Australian electronic rock stalwarts, Pendulum, took to Twitter yesterday to announce a one-off UK show next March, writing, “Brixton! It’s been a long time,” followed by the announcement that the band will play the 02 Academy Brixton in London on March 5th. Tickets are available at 10 am on September 7th and can be purchased here.
Brixton! It’s been a long time… Presale live now https://t.co/dRWudFUAtX pic.twitter.com/Y8vD68lEQR
— Pendulum (@Pendulum) September 5, 2022
Pendulum recently played a secret show at Reading and Leeds festival, having left clues for festival goers in the days leading up to it, posting flyers with their logo and a phone number printed on them. When the number was dialled, the following message was heard: “Ladies and gentlemen, we understand that you have come tonight to bear witness to the sound of drum and bass. We regret to announce that this is not the case. As instead we come tonight to bring you the sonic recreation of the end of the world. Reading Festival prepare to hold your colour.” After A.M.C ft Phantom’s set on the BBC Radio Dance stage Pendulum’s logo appeared on a video screen along with a countdown and the band emerged to play their first UK show as a full band since 2018.
Toward the end of the set, Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds joined them for a performance of his band’s 2007 breakout single, “Sorry You’re Not A Winner.” Reynolds told NME how the project came about telling the magazine, “Gareth [McGrillen] and Rob [Swire] just got in touch and basically said that they’re thinking about doing a remix of ‘Sorry You’re Not A Winner’, and I was like ‘okay sick!’, what a surreal message to get.” Reynolds continued, “They sent it over, and there’s a lot of different demo changes in that track so I was like ‘this is so interesting, what are they going to do with it?’ And it’s so good. It’s killer.”
Asked about rehearsing the tune with Pendulum, Reynolds added, “Because sub-bass works better at certain frequencies they’ve had to raise the key of track. And you know, this track came out in 2007, I wrote it in 2003, so I could perhaps reach those high notes a little better, and they’ve raised it another tone, tone and a half, so it’s up there. So I’m hoping I have some vocal chords left after our own set to destroy with Pendulum.” Luckily for Reynolds Enter Shikari’s show was cut short leaving him ready for the challenge.
Pendulum most recently released the 2021 four-track EP “Elementa”, their first since 2010’s “Immersion.” As of yet the Brixton show is the only performance the band have announced.
05/03/2023 – 02 Brixton Academy – London
