The Roots, Gym Class Heroes and newcomer Estelle brought an eclectic mix of R&B, alternative hip hop and rock that made for a fun night last week at the Fillmore Auditorium.

England’s singer/rapper Estelle opened the show with songs from hr new album Shine.

Her songs were dedicated to ex-boyfriends while her political outlook favored Demcratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

“Vote for Obama or else I’m going back to London,” she warned while giving advice to heartbroken ladies, ”Write a song about it and put it on YouTube. Send him a link. It’ll make you famous.”

She brought a fan onstage to dance with her. Unfortunately, he couldn’t keep up.

”Give him a hand, guys, he tried.'” she said before sending him back and launching into her second single ”Come Over.”

Next came Gym Class Heroes, performing several new songs from the band’s ska-infused album The Quilt. Led by the charming and heavily tattooed Travis McCoy, the band appealed to its older fans by playing a medley of songs from earlier releases The Paper Cut Chronicles and As Cruel as School Children.

Bursting with energy, McCoy opened by encouraging the crowd to hug each other because ”music unites us all,” then took a solemn moment to dedicate a song to Travis Barker, formerly of Blink-182, and DJ AM who recently survived a plane crash. In the end, McCoy gushed about his new love, singer Katy Perry of ”I Kissed a Girl” fame.

He said, ”I haven’t felt like this since the third grade.”

Meanwhile fans chanted, ”Take a look at my girlfriend/ she’s the only one I’ve got,” from the band’s earlier single “Cupid’s Chokehold.”

The Roots came next, storming onto the stage with its members’ larger than life personas, and not to mention instruments. Even wrapped in a tuba, band members delivered outstanding solos in between new songs from their tenth studio release Rising Down.

Breaking the boundaries of genre, the band dipped into heavy metal, soul and even Caribbean rhythms, keeping the crowd on its feet through the night.