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2013 Favourites // Bastille, Interview & Live Review

“Even being number two, or three or four or five is totally unbelievable. We literally can’t believe it, it’s the weirdest thing in the world.” Dan Smith, Bastille

Next up in our look back over 2013 are Brit favourites- Bastille. It’s early evening on Sunday 10^th March and Bastille’s debut album “Bad Blood”, after fending off the likes of Emeli Sande, has just been announced as scoring the prestigious number one spot in the Official Top 40 Chart. The band’s recent success may have come as a surprise to some, however a huge underground following has made Bastille the UK’s worst kept secret; word of mouth has seen their fan base grow and grow even before the album release, and quite rightly so. 

Est.1987 caught up with Dan and Kyle at their sold out Leeds show…

Bastille // Announce Biggest Headline Tour

Earlier this year their ‘Bad Blood Tour’ sold out in an instant and then there was the autumn tour which sold out in a matter of hours. Now Bastille are pleased to announce a 2014 UK tour kicking off in February next year, which sees the band play 5 dates across the UK culminating in a spectacular show at London’s Alexandra Palace. 

The Bad Blood Tour Part III comes fresh off the back of a run of huge UK festival appearances and their No.1 album ‘Bad Blood’ reaching landmark sales to become the biggest selling debut album of the year. 

Bastille // Tour Announcement & "Laura Palmer" Single Release 3rd June

It seems there is no stopping London-based Bastille. Following the success of their sold out ‘Bad Blood Tour’ earlier this year, the band announce their biggest tour to date taking in 14 cities across the UK as well as a prestigious show at London’s iconic Brixton Academy. 

The band have also announced the next single to be released from their number one album "Bad Blood". New single "Laura Palmer" is due out 3rd June. 

For full tour dates, single details and to read our recent interview with the band click below...

Bastille // New Single - "Laura Palmer" released 3rd June & Summer Festival Dates

Bastille have had a phenomenal start to 2013 and they're continuing their success announcing new single, "Laura Palmer" released on June 3rd. Taken from their chart-topping debut album "Bad Blood", "Laura Palmer" is the follow up to the number 2 chart smash, "Pompeii", one of the UK’s biggest selling singles of the year.

To watch the video for "Laura Palmer", find out where you can catch Bastille over the next few months and read what happened when we caught up with them last month click below...

Bastille // The Interview. Dan Smith & Kyle Simmons

“Even being number two, or three or four or five is totally unbelievable. We literally can’t believe it, it’s the weirdest thing in the world.” Dan Smith, Bastille

It’s early evening on Sunday 10^th March and Bastille’s debut album “Bad Blood”, after fending off the likes of Emeli Sande, has just been announced as scoring the prestigious number one spot in the Official Top 40 Chart. The band’s recent success may have come as a surprise to some, however a huge underground following has made Bastille the UK’s worst kept secret; word of mouth has seen their fan base grow and grow even before the album release, and quite rightly so. 

Est.1987 caught up with Dan and Kyle at their sold out Leeds show…

Bastille // Live Review, Leeds Uni- Stylus, Sunday 10th March

From the opening murmuring dark undertones of “Bad Blood” to the final rapturous applause, tonight is electrically charged. This evening wasn’t about judging if Bastille were a good live band or not (we already know they are) it was more a matter of just how good they were going to be. 

And, more than that, after their album "Bad Blood" was just announced as clinching the number 1 spot, tonight was about taking a chance to celebrate their success and, for one night only, everyone in the room being able to ride that wave along with them. 

Want to read our full live review, see all the photos and find out how you can check out our interview with the band? Click below...

Bastille // Bad Blood, Album Review

Yesterday Bastille’s latest single “Pompeii” charted at number two in the charts, beaten only by Justin Timberlake’s “Mirrors”, and today marks the release of the much anticipated debut album “Bad Blood”. A busy week for the London quartet who are currently on a sell out UK tour.  

What started out as a solo project by Dan Smith [who was born on the French Bastille Day, hence the name] has now turned into a four-piece full live band. Want to know what we thought of Bastille’s debut offering? Click below…

Leeds Festival Preview // Bastille Interview

Up next in our Leeds and Reading Festival preview series we have Bastille. Having already tipped them for the top in our "Future Talent" section, Est.1987 headed down to Sheffield in April to catch up with main man Dan Smith. 

He chatted to us about all things touring, recording and having a “wow this is amazing man” moment ahead of the bands Leeds and Reading Festival appearance. 

Bastille // Interview & Live Review

Meet Bastille. In fact you may remember us mentioning them HERE as a band we tipped you to watch out for. What started out as a solo project by Dan Smith [who was born on the French, Bastille Day, hence the name] has now turned into a four-piece full live band with an E.P out on 30th April and an album on the way. We headed down to The Harley in Sheffield on the opening night of the tour and chatted to Dan all things touring, recording and having a “wow this is amazing man” moment.

FUTURE TALENT #2- Bastille

Bastille - a four piece from South London who's melodies will captivate the soul and leave you wanting more.

What started as Dan Smith working on a solo project soon grew as he recruited another three members which make up the Bastille that we see today.