Last
week I went to see Bastille perform live at the O2 in Leeds. Here are my
thoughts.
Following
a huge rise to prominence within the last year, Bastille brought their sold out
U.K tour to Leeds debuting both new songs, old songs and everything in between.
The venue itself was packed out early on and by the time I arrived at about
half past seven there was no way of being able to procure a great view of the
stage. The support bands were pretty standard really; the crowd weren’t
particularly interested but gave them a warm round of applause as they left the
stage.
Bastille
entered to dimmed lights and screams of hysteria as they raced into a bouncing
rendition of Bad Blood. They played the entirety of the album under the same
name, with snippets of the ‘For every heartbreak’ albums thrown in to the mix,
with lead singer Dan’s love of films evident as a few famous lines from classic
films making up the start of songs such as Icarus. One highlight was Dan’s
decision to go walkabouts around the venue during ‘Flaws’ and some ill-advised
climbing of poles and structures leading up to the balcony areas, which he
quickly abandoned.
The
band also played some incredibly promising new material; one of the songs had a
much heavier, rockier vibe than anything from the previous three albums. Whilst
on the other hand the other song whose name I also can’t remember, sounded like
something directly plucked from a Vampire Weekend album via a Bastille twist.
After
a brief interval, the band returned to two storming renditions of their most
crowd pleasing songs, one being their fantastic mash up entitled ‘Of the Night’
which includes both 90’s dance classics in three minutes of pure brilliance.
The last song needed no introduction and was of course the massive hit single
‘Pompeii’ which is definitely one of the best songs released in 2013. After
several encores of that massive “eh-oh” chorus, they departed to a standing
ovation. I wouldn’t hesitate to go see them again. 9/10.
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