Chromeo Day 2, London, UK

Today is our first show, and it's a weird one. A corporate gig for a beer company in a dance bar. Can't wait. They wanted us there at 11am. We got in at 2pm and they were nowhere near ready. We patiently waited, got some food, waited, got coffee, waited... and eventually things started happening. To pay them back for making us wait, me and one of the guys played a single Metallica riff over and over for about 20mins, driving people absolutely mad. It was great.

After soundcheck we disappeared for a bit for dinner and got back about an hour before the show. The place was way overcrowded and it was nuts. Capacity was 1300, and they had given away 2500 tickets for the event, so there were some pretty long lineups outside and people were packed like sardines inside. We had to fight our way to the stage through the crowd. Once everything was setup and we were ready it got crazier.

We had to delay the show for about 40 minutes because people were pushing through the barricade and falling on to the stage. It was actually pretty dangerous for the kids up front who were getting trampled in all this. After the 3rd time, security turned on all the house lights and started making announcements threatening to cancel the gig. Soon enough things calmed down enough so we could start. It was still pretty nuts and they had to get extra security guards to make a human chain across the front of the stage to keep people off. It made for a pretty great show, but it was nice when it was over.

We had to wait awhile before we could get out, but once we did we went back and crashed pretty fast. Have to get up to drive to Leeds tomorrow to do one of the biggest festivals in the world. We need our rest...