There’ll be people there who’ve come to see the other bands, and maybe we’ll scare them and they’ll like it!”
