Bring Me The Horizon have revealed more details about their upcoming headline slot, at All Points East, this May. The band will be make history, next month, as they will be headlining a festival for the first time. The All Points East festival will take place, at London’s Victoria Park, between the 24th of May and the 02nd of June 2019.
Bring Me The Horizon will be taking to the stage on Friday the 31st of May 2019. The band have revealed that they are planning a special set, to mark their first headline festival slot, which will be longer and include rarities.
Speaking to Gigwise, about their landmark performance at the festival, keyboardist Jordan Fish, said: “The show is going to be completely different to what we’re doing at any other festival and not only in terms of the setlist. We’ve got a much longer setlist than we would get at any other festival, we’ve got two hours which is longer than we’ve ever played before, and it gives us the opportunity to play a much more varied set and do some old stuff that we wouldn’t necessarily do, which is going to be exciting for the fans I think.
“We’re going to do some songs that we haven’t played for a long time and it allows us to fit in some newer stuff as well, I guess it means we really don’t have to compromise on the set or drop anything.”
The band will be joined, on Friday the 31st of May, by a number of hand-picked bands to support them, which includes Architects, Run The Jewels, Nothing But Thieves, Idles, Alice Glas, While She Sleeps, Employed To Serve, Scarlxrd, and Yonaka. Speaking about how they picked the bands, bassist Matt Kean, said: “We got together over a bunch of different meetings and put together a list of bands that we wanted.”
While, Fish added: “We were all pretty much on the same page with it, obviously our fans traditionally are more rock scene fans, but then a lot of the music that we listen to and are influenced by is a lot more varied so it’s trying to come up with a line-up that feels like it’s going to appeal to someone who likes our music but also a line-up that would appeal to us or people who have a varied taste.
“Anything that we think is exciting from any genre rather than loading it with rock bands, we’re trying to think of stuff that’s going to work, not necessarily in terms of genre, but in terms of the energy and the vibe.”
Along with the responsibility of headlining comes the freedom that comes with playing a longer set, with Fish adding: “There’s going to be something for every one of our fans there.
“We’re going to do some older stuff just because of the history of the band and we’re probably going to be playing some new songs that we’ve never played before off of the new album and obviously everything in between is going to get a good run too. It’s going to be the most comprehensive set for a Bring Me The Horizon fan that we’ve ever played.”
Meanwhile, also headlining the All Points East festival, this May, will be The Chemical Brothers, The Strokes, Christine And The Queens, Mumford & Sons, and Bon Iver. The full line-up for this year’s edition of the London-based festival can be found below. Bring Me The Horizon play All Points East, on May 31, tickets are available now and can be purchased here.
Joining headliners, The Chemical Brother, on Friday the 24th of May, will be Hot Chip, Primal Scream, Jon Hopkins, Kate Tempest, Spiritualized, Little Dragon, Peggy Gou, Roisin Murphy, Steve Mason, Danny Brown, David August, Lanes, Little Simz, Jadu Heart, Optimo, Ibibio Sound Machine, Petite Noir, Maurice Fulton, Josey Rebelle, Ge-Ology, DMX Krew, and Elder Island.
Meanwhile, on Saturday the 25th of May, The Strokes will be joined by The Raconteurs, Interpol, Johnny Marr, Fate White Family, Parquet, Jarvis Cocker Presents Jarvis Is…, Courtney Barnett, Connan Mockasin, Anna Calvi, Temples, Amyl and the Sniffers, Angie McMahon, Dream Wife, The Nude Party, Viagra Boys, Bakar, Demob Happy, BC Camplight, YAK, Our Girl, Willie J Healey, Feet, and Egyptian Blue.
Christine And The Queens will be joined, on Sunday the 26th of May, by James Blake, Metronomy, Maribou State, Kamasi Washington, Beach House, Honne, Kurt Vile And The Violators, Princess Nokia, Ezra Collective, Toro Y Moi, Rina Sawayama, Bob Moses, Andrew Weatherall, Yves Tumor, Baloji, Cuco, Moxie, Kojaque, Octo Octa, Galcher Lustwerk, Paquita Gordon, and Mild Orange.
On Saturday 01st of June, Mumford & Sons, will be taking the headline slot and will be joined by the likes of Leon Bridges, Dizzie Rascal, The Vaccines, Dermot Kennedy, Sam Fender, The Staves, Jade Bird, Gretta Ray, and Dizzy. Finally, closing the festival, on the Sunday the 02nd of June will be headliners Bon Iver, who will be joined by Mac Demarco, First Aid Kit, John Grant, The Tallest Man On Earth, Ezra Furman, RY X, Phosphorescent, Julien Baker, Snail Mail, Kokoko!, and Charlie Cunningham.
