Live at The Domain
29 March 2025
Live Review by Music Journalist: Paul Marshall
Example Turns the Party Inside Out with a Genre-Smashing Set.
At 4:50 PM, just as Example hit the stage, the skies opened with a light drizzle, and a full double rainbow arched over the domain. It was a stunning contrast both magnificent and menacing. But the rain was a welcome relief, cooling down the crowd as they geared up to dance to the electrifying sounds of the UK legend.
If there’s one thing Example knows, it’s how to command a crowd. From the moment he stepped up, he didn’t just read the energy he seized it, flipped it inside out, and hurled it back in a relentless, genre-smashing assault.
Elliot John Gleave, better known as Example, has been a force in electronic music for over a decade. Since breaking through with Won’t Go Quietly in 2010, he’s dominated the UK dance scene with chart-topping anthems like “Kickstarts” and “Changed The Way You Kiss Me.” But this afternoon, it wasn’t just about nostalgia it was about innovation.
Layering elements of EDM, UK garage, grime, and classic house, Example mixed like a scientist brewing the perfect sonic storm. Sure, the crowd went wild for the big hits, but it was the unexpected twists deep cuts, drum & bass detours, and early 2000s hip-hop flips that kept the energy electric.
“Let’s see if you’re really ready for this,” he teased mid-set, hovering over the decks as he built up to a drop that could have cracked the domain in half. The response was instant arms in the air, bodies moving in sync with the bass, completely possessed by the beat.
Example isn’t just a DJ he’s a frontman, a hype man, a master conductor of chaos. He doesn’t just play tracks; he lives them, jumping, shouting, and feeding off the crowd’s energy, only to throw it back tenfold.
By the time the final track soared through the speakers an all-out, hands-in-the-air anthem the crowd was dripping in sweat and rain, faces lit up with a mix of exhaustion and exhilaration. Example had just delivered a knockout set.
Reviewer: Paul Marshall
Photography by Paul Marshall
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