Punk-rock band Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes are the latest to announce a virtual reality gig, since Covid-19 is still preventing live shows. This is one of a series of performances to be held at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, hosted by MelodyVR.
The band relayed all the details to followers via social media, revealing that they’ll be playing on Friday 13th November at 8pm BST, and fans will choose the setlist as well as being able to “invade the stage” virtually. General sale tickets will be sold from Wednesday 14th October at 10am, and tickets bought before midnight will allow a chance to be shown on stage.
Frontman Frank Carter gave more insight into the show, saying, “There are few places like O2 Academy Brixton, a venue where you feel the history every time you walk out onto the stage. Our sold out Brixton show a few years back was wild and we had to create a live album from it.”
This specific show has been dubbed ‘Brixton By Request’ in the ‘Live From O2 Academy Brixton’ series, and it will feature live versions of songs from the band’s new deluxe rendition of their 2015 debut album ‘Blossom’. Announced in June, it was disclosed that in addition to the ten original tracks, there will be fifteen unreleased songs.
Carter said of the release, “It all started with Blossom, an incendiary record as visceral as it was chaotic. An experiment in capturing pure emotion. To commemorate this prestigious event we have curated a special version of the album. Included with the original studio recordings are three previously unheard tracks that were recorded in the same session. We listened to them recently and sadly enough they sound as though they were made for the year 2020.”
The upcoming performance follows that of Tom Grennan who kicked things off last week on Friday 2nd October, debuting new material and playing his most popular hits. He commented, “Nothing can replace the thrill of live music, especially in a venue as iconic as O2 Academy Brixton.”
