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Bastille To Stage ‘Still Avoiding Tomorrow’ Event To Mark ‘Doom Days’ Release
Described as “immersive”, the event sees the band join forces with playwright Charlotte Bogard Macleod, who has fused 3D sound and storytelling inspired by ‘Doom Days’.
Bastille have announced details of ‘Still Avoiding Tomorrow’, a theatrical experience that will mark the release of their third album. Coinciding with the release of Doom Days on 14 June, the fully immersive event will see fans head to the 9294 Studio in Hackney Wick, London, to inhabit the world that exists within the record.
The event sees Bastille join forces with playwright Charlotte Bogard Macleod, who has fused 3D sound and storytelling inspired by the new album.
Fans will be given the chance to follow three intriguing storylines from three different characters, which eventually intertwine as the Doom Days scenarios are acted out around them. It will eventually culminate with a live performance from the band themselves as they perform the album in its entirety – with the event being streamed directly on YouTube.
Tickets for ‘Still Avoiding Tomorrow’ will be available from the band’s official website via a pre-sale from 10am on Wednesday, 29 May ahead of going on general sale on Friday, 31 May.
This comes after Bastille sat down with NME and discussed how the album’s title track was experienced by the idea of enjoying the sense of escapism that comes from a night out.
“We wanted to really cement what is that you might be trying to escape,” said frontman Dan Smith.
“So if the album is about a night out and it’s about escapism, I think we got to the end of the process and felt like it was really important to identify quite specifically what these modern anxieties that we all face are. Some of which feel really serious and oppressive and some of which are kind of ridiculous and mundane.”
Following the ‘Still Avoiding Tomorrow’ event, Bastille will take the album on the road this summer as they play a series of festival slots, including appearances at Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds. They will then embark on a club night tour in winter, promising to visit towns across the UK that are usually missed off tour schedules.
