Bastille

Fifteen years in, Bastille have outlasted most of their peers, defied an industry that loves to eat up the new big thing, and somehow made being weird in the mainstream work for them. As they take their Dork cover hat trick and return to the legendary 100 Club for A special DORK 100 celebration, they reflect on a career built on doing whatever the hell they wanted – and why they’re still hungry for more.
Bastille's beautiful chaos: 15 years of breaking the indie rulebook
BASTILLE'S BEAUTIFUL CHAOS: 15 YEARS OF BREAKING THE INDIE RULEBOOK
Fifteen years in, Bastille have outlasted most of their peers, defied an industry that loves to eat up the new big thing, and somehow made being weird in the mainstream work for them. As they take their Dork cover hat trick and return to the legendary 100 Club for A special DORK 100 celebration, they reflect on a career built on doing whatever the hell they wanted – and why they’re still hungry for more.
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Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill A King’s Ralph Pelleymounter have made a Marilyn Monroe musical
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Features & interviews

With a new tour, a new mixtape, and a new album, Dan Smith and co. are busier than ever.
Bastille: "It’s fun to fuck with people's expectations"
BASTILLE: "IT’S FUN TO FUCK WITH PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS"
With a new tour, a new mixtape, and a new album, Dan Smith and co. are busier than ever.
Album & live reviews
News

War Child has revealed the artists behind this year's Secret 7" sleeve designs
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All Bastille stories
Every published Bastille story in the archive, newest first.

How Bastille’s ‘Eve & Paradise Lost’ brings a biblical story into the present
Dan Smith’s 2024 song and short film recast Eve’s familiar story as an unequal relationship, with Simone Ashley at its centre.

Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill A King’s Ralph Pelleymounter have made a Marilyn Monroe musical
Album lands 12th March 2027, followed by a musical at Leicester's Curve.

War Child has revealed the artists behind this year's Secret 7" sleeve designs
All 700 sleeves head to London's 180 Studios with The Last Dinner Party, Bastille and Glass Animals tracks.





















