BASTILLE to kick off their 'Still Avoiding Tomorrow Tour' at Birmingham's O2 Academy on Tuesday evening.
BASTILLE will kick off their ‘Still Avoiding Tomorrow Tour’ at Birmingham’s O2 Academy on Tuesday evening next week.
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BASTILLE will head out on an intimate run of shows across major cities in both the UK and Europe during January, February and March 2019. The upcoming live shows will give fans the opportunity for fans to hear new material ahead of the release of their hugely anticipated third studio album which due late Spring 2019.
Frontman Dan Smith says:
“We’ve spent most of this last year working on loads of new music and touring different versions of our songs so now we’re excited to head back out and revisit more intimate rooms and play a bunch of new songs in the lead up to our new album”
As one of the nation’s favourite live acts, the four-piece spent the summer playing UK and international festivals including headline slots at Wilderness and MTV’s Ocean City Sounds. They also teamed up with Marshmello to release one of the year’s biggest international hits, the poignant yet euphoric , Happier the band’s fourth UK top 5 single, a U.S top 10 and global top 3 scoring over 101 million streams in a matter of weeks.
The past half-decade has certainly been a whirlwind for the four-piece, who comprise of frontman and lyricist, Dan Smith, keyboardist Kyle Simmons, bassist and guitarist Will Farquarson, and drummer Chris Wood. The band have played over 500 shows across six continents, including the critically acclaimed ReOrchestrated tour, and have amassed 15 million single sales and 6 million album sales globally. Both Bad Blood and its follow-up, ‘Wild World’, reached No.1 in the UK and the top 10 in the US, and their music has been streamed a staggering 3.5 billion times. They’ve not gone without awards recognition either: after winning British Breakthrough Act at the BRITs, the band have earned Grammy, AMA and MTV Europe Awards nominations.
Remaining tickets for shows can be purchased here: https://www.bastillebastille.com/
Support acts for the tour are: Lewis Capaldi who is main-support for entire tour, ONR, Childcare, Ulysses Wells, Moss Kena, MAY, Saint Clair, FOURS and Akine who will play several shows each throughout the UK and EU tour over next three months.
BASTILLE | UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
27 January 2019 | DUBLIN Olympia Theatre
29 January 2019 | BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
30 January 2019 | BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
1 February 2019 | BRIGHTON Brighton Centre
3 February 2019 | MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
4 February 2019 | MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
6 February 2019 | GLASGOW O2 Academy
7 February 2019 | GLASGOW O2 Academy
9 February 2019 | LONDON O2 Brixton Academy
10 February 2019 | LONDON O2 Brixton Academy