On April 9th, about 60 fans were already queuing outside Patronaat on arrival, hinting at the buzzing and energetic night ahead. The 350 capacity venue was sold out, and plenty of fans had dressed up for the occasion. The previous day had marked the start of LEAP’s 2026 Europe and UK tour and excitement hung in the air.
Hana Lili, a 26 year old rock artist from Sully in Wales, opened the night with her three piece band. Her sound blends pop and rock with a confident boost, and from the first song, ‘Ur Girlfriend’s a Lawyer’, it was clear the audience was ready to embrace it. After ‘Iconic’ she took a moment to ask the crowd how they are doing and to thank them for coming, which was met with cheers.
The set moved swiftly through the tracks, with each one warming up the crowd more and more for the evening to come. She also took a moment to plug her new EP Hana, due for release on April 17, which will feature the song ‘Complicated’. By the time ‘Drowning came on the crowd was fully engaged, headbanging and all. For the final song, ‘Sick Of Myself’, Lili encouraged everyone to jump around, which they did without hesitation. Before leaving the stage, she shared that she would be at the merch stand after the show and joked that she is “not as scary as she might seem on stage”, inviting people to come and say hello.
And then it was time for the headliner LEAP. The band, made up of Jack Scott on vocals, Adam Mason on guitar, Declan Brown on bass, and Hector Cottam on drums, have paved their way since 2021. They have produced and released all of their EPs and their debut album on their own. That success has paid off as the band have been signed to Epitaph Records since February 2026.
The set started off strong with ‘Over & Out’, but was met with minor technical issues affecting the drums and guitar for ‘Play Dead’. These issues were quickly overcome and did little to dampen the mood. From the second song onwards, Scott was already drenched in sweat, throwing himself into the performance with relentless energy. The crowd reciprocated by being in constant motion, dancing, jumping and shaking as friend groups sang lyrics to each other.
Scott frequently crouched down to connect with fans at the front, holding hands and singing directly to them. After ‘Waste Your Love’ he asked the crowd for Dutch phrases to sound cooler, while Brown chimed in with a phrase in Afrikaans, drawing loud cheers from the crowd. Brown also encouraged dancing during ‘I Was Never There’ and after the song was over joked that he saw someone breakdancing in the moshpit turned dancepit.
The never ending party continued with the crowd bouncing their arms in time with the music to ‘Where The Silence Goes’ with Mason performing a guitar solo at the end of the song. Scott then asked how people felt about a moshpit, setting in motion the biggest moshpit of the night. Cottam introduced ‘Do or Die’ as one of their favourites from the album to perform, which was met with exciting cheers from the crowd.
During a quick guitar change, Brown asked the crowd if they were still doing okay. Scott took a more emotional turn as he dedicated ‘Messages’, a song about his father’s passing, to the love the crowd was showing each other, creating a brief but powerful moment of unity in the room.
‘One Way Out’ reignited the jumping, and Scott shared a meaningful moment with a fan who showed him a tie they made with the band’s name on it. Before the last song of their set ‘Downfall’, he announced they would be at the merch stand later and then kicked off the song which gave way for the last mosh pit of the evening. As the band left the stage Scott blew kisses to the crowd.
In the darkness their photographer Daniel Herrera hyped the crowd up to scream for more, which the band happily obliged. Back for ‘Eclipse’ the crowd locked in and was clapping along the entire song. Before closing with ‘Exit Signs’, Scott thanked everyone again for coming. In a final burst of energy, he jumped into the crowd, sparking one last mosh pit. A fan handed him a self made ring, which he accepted before taking a final bow. The band waved goodbye, bringing an intense and memorable night to a close.
