Converse Represent @ 100 Club

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In the warm-up to their Olympics closing celebration gig, Blur played a fan-friendly set heavy on rarely heard tracks. “It’s a good chance to try stuff out, because I don’t think you can really play two B-sides at Hyde Park,” said bassist Alex James. Keep clicking for highlights of the Converse Represent @ 100 Club series of shows.

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Blur

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Former Radar band of the week Savages supported Blur on August 2.

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The Bots

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Plan B kicked things off on 30 June with a set stuffed with hits from both ‘The Defamation of Strickland Banks’ and his recent chart destroying album, ‘Ill Manors’.

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British soul singer Jacob Banks supported Plan B. “This one’s about leaving University and entering the real world.”, he said, before playing his track ‘Welcome To The Jungle’.

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Yuna

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Paul Weller played an imperious set on 1 August, including electrifying material from recent album ‘Sonik Kicks’. Liam Gallagher watched from the wings.

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The Modfather meets the gobfather: Paul Weller and Liam Gallagher in The 100 Club. Liam promised that Beady Eye would one day play the 100 Club themselves.

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Vancouver duo Japandroids joined Paul Weller’s bill. Asked if they were excited about playing the 100 Club, frontman Brian King said, “Not as excited as I am about seeing Spiritualized there”.