Author: Megan Downing
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The people at Bestival have announced more exciting acts to the already stunning line up featuring Elton John and Snoop Dogg. Highlights of the announcement come in the form of London based singer-songwriter James Blake and the brilliant post-punk girl group Savages. The announcement also includes the likes of UK jazz giant Courtney Pine who…
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Currently on tour with Bastille Bristol 5 piece The Ramona Flowers took some time out at their Oxford show to speak to The Edge. As a relatively new band I was keen to find out how they started and how they’ve enjoyed their journey so far. How has this current tour been so far? Dave:…
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It seems to be the week for bands calling it a day. First Girls Aloud now My Chemical Romance have decided to announce that they are breaking up. After 12 years of being together and with 4 studio albums under their belt the New Jersey 4 piece have released a statement declaring their decision. Frontman Gerard…
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Justin Timberlake has released the music video for his latest single ‘Mirrors’ from his new album The 20/20 Experience. JT has never completely sung about his personal life but ‘Mirrors’ could be his most personal and emotional song to date. The music video tells the story of his grandparents from courtship through to old age and…
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Megan Downing interviews Bastille.
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Reading Festival have made some exciting announcements this evening. To begin they’ve told the world that Green Day are the third headline act, joining Eminem and Biffy Clyro on the bill. Alongside this they have named some acts that are confirmed for the Main Stage and the NME Stage: Joining Green Day on the Main…
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The sixth night of Bastille’s ‘Bad Blood Tour’ came to Southampton’s Mo’Club this week. The Edge had to opportunity to catch up with the band before the show and talk about their recent chart success and the upcoming festival season. The night kicked off with electro minded indie outfit The Ramona Flowers. Overall they were pretty…
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Bastille are set to play at the Mo’ Club on 7th March 2013 and it is the 6th show on their sell out headline tour. For those of you who were lucky enough to get tickets you are in for a treat. Bastille’s live sets are known for their insane amount of energy and perfect…
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Bad Blood is the long awaited debut album by Bastille. Recorded in a box-sized studio and held away from the public for months and months it has finally been perfected and it has emerged for us all to enjoy. Lead singer Dan Smith explains what he intended to create with the album: “I wanted to off-set…
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The long awaited To Kill A King debut album is finally upon us in the form of Cannibals with Cutlery. It opens with the beautiful ballad-esque ‘I Work Nights And You Work Days’; we are introduced to the album by Ralph Pelleymounter’s brilliant baritone vocals, enough to give you goosebumps. This song in particular has a distinct…
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The electronic intro to Two Door Cinema Club’s new single ‘Next Year’ sets it apart from singles of TDCC past. It makes it instantly distinctive and I’m sure will be instantly recognisable in the future as the start of one of their best tracks yet. Following the success of Tourist History, where literally every track is…
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Three days into their tour supporting Two Door Cinema Club, Deputy Editor George Doel and Live Editor Megan Downing caught up with one of the most talked about bands of the year so far: Bastille. With single ‘Pompeii’ out next month and then eagerly awaited debut album Bad Blood out on 4th March there was a…
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Bestival have announced the first acts of this year’s special 10th birthday festival. The theme for this year is ‘HMS Bestival’ and I’m recommending you definitely hop on board as it is set to be the biggest and best yet. Bestival always manages to secure some outstandingly legendary headliners and this year is no different.…
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The Edge’s live editor Megan Downing and head of relations Dan Flynn spoke to Freddie and Pete from The Vaccine’s prior to their Benefit Show at The Joiners. For such a worldly successful band to be coming back to their roots to play a Benefit show is fantastic. They tell The Edge how exciting they…