There is no question that they work hard to build and please their huge global following, which looking around the O2 Arena in London where they’ve sold out 4 nights on this tour, is an interesting demographic - no particular age range or gender split. In London at least, the Peas seem to be universally popular.

Rewarding their diverse audience in London, a second home as they say on several occasions, the Peas and their production team delivered a spectacular performance, filled with a stunning layered video covered set and flown elements including a Tron style motorbike that flew Taboo over the audience and DJ decks that raise Will.I.Am up from the extended walkway for a crowd pleasing DJ set that bridged the last two decades of hip-hop and popular music.

Under the direction of Tim Millar, the tours Production Manager, Lighting designer Mark Brickman and Operator Sport (Garry Waldie), have created a cleverly integrated visual look. Content on the large expanses of overlapping screens of different resolutions, and in some cases transparencies, is perfectly complemented with a lighting design that reaches far in to the audience giving parts of the show, such as Wil.I.Am’s freestyle rap solo and DJ set, the feeling of being in a club rather than a 30,000 seat arena.

Amongst the 37 trucks of equipment that tour with the show, are six PRG BadBoys, replacements for syncrolites early in the tour and firm favorites of the crew. “They’re fantastic” commented lighting crew chief Rob Kerwath, “We’ve had them out for months now and the reliability is fantastic, replacing one lamp is the only time we’ve had to touch them”. Operator Sport felt shared Kerwaths feelings on the fixtures, “They add real punch to the rig and give me something extra in the palette”

On a tour this long, the show - although already very refined, is still being tweaked and optimised with the crew always looking for ways to make it even better. “We’ve locked ourselves in a room and completely reprogrammed it twice so far” explained Sport. The crew are no different, having made the most of the shows clever design and use of Low-Pro truss to set a tour record of 2 hours 5 minutes – no small feat when you’ve moving 37 trucks of kit.

Shortly after the London show, the Peas travelled to Johannesburg to perform at the opening ceremony of South Africa’s World Cup, proving their massive and universal appeal extends a lot further than North Greenwich.