Pendulum 'slam' Reading Festival 2010
Band give a headline lesson on the NME stage
Photographer:Rob Ball
Alex Fahey - 29 August 2010
"Can I ask you a question?" enquired front man Rob Swires, "are you ready,
here we go 1-2-3," as the crowd gleefully screamed and thumped their fists airwards for Saturday night's rave-iest
headliner.
"Let's tear the roof off the tent," suggested Swires before the first big hit
of the set was unleashed.
The crowd were treated to an extended version of 'Propane Nightmare'
which chopped between different drum and bass rhythms, making sure that the sweat dripped from the roof.
Rob
Swires, who engaged with the audience throughout bargained with the crowd, "the more you put into it, the more we
put in to it. Okay?" before a storming version of 'Witchcraft' backed by bright white visuals, gets the
most from band and ravers alike.
'The Island Part I' slows the set down and allows the crowd to breath
before a dubby version of 'Tarantula' is left to build and tease before the crowd are forced into a 'hands in
the air' frenzy as the beat dropped.
Pendulum are able to hold
the majority of the crowd until the end by cutting up and throwing in Prodigy's 'Voodoo People' but the
final track, 'Watercolour' despite the smoke and sparks fizzing from the stage wasn't enough to keep the interest
of the crowd who left in their droves.
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