Dan Smith: Last News

Bastille have announced details of a 2025 tour, which will see them celebrate their earlier releases.Dubbed the ‘From All Sides’ tour, the live shows mark the only opportunity to see the band perform live globally in 2025, and will see them play songs from their first 15 years.Kicking off on November 6 with an opening night in Plymouth, frontman Dan Smith and co. are set to play a total of nine shows across the country, including stops in Cardiff, Nottingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and Brighton.

Christmas is now just days away, and presents are being ordered and delivered up and down the country, gifts filling doorways and letter boxes of houses across the UK.

Bastille’s Dan Smith has shared two new songs from his upcoming solo album ‘&’ and announced a series of live shows for the project. Check out the tracks ‘Blue Sky & The Painter’ and ‘Leonard & Marianne’ below, alongside NME’s exclusive chat with Smith.‘&’ finds the musician writing about the stories of real and mythological people throughout history, including Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, Marie Curie, Edvard Munch and Chinese pirate Zheng Yi Sao.“I’ve always written music via other stories and nodded towards history or pop culture and narratives that we know, the lives of my friends, and mixed in things I read in the news,” Smith told NME.

Bastille have announced their new album ‘&’, and shared the first four songs from it – listen to the new tracks below.The album, which is described as a “collection of story songs”, will be released in full on October 25 and you can pre-order it here. For now, they have released ‘Part One’ of the album, which consists of four new tracks: ‘Intros & Narrators’, ‘Eve & Paradise Lost’, ‘Emily & Her Penthouse In The Sky’ and ‘Seasons & Narcissus’.Listen to the blissed out, fingerpicked tracks below, which find Dan Smith and co in folky, reflective form, set to lush, warm production.The first track, ‘Intros & Narrators’, comes complete with a new video, which was captured in a single take while in the Sargasso Sea in the Bermuda Triangle earlier this year.

Bastille‘s Dan Smith recently played a new unreleased song while onboard a Greenpeace ship in the Bermuda Triangle.Titled ‘Blue Sky & the Painter’, Smith performed the track while sat on the prow of the iconic Greenpeace ship with his acoustic guitar. The video sees him on the boat as the sun is setting with the vast Atlantic Ocean is around him.The area is famous as the home of the Bermuda Triangle – where ships and planes have supposedly disappeared without a trace.Speaking about the track in a press release, Smith shared: “The song is about Edvard Munch finally seeing a crack of light in life after a long period of darkness, and it felt like a theme that resonated with this particular opportunity that we now have to protect these vast blue spaces that we all depend on.”He continued: “I was invited onto this iconic ship to learn and help out, but when we found ourselves in unusually calm water within the Bermuda Triangle, 240 nautical miles away from the nearest land, it just felt like an ideal opportunity to collaborate with the crew on capturing this song.”Smith joined a voyage with Greenpeace UK on the ship the Arctic Sunrise to learn more about the importance of ocean protection.

Glastonbury’s Palais Cinema has unveiled its line-up for this year’s edition of the festival and it features a star-studded list of guests including Paul Mescal, Florence Pugh and Andrew Scott.In a video unveiling the line-up with Radio 1’s Ali Plumb, EMPIRE’s Helen O’Hara and Bastille’s Dan Smith who is a patron and supporter of the area, it was revealed that film showings at the event include a mixture of pre-released screenings, recent cinema hits, music documentaries and classic film showings.Some of those on show include Despicable Me 4, Furiosa, Dune Part Two, All Of Us Strangers, Barbie, The Fall Guy, The Greatest Showman, Baby Driver and Shaun Of The Dead in its 20th anniversary year.Guests at the event include Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright who will be taking part in a Q&A about Shaun Of The Dead; Wright will also introduce his film Baby Driver.Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott will reunite with director Andrew Haigh for a Q&A about their emotive film All Of Us Strangers, which was released earlier this year, while Florence Pugh will speak about Dune Part 2 ahead of the screening.Other guests there include Tilda Swinton, who will take part in a Q&A for Only Lovers Left Alive and will introduce her new film Problemista while Cate Blanchett will talk about I’m Not There, the film she starred in about Bob Dylan.Both Swinton and Blanchett also appeared at last year’s Glastonbury, with Swinton joining Max Richter on stage while Blanchett danced on stage with Sparks. There will be a screening of the first two episodes of new Star Wars series The Acolyte, while Kneecap will talk about their new documentary film.

Brian Eno, as well as members of Fontaines D.C., R.E.M, Bastille and more have read out letters from Palestinians suffering in Gaza as part of a ‘Voices For Gaza’ initiative.The clips have been shared on the Instagram page for Voices For Gaza, and sees famous faces from across the entertainment industry read letters from those in Palestine aloud, recalling the graphic details of the war.It aims to help raise funds for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians and bring awareness to the ongoing crisis happening in the country.At time of writing, the conflict has led to the deaths of over 34,600 Palestinians. The attacks by Hamas on October 7 last year killed over 1,200 people.Among those who have taken part in the charity initiative is Brian Eno, who reads out a letter from a civilian in Gaza, written in February 2024.

Lost Frequencies and Bastille have shared a soaring new collaboration called ‘Head Down’ – check it out below.Lost Frequencies, aka Belgium dance artist Félix De Laet, teamed up with Bastille for the track that is an exclusive addition to the artist’s third album, ‘All Stand Together’, which was released last year.Lost Frequencies first broke through in 2014 with his global hit ‘Are You With Me’, a track that reached the Number One spot on the charts in 18 countries.A statement says the song “bring[s] together their sound that holds both the signature of Lost Frequencies melodic and heart-swelling dance music, alongside Bastille’s meticulous song-writing”. It adds that the song is about “embracing the now and not being so hard on yourself – a poignant message to kick off the New Year.”You can check out the new track here: Back in September, Bastille unveiled a new version of ‘Pompeii’ – a collaboration with legendary film composer Hans Zimmer.The rendition marked the 10th anniversary of the track’s original 2013 release, when it reached Number Two on the UK Singles Chart.Titled ‘Pompeii MMXXIII’, the new version emerged when Bastille frontman Dan Smith was working in a recording studio with Zimmer on other projects.“Having the opportunity to work with the living legend that is Hans Zimmer, and his brilliant team, has been an absolute dream,” said Smith last year.

Dylan has returned with new single ‘Rebel Child’, which she’s called “my own anthem” and a “main character moment”.The track follows the singer’s recent song ‘Liar Liar’, featuring vocals from Bastille frontman Dan Smith, and comes after she announced rescheduled UK and European tour dates for 2024.Of ‘Rebel Child’, Dylan said in a statement: “First off, I LOVE this song. I basically wanted my own theme tune – my main character moment.

Bastille have unveiled a new version of ‘Pompeii’, in collaboration with the legendary film composer Hans Zimmer. Listen to the song below.The new rendition marks the 10th anniversary of the track’s original 2013 release, when it reached Number Two on the UK Singles Chart.Titled ‘Pompeii MMXXIII’, the new version came about when Bastille frontman Dan Smith was working in a recording studio with Zimmer on other projects.“Having the opportunity to work with the living legend that is Hans Zimmer, and his brilliant team, has been an absolute dream,” said Smith.

APPOINTMENTSThe Scottish Music Industry Association has announced that its Creative Director Robert Kilpatrick will take on the additional role of Interim CEO following the departure of Ronnie Gurr from the top job. The association’s Interim Chair, Nick Stewart, says: “Robert understands the SMIA’s importance better than anyone else.

Dylan has shared a new single ‘Liar Liar’, featuring vocals from Bastille frontman Dan Smith. Check out the new track below.Released today (August 4), the track sees the emerging UK pop star join forces with the Bastille singer, and deliver a blend of sparking, cinematic pop that is designed for the live stage.Starting with her subtle vocals as she repeats the title of the new track, the single gradually builds into its lively, electric chorus.

Bastille have finally released the fan-favourite song ‘No Angels’ – a mash-up cover of The xx and TLC – check it out below.The cover was originally featured on the band’s mixtape series, ‘Other People’s Heartache p.t 2’, over 10 years ago.Now, the band have finally unveiled the much-loved mash-up with help Ella Eyre, interpolating The xx’s ‘Angels’ and TLC’s ‘No Scrubs’ as a sombre and strings-led track.Alongside the release of ‘No Angels’, Bastille have also announced ‘Bad Blood X’ – the celebratory double album to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their debut album, ‘Bad Blood’.In addition to the album’s original tracklist, the release features bonus tracks including three never-before-heard demos, two additional covers and a plethora of live renditions of ‘Bad Blood’ tracks. The covers are of Cutting Crew’s ‘(I Just) Died In Your Arms’ and Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Dreams’ (assisted by Gabrielle Aplin).CD1CD2Reflecting on the band’s debut record, Bastille frontman Dan Smith said: “When I started working on the songs that became ‘Bad Blood’ 10 years ago at a laptop in my bedroom, I never imagined that they’d be heard by so many people and then take us all over the world.He added: “10 years on, we wanted to put something special together to celebrate the album, whilst not messing with it too much.

So the all-star soundtrack to the new Greta Gerwig-directed ‘Barbie’ movie may include music by Lizzo, Dua Lipa, Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Charli XCX, Tame Impala and PinkPantheress, but where’s the Bastille track? That’s what we’re all wondering, right?Well, the lack of a Bastille track on the new film’s official soundtrack is not the fault of Bastille. The band’s Dan Smith last week revealed on Twitter that he actually wrote a couple of songs for consideration but they were rejected by the film’s producers.According to NME, Smith was responding to a fan who asked if he plans to see either the ‘Barbie’ film or new Christopher Nolan movie ‘Oppenheimer’.Smith replied: “Very excited for both of those.

Bastille frontman Dan Smith has said that he had songs rejected from the forthcoming live-action Barbie film.Last week, a star-studded soundtrack was announced for the highly anticipated Greta Gerwig-directed film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (who’s also set to appear on the album) featuring tracks from Lizzo, HAIM, Charli XCX, Tame Impala and more.Lipa then released ‘Dance The Night’ – the lead single from the soundtrack written in collaboration with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.Smith revealed he’d written “a couple” of songs for the film that were ultimately turned down. A fan had asked him: “Oh also whilst you’re here and talking about films.

Bastille's Dan Smith shared his songwriting secrets in a very special Record Store Day edition of The Record Club. 

Bastille have been announced as the guests for a very special Record Store Day episode of The Record Club.

Bastille’s Dan Smith, Paloma Faith, Jimmy Somerville, Metronomy’s Joseph Mount and Damon Albarn are among the musicians featured on a new cover of the song ‘A Million Dreams’ from ‘The Greatest Showman’. The new track is being released in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity and Brainstrust, and was the idea of seven year old Ravi Adelekan – son of Metronomy bassist Olugbenga Adelekan – who was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year.Ravi’s illness was initially diagnosed as a build up of ear wax but, when an ear, nose and throat specialist requested an MRI scan, a tumour was discovered on his brain stem.

APPOINTMENTSSecretly Publishing has hired Trinity Hood as an A&R associate and Tony Messina-Doerning as an A&R. Both will be based in the company’s LA office.

Red Dead Redemption game could get a Brit rock edge, if one of the UK’s biggest bands have anything to do with it. Speaking exclusively to NME, Dan Smith, frontman of Bastille has revealed that he wants to compose the soundtrack to Red Dead Redemption 3.When asked which game series he’d most like to create an upcoming soundtrack for, the Bastille founder, singer and songwriter said, “I’d make a load of cowboy music for Red Dead Redemption.”“I want to make an epic score for Red Dead Redemption 3,” he continued, “I think that’d be really fun – getting to knock about on a horse in the Wild West with some great music banging in the background.”Bastille fans may be waiting a while for their Western dreams to become a reality, however, as Rockstar Games’ follow-up to 2018’s Red Dead Redemption 2 isn’t yet confirmed.

DIGITALTikTok’s own music marketing and DIY music distribution platform SoundOn has launched a new pre-release feature. It allows artists to give TikTok users access to clips of new music before releasing the full track.———————————————-RELEASESRosalía has released new standalone single ‘Despachá’. Currently on a world tour, she will play the O2 in London on 15 Dec.Bastille have announced a new three part extended version of their latest album ‘Give Me The Future’, featuring new songs, collaborations, covers and more.