Bastille feel like 'competition winners' after success

Bastille performed on the In New Music We Trust stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend

Bastille admit they still haven't got a grasp on their success following their debut album going to number one.

The band say they feel like "competition winners" after completing a sell-out tour and supporting Muse.

Frontman Dan Smith said: "We just feel so lucky to be able to do the stuff we're doing. It's gone way beyond our expectations."

Their debut album, Bad Blood, topped the charts with single Pompeii making it to number two in the charts.

Speaking backstage at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Londonderry, keyboardist Kyle Simmons said: "We still don't get a grasp on it.

"We feel like competition winners who got let in to this place for people in real bands. It's weird."

Dan added: "We're aware things got weird for us a few months ago around the release of the album but we've been so busy on tour doing gigs that we're happily oblivious!"

Bastille's six-song set in Derry ended with an explosion of red and gold ticker tape. It also included a Nineties mash-up of Snap's Rhythm Is A Dancer and Corona's Rhythm Of The Night.

'Giant robots'

As well as a recent headline tour, the band have also been supporting Muse with Dizzee Rascal.

"Their show had giant robots, dancers, fireballs but it's massively backed up by their music. They can get away with it," said Dan.

"We're so lucky to have been asked to do it. Performing at those sized venues was something we never thought of and probably something we'll never do again."

"We're massively pessimistic so we may as well enjoy it. The next thing we know we'll be working back in a shop or homeless!"

The band have a busy summer with appearances at festivals including Glastonbury, T In The Park and Reading & Leeds before embarking on another headline UK tour later in the year.

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