Bastille Brings Their Futuristic 'Give Me The Future' Tour to DC!

Having released their fourth studio album Give Me The Future earlier this year, it was only a matter of time until British pop band Bastille brought their tour across the United States. And, of course, DC was one of their stops! With people lined up all around The Anthem, you know you were in for an exciting night.

Opener Josh Fudge started out the show, and the crowd immediately took to him! With his catchy music, boisterous energy, and his very colorful rainbow guitar, it was impossible for people not to like him! As every great opener does, he got people dancing and singing along, especially during his hit song “FEEL LIKE“. Mentioning that this was his first time playing in DC, you could already tell that, when he comes back, he’ll have a bunch of new fans waiting for him!

And now it was time for Bastille to hit the stage! The lights dim, the audience cheers and screams, a little jingle plays, and the screen onstage lights up with a little Future Inc. ad: “Introducing ‘Future Inc.’ Our future begins now.“, the voice says, keying in the crowd to all the tech-heavy futuristic motifs this album was built on. Going straight into “Stay Awake?“, the band is silhouetted by the white screen behind them, and the fans go wild!

Playing through a mix of old and new songs, they go from GMTF‘s leading single “Distorted Light Beam” right into some Bad Blood classics, including “Things We Lost In The Fire“, “Laura Palmer“, and “Oblivion“. And when they played their more recent single “Quarter Past Midnight“, fans were jumping all around and signing at the top of their lungs.

Bastille played through several more newer songs, and yet again had a little throwback with an acoustic version of “Flaws“. With everyone waving their phone lights around and singing along to this slowed down version, it was quite the sight! If you’ve seen the band before, you’ll know that singer BIM was a new addition to this tour! Her backing vocals throughout the set really took the whole show up several notches.

During their hit song “Happier“, lead singer Dan Smith climbed over the middle of the barricade and hopped down into the crowd, walking all around the pit and singing directly to the people even in the back. And speaking of crowd interaction, when they performed “Of The Night” Dan got the whole venue to crouch down mid-song, and then jump all over the place for the chorus!

All good things must come to an end, and after a very high energy performance of their breakout song “Pompeii“, the band exits the stage and the Future Inc logo pops back onscreen. The disembodied voice is back,and talks the crowd through some prompts. The screen glitches, and Bastille comes back onstage for two more songs! Starting out the encore with a very intimate performance of an unreleased song, “Hope For The Future”, Dan then thanks everyone for coming out to the show, and Bastille launch straight into their final song, “Shut Off The Lights“. And what a way to end off the night! The energy in the room was palpable as everyone both on and off the stage were dancing all over the place!

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