BASTILLE

53 DEGREES CLUB BROOK ST PRESTON MON. 4th MARCH 2013.

BAD BLOOD TOUR.

Bastille are a British Indie Pop Band formed in 2010 . The Group

began as a Solo Project by Lead Vocalist Dan Smith but latter to

Include Keyboardist Kyle Simmons , Bassist & Guitarist Will Farquarson,

Drummer Chris ” Woody ” Wood . After an independently released

debut Single & self released EP , the Band signed to Virgin Records

there First Debut Studio Album Bad Blood was released in March 2013

& Entered The UK Album Charts at Number One & Included the Hit

Single Pompeii which peaked at Number Two on The UK Singles Charts.

Bastille was nominated four Brit Awards at the 2014 Ceremony & they

were Winners The British Break Through Act . As of August 2021 the

band have sold over Elven Million Records Worldwide Origin London

Years Active 2010 – 2023 . Genres Indie Pop / Pop Rock / Synth Pop /

Electro Pop & Alternative Rock . Bastille Debuted in July 2010 with

their Limited Edition 7″ Single that featured the Two Tracks Flaws &

Icarus released through London Based Independent Record Label

Young & Lost Club only 300 copies were pressed & one of the copies

found it’s way into the hands of Alex Baker Presenter of the Unsigned/

Independent artists Radio Show on Kerrang . Alex Baker started to

support Bastille on Air . & the Band began to find an Audience. They

have done Four Studio Albums. Bad Blood ( 2013 ) Wild World ( 2016)

Doom Days ( 2019 ) Give Me The Future ( 2022 ) Line Up Dan Smith

Lead Vocals / Piano / Keyboard / Guitar ( 2010 -2023 ) ex. ex. ex. Kyle

Simmons Piano / Keyboards / Bass & B/V ( 2010-2023 ) ex. ex. ex.

Will Farquarson Guitar / Bass / Piano / Keys & B/V ( 2010-2023 ) ex .

ex . ex. Chris ” Woody ” Wood Drums / Percussion & B/V ( 2010 –

2023 ) ex. ex. ex. This is amazing Band of Talented Musicians. Magic.

SONG 1. Bad Blood ex. ” We were young & drinking in the park ” ” There

was nowhere else to go ” ” & you said you always had my back ” ” Oh ,

but how were we to know ? ” Amazing arrangement & overall playing .

SONG 2. The Silence ex ” Tell me a piece of your history that your proud

to call your own ” ” Speak in words you picked up as you walked through

life alone ” ” We used to swim in your stories & be pulled down by their

tide ” ” Choking on words & drowning with no air inside ” Just Love It.

SONG 3. Overjoyed ex. ” Oh I feel overjoyed ” ” When you listen to my

words ” ” I see them sinking in ” ” Oh I see them crawling underneath

your skin ” Outstanding sounds from the Band & Vocals & Harmonies.

SONG 4. Weight of Living Pt ll ex.” All that you desired when you were a

child ” ” Was to be old , was to be old ” ” Now that you are here ,

suddenly you fear ” ” You’ve lost control , you’ve lost control ” Love It.

SONG 5. Laura Palmer ex. ” Walking out into the dark , cutting out a

different path ” ” Lead by a beating heart ” ” All the people of the town

cast their eyes right to the ground ” ” In matters of the heart ” Magic .

SONG 6. Sleep Song ex. ” Don’t talk to strangers ” ” Oh , in the strangest

dreams , walking by your side ” ” It is the hole & you impose upon your

life ” ” When your out loneliness , it crawls up in the ground ” ” It’s what

you feel but can’t articulate out loud . Another amazing arrangement .

SONG 7. Poet ex. ” Obsession , it takes control ” ” Obsession it eats me

whole ” ” I can’t say the words out loud ” ” So in rhyme , I wrote you down.

SONG 8. What would yo do ? ex. ( City High Cover ) ” Boys & Girls wanna

hear a true storey ? ” ” Saturday night was at this real wild party ” There

Liquor overflowin’ the cup ” ” About 5 or 6 Strippers trying to work a buck”

SONG 9. Oblivion ex. ” When you fall asleep with your head upon your

shoulder ” When you’re in my arms but you’ve gone somewhere deeper ”

Amazing arrangement & outstanding overall sounds & Vocals & Harmonies.

SONG 10. Icarus ex. ” Look who’s digging their own grave ” ” That is what

they all say , you’ll drink yourself to death ” ” Look who makes their own

bed , lies right down within it ” ” And what will you have left ? ” Love It .

SONG 11. These Streets ex. ” These streets are yours , you can keep

them ” ” I don’t want them ” ” They pull me back , & I surrender ” ” To

the memories I run from ” Amazing Song-writing & Brilliant Playing .

Song 12 . Things We Lost In The Fire ex. ” Things we lost in the flames”

” Things we’ll never see again ” ” All that we’ve amassed ” ” Sits before

us , shattered into ash ” Amazing guitar / Bass / Keyboards & Drums .

SONG 13. Of The Night ex. ” Rhythm is a Dancer ” ” It’s a souls companion”

” People feel it everywhere ” ” Lift your hands & voices ” Amazing Sounds .

SONG 14. Pompeii ex. ” I was left on my own devices ” ” Many days fell away

with nothing to show ” ” & the walls kept tumbling down in the city we love”

” Grey clouds roll over the hills , bringing darkness from above ” Pure Magic.

ENCORE.

SONG 15. Get Home ex. ” We are the last people standing ” ” At the end of

the night ” ” We are the greatest pretenders ” ” In the cold morning light ”

SONG 16. Flaws ex. ” When all of your flaws & all of my flaws ” ” Are laid out

one by one ” ” The wonderful part of the mess that we made ” ” We pick

ourselves undone ” This has been a wonderful Set from this amazing Band

of Talented Musicians at the Fantastic 53 Degrees Club Brook St. Preston.

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