Bastille shared news about their next year UK arena tour. The shows will support their recently announced new album Give Me The Future that is out on 4th February 2020. 

After a previous tease from Bastille on social media, the band announced the new upcoming album last week (19th October). They also shared a futuristic new video for the single “No Bad Days”, directed by frontman Dan Smith.

The track lyrics are full of references to video games, science fiction, films and literature. The new video shows Smith in a lab trying to bring his loved one back to the living, using technology. We can see references here to classic movies like ‘Ex Machina‘ or ‘The Matrix‘. The video is Smiths debut, he said: “It’s really satisfying to have finally directed, and I’m really proud of the little film we made. I grew up with film as my main obsession, so this was a bit of a dream. I learned a shitload and it was good to be challenged in a new way”. You can watch the video below.

The group described the upcoming release as a “tribute to humanity in the age of technology, and living through times that can feel like science fiction“.  Smith commented: “Working on these songs in such an apocalyptic period, with everyone stuck at home, glued to screens, fed into the feeling that what is real and what is not has become pretty difficult to discern sometimes.”

“We’re in the age of deep fake, fake news and lying world leaders. But online, you can be anyone. What that does to our sense of self and to our relationships is huge and it’s fascinating,” he added. You can pre-order the album here.

Bastille will hit the road in April next year. Play a few shows in Brussells and Amsterdam before heading to the UK. The band showed their pre touring excitement by saying: “After everything that’s happened over the last couple of years, we’re buzzing to play for everyone at these brilliant venues and can’t wait to have some fun back on the road again… here’s to gigging in 2022.“

Pre-sale tickets will be available from 2nd November at 9 am, and the main sale will launch on 5th November here. 

Bastille ‘Give Me The Future’ Tour dates are as follow:

03/04/22 – Forest National – Brussels – BE
05/04 – Ziggo Dome – Amsterdam – NL

07/04 – The O2 Arena – London
8/04 – AO Arena – Manchester
10/04 – O2 Academy – Glasgow
13/04 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
14/04 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
15/04 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
17/04 – Plymouth Pavilions
18/04 – Brighton Centre