The Australian dance music sensation will be touring soon following the release of their latest studio album Immersion. Eight shows have been earmarked across England and Scotland for the month of December. What better way of getting in the Christmas spirit than to mosh in a sweat-pit (or sweat in a mosh-pit) to a drum & bass, dubstep, electro house & metal mash up??? Yes I thought as much, there isn’t one!
Pendulum is a big budget enterprise now, and these shows will be nothing short of spectacular! Support is in the form of our friends Hadouken and tickets are on sale now.
The venues are as follows;
December 01 Glasgow Braehead Arena
December 02 Birmingham NIA
December 03 Wembley Arena
December 04 Nottingham Trent FM Arena
December 07 Bournemouth BIC
December 08 Manchester Central
December 09 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
December 10 Aberdeen AECC
Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday July 30th at a price of £25 for London and £22.50 for all other dates. They’re available from the 24 hour credit card hotlines on 0844 811 0051 / 0844 826 2826 or online at www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
In addition to the ‘Immersion’ tour, Pendulum are also set to be one of the hottest tips on this summer’s festival circuit with an eclectic range of special outdoor shows including London’s Victoria Park on July 30th as guests to Tiesto and Sonisphere on August 1st where they’re second on the bill to Iron Maiden. They’ll conclude this year’s festival season by headlining the NME / Radio 1 Stage at the Leeds (August 27th) and Reading (August 28th) festivals.
‘Immersion’ heralds a glorious evolution in the Pendulum sound. Following the cinematic orchestration of opening track ‘Genesis’, the album erupts into life with ‘Salt in the Wounds’ which harks back to the band’s underground drum & bass roots. Those roots are echoed through ‘Immersion’, with ‘Crush’ bursting with frenetically visceral beats, while the collaboration with The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett on ‘Immunize’ adds an intense industrial undercurrent to its melodic sonic energy.
Despite remaining loyal to their roots, ‘Immersion’ finds Pendulum embracing a greater sense of eclecticism than ever before. The result of joining forces with Swedish metal kings In Flames on ‘Self Vs. Self’ is a groundbreaking fusion between drum & bass and metal that recalls the great cross-genre evolution that Public Enemy and Anthrax developed on ‘Bring The Noise’. By contrast, ‘The Fountain’, which features Porcupine Tree leader Steven Wilson, embraces both artists’ eagerness to experiment with progressive arrangements and ambient textures.
