{"id":12147,"date":"2016-08-02T10:13:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T09:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=12147"},"modified":"2016-08-02T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T09:13:31","slug":"tickets-now-on-sale-bastille-sse-arena-belfast-wednesday-9-november-3arena-dublin-thursday-10-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/08\/tickets-now-on-sale-bastille-sse-arena-belfast-wednesday-9-november-3arena-dublin-thursday-10-november\/","title":{"rendered":"TICKETS NOW ON SALE! BASTILLE- SSE ARENA, BELFAST: WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 3ARENA, DUBLIN: THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER"},"content":{"rendered":"

SSE ARENA, BELFAST<\/strong>: WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER<\/p>\n

3ARENA, DUBLIN:<\/strong> THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER<\/p>\n

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Bastille have announced their much anticipated live return with their biggest headline shows to date at the SSE Arena, Belfast on November 9th<\/sup> and 3Arena, Dublin on November 10th.<\/sup><\/p>\n

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Tickets now on sale from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The SSE Arena, Belfast Box Office: <\/strong>Tel. 02890 739074
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At first glance the striking artwork for Bastille\u2019s second album, \u2018Wild World\u2019, may prompt a number of questions. Who are the two individuals balanced precariously above a cityscape? Why are they there? What will happen next? But Dan Smith\u2019s own interpretation of the image is one that runs through many of the songs on\u00a0Wild World, \u201cTo me, the image isn\u2019t about what\u2019s just happened or what happens next,\u201d he begins. \u201cIt\u2019s not about how they got there or how they get down. It\u2019s about showing\u00a0a moment \u2014 two friends\u00a0existing in that split second in that exact space, two people\u00a0framed in the vast\u00a0context of\u00a0this huge mad metropolis that\u00a0we\u2019ve all built. They\u2019re there out of choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just\u00a0five\u00a0years since South Londoner, Dan, started Bastille alone in his bedroom, releasing 300 copies of Bastille\u2019s debut single. Relentless gigging, genuine word of mouth and some smartly curated mixtapes meant that within three years,\u00a0Bastille became a global phenomenon;\u00a0the band\u2019s chart-conquering debut album \u2018Bad Blood\u2019\u00a0selling over 4m albums alongside 11m singles. In the UK, the\u00a0twice\u00a0Number One album was certified double-platinum and named the biggest-selling digital album of 2013. Hit singles \u2018Pompeii<\/a>\u2019,\u00a0\u2018Flaws\u2019<\/a>, \u2018Laura Palmer\u2019<\/a> and \u2018Things We Lost In The Fire\u2019<\/a> helped Bastille become that year\u2019s biggest-selling global breakthrough act, with over a billion Spotify streams and in turn earning the band British Breakthrough at the following year\u2019s Brits, along with two Grammy nominations.\u00a0They have also collaborated with acts like Haim, Kate Tempest and Angel Haze, and Dan co-founded and co-runs an indie\u00a0label, Best Laid Plans,\u00a0helping to develop acts like\u00a0Rag \u2019N\u2019 Bone Man<\/a> and Rationale.<\/p>\n

And that, it turns out, was only the beginning.\u00a0Bastille\u2019s second album \u2018Wild World\u2019\u00a0retains the vivid, rich, filmic song-writing\u00a0of its predecessor but pushes the band\u2019s distinctive sound in exciting new directions. Lyrically, too, it\u2019s a leap forward. \u201cIf our first album was about growing up and freaking out about it\u201d Dan explains,\u00a0\u201cOur second is about trying to make sense of the world around you, both as you see it and as it\u2019s presented to you through the media. It\u2019s also about asking questions of the world and of the people in it. We wanted the album to be a bit disorientating – at times extroverted and introverted, light and dark.\u201d<\/p>\n

A sense of escapism runs through \u2018Wild World\u2019, but at the heart of it all is a fascination with the human condition, and the relationships we all forge, fight over and sometimes forget. \u201cThe world can seem fucked up,\u201d Dan concludes. \u201cBut people \u2014 well, people can be amazing. The relationships you choose to have in your life are the main solace. They\u2019re the things that make life awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

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