You Me At Six recall getting ‘The X Factor’ final moved from Wembley Arena

nme.com:

You Me At Six have reflected on the time that they were able to get The X Factor final moved from Wembley Arena.The Surrey band are set to take over the legendary London arena for two nights next month as part of their ‘Final Nights Of Six’ farewell tour.

Speaking to Kerrang! for the publication’s new print issue, frontman Josh Franceschi reflected on the first time the band played that venue in 2012.“I think we’ve always surpassed expectation, but sometimes it’s not that we’ve been the ‘best band in class’, but we’ve always been the most willing to dream big and work really hard towards it,” Franceschi told the outlet. “When it came to booking Wembley, our promoter at the time was very, very, very sure that we were absolutely wasting our time by even thinking about it.

Our management wasn’t so deterred and said, ‘Book it if you want to play it.’”A post shared by You Me At Six (@youmeatsixofficial)He continued: “We ended up having to challenge ITV and The X Factor, because they always had their finals at Wembley Arena.

It was the first time in that show’s history where they’d moved from London to Manchester, and it was because of us!“Bands always dream of saying, ‘Hello, Wembley!’ and we just felt that we made a real jump from being a band that is known and appreciated to being part of a really special club.