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Bastille

July 2023

  • Dan Smith in 1994

    Flashback
    Dan Smith looks back: ‘Bastille’s success was unexpected, and I was a nervous wreck’

    The Bastille frontman on being followed around by football – and the terror of playing live

January 2022

  • Dan Smith, lead singer of Bastille, photographed near his studio in south London.

    ‘I’ve been expecting things to fall apart at any moment’: Dan Smith on 10 years of body dysmorphia, burnout and Bastille

    He has found critical and commercial success, while behind the scenes the frontman has battled with his self-confidence and severe stage fright. He explains why he still loves being in the band

July 2019

  • King of the banter wars ... Lewis Capaldi performing at TRNSMT festival.

    TRNSMT festival review – Lewis Capaldi is the man of the moment

    TRNSMT may be haunted by the ghost of T in the Park, but a new all-female stage and crowd-pleasing performances by Stormzy and George Ezra make for a successful replacement

June 2018

  • Behind you! Sleeper; Olly Alexander;AlunaGeorge

    The 1975, Chvrches, Years & Years: the Sleeperbloke is back

    Is a band still a band when the frontperson takes all the heat? In 2018, the blokes-at-the-back format – as pioneered by Sleeper – is as prevalent as ever

June 2017

  • Simon Cowell

    Charity single for Grenfell Tower released as Simon Cowell donates £100,000

    The cover version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, featuring Stormzy, Rita Ora, Robbie Williams and more, will raise money for survivors of the devastating fire – some who appear in a choir on the track

April 2017

  • Lorde performs on the Coachella stage.

    Best of Coachella 2017: Lorde returns and Lady Gaga gets in formation – in pictures

    Drake drops in, Lady Gaga attempts the world’s scariest human pyramid and celebrity festivalgoers break out the short-shorts at California’s annual desert party

September 2016

  • Bastille’s singer-songwriter Dan Smith

    Bastille: Wild World review – wholesome arena pop

  • Bastille

    Bastille: Wild World review – edging Coldplay for unfeigned emotionalism

August 2016

  • ‘The fantasy element makes our music sound bigger than its origins’: Dan Smith, second from left, with bandmates Kyle Simmons, Chris Wood and Will Farquason.

    Dan Smith of Bastille: ‘I sound like a nervous wreck who hates doing this’

    Their track Pompeii was one of the biggest hits of the decade but the Londoners still think they look like ‘competition winners’ when they hit the red carpet. Will their new album Wild World change that?

February 2015

  • Prince presents the award for album of the year at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

    Music blog
    Grammy awards 2015 best quotes: Prince, Madonna, Obama and more

    Madonna is hard as nails, Sam schmoozes with Stevie, and Bastille reveal a very British problem – we round up the best soundbites of the night

December 2014

  • Noel Gallagher

    Noel Gallagher: 'I’d have eaten Bastille alive in an afternoon in the 90s'

    The outspoken Oasis founder laments the lack of working-class culture and says that Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian have done nothing to inspire ‘new noise coming from the council estates’
  • Bastille.

    Bastille: Vs (Other People’s Heartache Pt III) review – Brit winners strip down

    Most of the eight mashups and collaborations here feel fresh, even urgent, writes Caroline Sullivan
  • Iggy Azalea one of the many international artists mashed up by the remix-happy DJ Earworm.

    DJ Earworm's mashup perfectly defines pop in 2014

    The DJ’s annual United State of Pop track shows that pop in 2014 was moody, self-interested and ultimately all about doing whatever you want

November 2014

  • Bob Geldof

    Stars arrive for Band Aid 30 - in pictures

  • Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure launching Band Aid 30 in London.

    Band Aid song Do They Know It’s Christmas? re-recorded for Ebola cause

July 2014

  • Bastille, with lead singer Dan Smith

    On my radar
    On my radar: Dan Smith of Bastille

    The band's frontman talks to Leah Harper about soul and blues singer Rag'N'Bone Man, Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream – and California's best burger chain

June 2014

  • Spotify downloads

    UK singles chart to take into account Spotify and other streaming sites

  • Alex Turner and Dan Smith

    Music blog
    Arctic Monkeys and Bastille: a north-south divide in music?

April 2014

  • The Staves

    Gig venue guide
    Secret gigs place the next big thing right into your front room

    Pop-up performances, where the band could be on the sofa and the host does food, have become a global phenomenon

March 2014

  • Bastille

    The UK's most popular music, city by city – interactive

    Do different regions have different listening habits? Look at our interactive to see who listens to what, where
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