Twin Atlantic talk Foo Fighters, The Beatles, tour tales and album secrets

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READ MORE:Jake Bugg talks joining Liam Gallagher’s band, festival tales and new musicTheir second tour was a special one, though, as it celebrated the 10 year anniversary of their life-changing Free album, which caught airtime on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show back in 2011.Free fires off epic alternative anthems like Make A Beast Of Myself, Time For You to Stand Up and Crash Land, where you'll hear fans religiously scream back the lyrics: "We're f***ed" at every show without fail.Fast-forward a decade, and lead singer Sam is still determined to bring the party at every show with one simple mission; give people "the best gig of their life".Sam chatted exclusively to Daily Star's Sam Huntley about all things music, from The Beatles and Foo Fighters to how he writes songs, lead singer pressures and why it's so vital to be vulnerable.How does it feel to be out on tour again?"It feels strange.

We’ve already done a UK tour. I think they were like 1000-cap venues or something like that, so I think we were maybe one of the first bands back after the pandemic to do that, so it feels like we’re spoiled because we’ve already had a shot at being back out there.

But everything was kind of still in the balance so it was like tests every day and Covid scares on the crew and things like that."The hour that you’re on stage was really enjoyable but the rest of it was quite difficult to manage, but also just the fallout of not seeing people for a couple years.

All we spoke about was Covid and how hard hit the industry’s been and things like that. So that tour was quite difficult."It feels strange, because it always just feels like whenever we go to do a tour, the world collapses."Do you still get nerves before a live show?