As a year like no other draws to a close, the Pandemonium Drummers will have one final public outing: On Thursday 20th December 2012 from...
The Christmas Number 1 Campaign
The race is on: The Games Maker Choir featuring Alistair Griffin has launched their song I Wish For You The World to the press in an attem...
Drumming at the New Year's Day Parade
The Pandemonium Drummers have been confirmed as participants of the prestigious London New Year's Day Parade . We will lead two grou...
IOC thanks 2012 volunteers via video
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) joined the celebration of the International Volunteer Day on 5th December and posted a video to ...
Making a bid for Christmas 2012 Number 1
The Games Maker Choir and Alistair Griffin announced today that they are trying to get to the top of the music charts this Christmas - a...
Dame Evelyn Glennie Webchat on Classic fm
Ahead of her improvised percussion duel at King's Place in London on Sunday 2nd December , Dame Evelyn Glennie chatted to presenters ...
Beyond Theatre Award
Exactly four months ago, the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony made history, and the drumming from 965 of us contributed to the atmosp...
November flurry of activities
The run-up to the festive season has started, and lights are switched on in various parts of London. Cue our iconic lightbulb bowler hats ...
At St Paul's Cathedral for Children in Need
A group of 30 Pandemonium Drummers drummed on the steps in front of St Paul's Cathedral today and raised almost £250 around £300, p...
St Paul's Cathedral on 17 November
St Paul's Cathedral will provide a spectacular backdrop for our next appearance! Saturday 17 November 2012, 1.15pm We will drum o...
Five interesting Pandemonium dates in November
The Pandemonium Drummers are busier than ever before. And we keep getting requests! Should you want a group of Pandemonium Drummers to pla...
Guy Fawkes Night Drumming x2: Enfield and Lewes
Remember remember...our drumming at the Olympic Opening Ceremony. And as banging of drums goes well together with firework bangs, groups o...
UK Feminista Lobby Photos
UK Feminista published high quality photos of the rally on 24th October on Flickr , which includes photos of Pandemonium Drummers, who were ...
We have a Leaflet
Introducing the Pandemonium Drummers leaflet by Jan Pearson & Dan Spence: Download the leaflet as PDF
New Products in the Pandemonium Drummers Shop
Our Pandemonium Shopkeeper recently extended the range of items available from the Pandemonium Drummers Shop . Choose your preferred design,...
The Olympic Suffragettes are back
The Suffragettes from the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony performed their Opening Ceremony routine again - this time as a real protest...
Six Gigs in Four Days
The Pandemonium Drummers keep themselves extremely busy with six gigs in only four days, starting tomorrow: On Wednesday, 24th October...
Underworld Wins Q Award
Underworld , the composers of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony soundtrack and therefore the people who made us drum to their music...
A Future That Works
As mentioned previously, several Pandemonium Drummers will join the TUC march on 20th October for A Future That Works . A short video has ...
Marching Drummers
The Pandemonium drums were constructed as mobile instruments. Some drummers therefore use them to join various marches. This Saturday, 20t...
From the Olympics to Olympia Way
The London Drum Show 2012 kicked off in style, and we, as the mass drumming group of the year, welcomed early birds at the Olympia exhibi...
London Drum Show Flashmob
Here are 70 Pandemonium Drummers opening the London Drum Show 2012 with a spontaneous street performance at Olympia.
London Pandemonium Drum Show
This weekend is London Drum Show weekend, and the Pandemonium Drummers are a part of it! At 9:30am on Saturday 13th October, we will ta...
Reunion this Saturday
Calling all Pandemonium Drummers: We will have a big reunion this Saturday morning, 13th October. Visit the closed Facebook group or, ...
Wikipedia Flash Mob
A growing number of Pandemonium Drummers try to immortalise themselves virtually on Wikipedia: the list of volunteers on Wikipedia's p...
Back on Stage for Macmillan
On 4th October 2012, a group of about 30 Pandemonium Drummers lit up the Landmark Hotel, when they were playing at Macmillan 's annual p...
Two months ago...
...the world was wowed by spectacular scenes. More London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony videos on the IOC's official YouTube chan...
Awesome Autumn
How do you follow up on A Summer Like No Other with its spectacular London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony , in particular the unforgettab...
Feature: Interview with Mike, Nick and Gillian
The background story of how the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony drummers came together is being told in an interview with Mike Dolbear,...
The Greatest Team Parade recap
The Pandemonium Drummers certainly had a fantastic day celebrating Team GB's and Paralympic GB's achievements. After being feature...
Dame Evelyn Glennie reunites with the Pandemonium Drummers
Dame Evelyn Glennie led the Pandemonium Drummers at the Olympic Opening Ceremony, and shortly before the Team GB & Paralympics GB parad...
Pandemonium Drummers on Sky News
As broadcasters began to assemble at Trafalgar Square in anticipation of the Team GB & Paralympics GB parade, Sky News caught up with u...
Pandemonium Drummers on BBC Breakfast
Graham Satchell, BBC BBC reporter Graham Satchell featured a group of Pandemonium Drummers including an interview with Mike Dolbear on ...
BBC Breakfast drumming on 10th September
In the run-up to the Our Greatest Team Parade , the parade celebrating Team GB and Paralympic GB, the Pandemonium Drummers will make two app...
Nazeing's Industrial Revolution
Local news site AboutMyArea features the Pandemonium Drummers appearance at Saturday's Nazeing Festival as a Don't miss spectacular...
Rhythm Magazine Interview
Rhythm Magazine's September issue features a behind-the-scenes look at Pandemonium Drummer preparations with Ralph Salmins, Mike Dolbear...
Nazeing Festival, 8 September 2012
A group of Pandemonium Drummers will play at Nazeing Festival on Saturday, 8th September 2012, 1pm. The festival is held in Clayton Hill Cou...
Pandemonium Drummers T-Shirts
Pandemonium Drummers T-Shirts can now be ordered from the new Pandemonium Drummers online shop. Designs and shop were created by Dan Spen...
Pandemonium Drummers against fascism
On Saturday 1st September, a group of Pandemonium Drummers supported a counter demonstration against English Defence League (EDL) marchers...
Olympic Opening Ceremony drumming masterclass
Keen drummers can learn how we Pandemonium Drummers were trained, straight from the horse's mouth: Our drum co-ordinator Mike Dolbear r...
Hackney 1000 welcomed Pandemonium Drummers
On 18th August, a group of Pandemonium Drummers supported the Hackney 1000 event in full costume, and they were well received. Check out ...
Pandemonium Drumming at Standon Calling
As reported earlier , a group of Pandemonium Drummers entertained festival-goers at Standon Calling to drum up interest to the Olympic live ...
Edited Clip from the BBC Radio 2 show
The BBC has now released an edited version of our performance plus a few minutes of the entertaining conversation with Zoe Ball and Richard ...
BBC Podcast with the Pandemonium Drummers
The BBC has released a 48 minute podcast that includes all interviews and performances with and about our small group of Pandemonium Drumm...
Pandemonium Drummers on BBC Radio 2
Seven volunteer drummers and two drum captains played live on Zoe Ball and Richard Bacon Go for Gold . The two hour show on 9th August fea...
"They wanted a thousand drummers. That was it"
David West over at musicradar reports on the three people who brought us together and taught us all the grooves we needed to know. Of course...
Zoe Ball and Richard Bacon Go for Gold
And they take a few Pandemonium Drummers with them! A small group of us will appear on the BBC Radio 2 show on Thursday, 9th August 2012 f...
Pandemonium Drummers on Facebook
For more social interaction, please head over to the Pandemonium Drummers Facebook page at: facebook.com/PandemoniumDrummers
Some Pandemonium Drummers are...
...creative: The Opening Ceremony provided James with plenty of inspiration for the song below. More from James on SoundCloud
Standon Calling
The Pandemonium Drummers cannot stand still. A few of us are playing at the Standon Calling Festival on 5th August. More information
Lone Pandemonium Drummer
What do the Pandemonium Drummers do after the spectacular London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony? One of them went to an Open Mic Night at h...
Boshing all over the World
Us Olympic Drummers are a creative bunch. Look at what Neil Goulder has produced, which summarises the group spirit during rehearsals very w...
The Pandemonium Drums
The Pandemonium Drummers used four types of drums: Plastic Bucket: A small paint bucket, played with normal drum sticks. Metal Bucket:...
Official Rehearsal Video Released
While the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony was underway, London 2012 Ceremonies released a behind-the-scenes video from our rehearsals. ...
We Rocked the Stadium!
Judging by the feedback, it's safe to say that the London 2012 Opening Ceremony for the 30th Olympic Games was a success. The Pandem...
We are the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony Drummers!
This post was made in between our two stage moments, shortly before the athlete's parade. More info will follow in the coming days. ...
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