3 Nov 2011

From centre stage Mayer, dressed in a fine red suit, told the crowd how he’s one quarter Canadian. A statement that got a big cheer from an audience ready to get down to Meyer’s special mix of Detroit revival and James Brown cool. You’d expect to see Smokey Robertson up there, not a boy in shades looking more like Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo.

Mayer made his way through what is now his back catalog and into the new material from How Do You Do. Bringing the house lights up so he could snap some pictures of the crowd with hands in the air, asking them to make it rain. But it was quickly back to business as Mayer and the band did a pretty jamming cover of Hall & Oat’s now classic “You Make My Dreams Come True”. Which was followed by Mayer from the mic telling the still dancing crowd how most of his songs are about love and relationships, but that the next few songs were all about a little something called S-E-X.

Which is the perfect lead-in to Chromeo, who are all the electro-sexy you could ever ask for. Dave 1 stepped out in a silver suit that fit like a glove. Paired with some pristine white loafers he rocked it all over the stage, often coming to the very front to point a mic or toss out drum sticks. P-Thugg stuck to his side of the stage but was equally busy bringing the noise, working multipul keyboards and synth, plus the talk box. It’s hard to look dead sexy when you’re working a talk box but P-Thugg seems to manage.

It was a solid set with songs from She’s In Control through Fancy Footwork to 2010′s Business Casual. As they’ve become known for in their live show the duo teased the crowd by covering Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” without finishing. It seems that Chromeo, like a good lover, can sometimes be cruel.