Glass Animals: "2017 has been sick"

2017 has been rubbo for a lot of things, but not bands. We’ve had a bumper crop of returning superstars, dazzling debut albums and live shows that’ll knock your socks off.

Just when you thought things couldn't get better for Glass Animals, they smash festival season to smithereens with some of the season's best sets, instigate pineapple-gate, and get nominated for the Mercury Prize.

Hey Dave, how has your 2017 been?

My 2017 has been sick. Started with a tour in Asia, then Australia, then South America. Then I fell off a stage and broke my leg. Then Drew got in quite serious trouble with a clan of pimps. Then Coachella with the biggest crowd I’ve ever seen. Then we got picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church. Then Red Rocks, the best venue in the world where we got hit with a hurricane, and everyone took their clothes off in the rain. Then I went in a human centrifuge for the 'Agnes' video. Then the amazing Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds Festival. Then our first arena shows. Then Radio City and the Shrine and the Greek where the crowd smoked so much pot I got way too high on stage. Then utter chaos in Mexico where we got held up by the cartel etc.

Crikey. So, pineapples then. That Reading & Leeds ban was a bit weird, wasn’t it - did you see many pineapples in the crowd?

That was weird. I think I saw about five real pineapples in the crowd and about 100 inflatable/paper mache ones. People got creative. I saw a LOT of pineapples in bins by security on the way into the arena. They actually enforced that shit. I even saw one security guard confiscate someone's pineapple balloon. Who confiscates a balloon? That's like confiscating joy. Also, a balloon is like the most harmless thing on the planet. I can't actually think of anything less dangerous.