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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.

by Ali Shutler17 Jul 2025

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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News3 Sept 2026

Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill A King’s Ralph Pelleymounter have made a Marilyn Monroe musical

News23 Jun 2026

War Child has revealed the artists behind this year's Secret 7" sleeve designs

News23 Oct 2026

Fatboy Slim, Robbie Williams and Kings of Leon will headline Isle of Wight Festival 2027

Fatboy Slim, Robbie Williams and Kings of Leon will lead the Isle of Wight Festival’s 25th edition since its 2002 revival.

War Child’s Secret 7" has returned with tracks from John Lennon, The Last Dinner Party, The Maccabees and more

Bastille and The Wombats have booked a Crystal Palace Bowl show for August

News24 Nov 2025

Bastille are going to perform at Eden Sessions and Dreamland Margate next summer

News21 Nov 2025

Bastille have released their new single 'SAVE MY SOUL' after a three-year hiatus

News20 Nov 2025

Big Feastival has confirmed 2026's headliners: Basement Jaxx, The Streets and Bastille

Features & interviews

Features23 Feb 2018

Bastille: "It’s fun to fuck with people's expectations"

Features21 Oct 2024

The Agenda Setter: Bastille's Dan Smith is telling stories with new album '&'

Features17 Jul 2025

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.

Features4 Aug 2023

Dylan is teaming up with Dan Smith from Bastille for the first taste of her new era, 'Liar Liar': "Oh god, what if people hate it?"

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.

by Dork23 Feb 2018

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.

23 Feb 2018•By Dork

Album & live reviews

Live18 Jul 2025

Small room, big moment: Bastille do The 100 Club for Dork 100

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Bastille - &

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Bastille - Give Me The Future

Live15 Jul 2019

Bastille and Friendly Fires have fun at Citadel 2019

Live28 Jun 2019

News

News3 Sept 2026

Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill A King’s Ralph Pelleymounter have made a Marilyn Monroe musical

News23 Jun 2026

War Child has revealed the artists behind this year's Secret 7" sleeve designs

News23 Oct 2026

Fatboy Slim, Robbie Williams and Kings of Leon will headline Isle of Wight Festival 2027

Fatboy Slim, Robbie Williams and Kings of Leon will lead the Isle of Wight Festival’s 25th edition since its 2002 revival.

War Child’s Secret 7" has returned with tracks from John Lennon, The Last Dinner Party, The Maccabees and more

Bastille and The Wombats have booked a Crystal Palace Bowl show for August

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News27 Oct 2021

Bastille have announced a brand new tour for 2022

They'll hit the road next April in support of new album 'Give Me The Future'.

News19 Oct 2021

Bastille have announced their new album, 'Give Me The Future' - check out new single 'No Bad Days' now

The track comes with a video directed by frontman Dan Smith.

News18 Oct 2021

It looks like we're getting a new Bastille track, 'No Bad Days', later this week

The latest new music from the band seems to be imminent.

News19 Aug 2021

4 Feb 2022

Bastille: "I would be lying if I said we set out to make this album"

Features28 Aug 2019

Bastille talk pretending to be rappers, surprise guests, and new music backstage at Reading 2019

Features6 Dec 2018

Bastille: "We want Other People's Heartache to become a project in its own right"

Features23 May 2018

Get a Hobby: Bastille's Will Farquarson on Flying

As they prepare to hit Glastonbury 2019 later today, Bastille smashed it at Rock Werchter yesterday

Reviews11 Jun 2019

Bastille - Doom Days

Live11 Feb 2019

At a packed-out London's Brixton Academy, Bastille gear up for a mammoth year

Live25 Aug 2017

Bastille prove no stage is too big at Reading 2017

News24 Nov 2025

Bastille are going to perform at Eden Sessions and Dreamland Margate next summer

News21 Nov 2025

Bastille have released their new single 'SAVE MY SOUL' after a three-year hiatus

News20 Nov 2025

Big Feastival has confirmed 2026's headliners: Basement Jaxx, The Streets and Bastille

Bastille have debuted another new album taster, 'Thelma + Louise'

It's the second track to come from the as-yet-unannounced full length.

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News18 Aug 2021

Bastille are dropping a new track, 'Thelma + Louise', later today

It'll get a first play on BBC Radio 1 at 6pm.

News15 Jul 2021

Bastille have launched their new single, 'Give Me The Future'

"The spaceship sound at the start? It’s us crash landing in the future."

News23 Jun 2021

Bastille are back with their new single 'Distorted Light Beam'

It's the first taster of their new album, set to arrive later this year.

Bastille are set to premiere a brand new feature-length documentary film next week

Titled 'ReOrchestrated', it'll arrive on Amazin Prime Video next Wednesday, 10th February.

Check out Bastille's surprise new 'Goosebumps' EP

Plus, there's a video for the title track too.

Bastille have released a new animated video for 'Survivin''

It was a collab with London-based British/Iranian director Reza Dolatabadi.

News22 Sept 2020

Bastille are celebrating their time together with new single, 'Survivin''

Feat. lots of sax.

News31 Jul 2020

Bastille have shared a surprise new single, 'What You Gonna Do???'

It features Blur's Graham Coxon too, 'FYI'.

Bastille have released an extended edition of their latest album, 'Doom Days (This Got Out Of Hand)'

The new edition features two new songs, 'Admit Defeat' and 'Good Lesson'.

Bastille are dropping an out of hand new version of 'Doom Days' this week

It's got 11 more tracks, which is nice.

News19 Nov 2019

Bastille have released their cover of REO Speedwagon's 'Can’t Fight This Feeling' from 'that advert'

Have you heard this one?

Bastille have unleashed a new version of 'Another Place', featuring Alessia Cara

"I’ve been a Bastille fan since their early stuff," says Alessia.

News26 Sept 2019

Bastille have unveiled a brand new video for 'Bad Decisions'

Frontman Dan Smith plays author Dr. Dan Bastille, plugging his self-help book.

Features28 Aug 2019

Bastille talk pretending to be rappers, surprise guests, and new music backstage at Reading 2019

It's all going on.

Live15 Jul 2019

Bastille and Friendly Fires have fun at Citadel 2019

There aren't many festivals where the appearance of Peppa Pig threatens to be the big winner in a three-way clash between two bands as exciting as Dream Wife and The Murder Capital, and one furry little oinker. But then Citadel is a bit different, after all. Billed as ‘family friendly', this year se

Live28 Jun 2019

As they prepare to hit Glastonbury 2019 later today, Bastille smashed it at Rock Werchter yesterday

Live, Bastille have always been a party. Bucket loads of enthusiasm, a genuine star at the helm and more bangers than you can shake a tower of plastic cups at, they come into focus onstage. Every festival they do feels likes a triumphant moment of release and celebration. It always goes off. Today a

Reviews11 Jun 2019

Bastille - Doom Days

A treat that’s more than worth the wait.

The Doom Days are coming! Bastille are on the cover of this month's Dork, out now

The world might be burning, but Dan and co. aren't letting that stop them.

Dork's newest cover stars Bastille have dropped another new track - check out ‘Those Nights’ now

The band's new album is imminent.

News30 May 2019

Bastille take a look at what people do when they think no one's watching in their new video for 'Joy'

Bastille vs the internet.

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