Tonight marks Deftones’ second London gig in as many years, but the appetite is clearly still there — the arena is quickly filling up well before the first support slot begins. Bittersweet anticipation hangs thick inside The O2 Arena. Deftones are wrapping up their UK tour in support of their tenth studio album ‘Private Music’, and with the band notoriously guarded about what comes next, tonight carries a quiet weight. Of course, there’s plenty of bands who’ve returned from silence with something that justifies the wait, but tonight is it for Deftones in terms of this run of UK dates. It adds a gravity to our excitement, a laser focus on drinking in every second of this — losing ourselves in Chino Moreno’s howl and Stephen Carpenter’s riffs, alongside a few thousand other people, who understand exactly what this band means.
The night starts with Drug Church, whose blend of punky, post-hardcore-y, alt rock-y goodness shows they’re determined to earn their place on this bill...
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