2025-08-02 Boiler Room - Burgess Park London

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Have just purchased 2 tickets to the Underworld headlined Boiler Room gig at Burgess Park in London, a very interesting set of musicians on the decks:
Underworld
Brutalismus 3000
??U$UK? ?UK1MAT$U
Teletech

Lets hope for some good weather in August !

I fully expect that this Underworld set will be different and far ranging, less their standard set and more akin to the mix and match Lemonworld and early UW experimentation (at least in my head !) Please !

[lemonjelly]

given boiler room stream so much stuff, what do we reckon the chances are?

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Well, the Boiler Rooms did not disappoint.

Other acts during the day were a variety of hard dance, Dub, and mixed up R&B, Grime and Techno classics infused with big beats and hard bass.

I knew that a typical UW set would not fit in with this crowd so hoped that they'd step up and tailor the setlist to fit the crowd and the event. The main stage had remained empty all day with all other 'main stage' acts performing from a square mini stage, somewhat reminiscent of the megadog boxing ring stages, with a 360 view. Yukimatsu was impressive in parts, dropping lots of lesser known Prodigy tracks.

We were at the very front of the crowd barrier early on and met some Facebook (Underworld Drift) people. They handed out (selectively) wristbands that got some folk on stage behind Rick and Karl but we obviously didn't make the cut ! 2 'senior citizens' (50s / 60s) mustn't be their demographic.

This had to be the time that UW stepped away from the formulaic product that has sadly become the norm (and has stopped me from going to every gig in Manchester as a result) - I had pinned my hopes on this one being more freeform, more dance and more inventive with the intros, outs and unconventional track starts.

Wow - Rick and Karl got my memo, the black and orange post-it note that said "BRING THE DANCE".

AND THEY DID

88 minutes of pure dance bangers, some great intro's - King of Snake stands out as something different, with only Rez missing from a stellar set. I think the crowd was bouncing as I could feel it, I didn't really see as I was transfixed by the pair, and the thumping bass lines.

This was all recorded by 4 cameras, 1 centrally above Rick in Wide Angle, one static to left of stage, one roving on stage and one moving up and down the crowd. Boiler Room have loads of video content so this set should end up on their site - this will be great to watch back.

Most people there will have only known "Larger Larger Larger" and will have a different take on this band now, I'd suggest that Underworld schooled Boiler Room in how to headline a dance festival - they brought a very different UW set with what felt like 2 or 3 new or very different tracks.

They both hugged several time, when Rick was doing his thing, Karl had a hand on his shoulder as though to say, "This is the Dance - that's what they want !"

I never though I'd see a set like this from the Boys - thank you

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by crank photo

This had to be the time that UW stepped away from the formulaic product that has sadly become the norm (and has stopped me from going to every gig in Manchester as a result) - I had pinned my hopes on this one being more freeform, more dance and more inventive with the intros, outs and unconventional track starts.

Wow - Rick and Karl got my memo, the black and orange post-it note that said "BRING THE DANCE".

Just so you know, this is the kind of set they've been playing all year. Most of the songs have been refreshed, and the setlist is very well-tailored. For nu-era Underworld, the show is really near its pinnacle.

[TheBang]

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Full broadcast on Thursday!

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Just listening to the live stream of the gig - forgot how funky "And the colour Red" was - this is a great (and very different) gig, with some decent changes to the formula, so upbeat.

On a side note - the Audio and Video are both excellent !

That was HARDCORE

[TheBang]

[joethelion]

I haven't had a chance to watch/listen to the whole thing but DAMN this seems to be a really good show. I'd really appreciate it if someone could share a download of the audio!

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I'd also want to have a high quality download of the audio from this - their best gig in 10 years for me !

[lemonjelly]

it's a banging set. ripped the audio already.