Bastille Artist Information

Everyone knows the song “Pompeii”, by the British band Bastille, who from one moment to the next suddenly appear in the top positions of the charts.
With indie rock beats and outstanding lyrics, they made their international breakthrough and earned the status of world-famous stars.

Bastille Biography

While the front singer Dan Smith initially occupied himself with music alone while studying, he decided to move to London after graduation, where he founded the band “Bastille” in 2010 with three friends – William Farquarson on bass, Christopher Wood on drums and Kyle Jonathan Simmons on keyboard.
The band is named after the singer’s birthday, 14 July – a French national holiday commemorating the storming of the Bastille.

Even initial mixtapes, which were released on MySpace and Youtube, quickly gained reputation, so that they were already signed to Virgin Records in 2011. First festival appearances in the UK followed: They were able to play their music at the Glastonbury and the Reading and Leeds Festival, among others.

The greatest hits

The band is mainly classified in the genre Indie-Rock; however, they are open to any kind of music, which is why the songs are mostly a fusion of Pop, Alternative Rock and Indie. Smith used to want to be a writer, journalist or director, which is reflected in his music. For example, he shows his skills in the self-produced video for the single “Flaws”. A great role model and at the same time a source of inspiration for the lead singer is the filmmaker David Lynch, which is also evident in the song “Laura Palmer” – a character in the series “Twin Peaks” produced by Lynch and Frost. In addition to films and TV shows, personal experiences also have a great influence on the lyrics. The songs of the band always seem to tell a kind of story.

With “Bad Blood” the band released their first album in 2013, which was number 1 in the UK. Especially the song “Pompeii” became an absolute hit: the song occupied second place for 103 weeks in the country. In Austria, it landed at number 3 and in Germany it stayed at number 6 in the charts for 41 weeks. The second album “Wild World” also became a worldwide success; it again reached number 1 in the UK, number 4 in the USA and number 6 in Germany. Beside the main single “Good Grief” the song “Send Them Off!” is well known and can also be heard in FIFA 17.
In 2019 the band finally released their third album under the name “Doom Days”, which reached the fourth place in the charts in the UK and reached number 9 in Germany.

Awards

The band has already received awards for their music in more than 15 countries. In the United Kingdom they have received 6 silver, 3 gold and 9 platinum awards. In Germany, they have received 4 times gold and 2 times platinum. In total, they received 6 times silver, 23 times gold and 65 times platinum.

Especially the album “Bad Blood” brought 6 times gold and 7 times platinum, and the song “Pompeii”, which was awarded 2 times gold and 31 times platinum, is impressive. A particularly successful single is “Happier”, for which the musicians received 4 gold and 20 platinum awards.

The commitment to the “Channel Aid” charity concert

The band gave a concert on January 4, 2020 at the concert hall Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, which was broadcasted as a livestream on the YouTube channel Channel Aid.
What was so special about it? All income generated by the clicks was donated to a good cause. A total of 50,000 Euros were collected, which were handed over to the “Laureus Sport for Good” foundation, the “Chance to Dance” project and the “Right to play” aid organisation, to help children, young people and people with disabilities. This year, donations for these three projects will continue to be collected through the clicks of the concert videos.

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