(Live Nation Presents) BOB VYLAN + ARSON CHARGE London two-piece BOB
VYLAN are unique. One vocalist (Bobby) and one drummer (Bobbie). One
being a vital and focal mouthpiece, the other a rhythm maker and
keeper, one audience ringleader, one master of the calm. They are a
band that embraces both chaos and peace, a band that thrives on
independence and creating their own path, a band known for mosh pits
and pit hugs. They have a unique and ever evolving sound, one that
crosses styles and genres, doing away with the traditional and
embracing new and more unique sonic dimensions. They incorporate these
styles within their music in an attempt to bridge and blend genres and
subcultures together. It is this very unique style and sound that has
found them embraced by rock, rap, punk, dance and alternative crowds
alike. Their independent nature has seen them start their own record
label (Ghost Theatre), something created that allows them to release
their music completely free from the restraints of the major label
system. This route saw the band reach number 18 on the UK album
charts, 4 in the physical charts and number 3 on the independent
charts, with their 2022 album ‘Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of
Life’. The first time in history that an album entirely self
produced, recorded and mixed by the band and released on the band’s
own label has reached the top 20. The album also went on to win the
Kerrang! ‘Best Album ’award for 2022, and helped the band win
their first MOBO award in the new ‘Alternative ’category. They
have also picked up fans with the likes of Iggy Pop and Craig Charles
on their 6music shows, performed live on the BBC at Glastonbury, been
featured on magazine covers such as Kerrang!, Hardbeat and Gigwise and
written about by everyone from The Guardian to Rolling Stone Magazine.
Their most recent single ‘The Delicate Nature ’featuring Laurie
Vincent from Soft Play, was released in late 2022 and went on to get
over 50 plays across Radio 1, 6music, Radio X, Kerrang Radio and more.
Speaking on their latest album, vocalist Bobby explains a bit more
about the album, its themes and ideas for this next phase for BOB
VYLAN, "This project has allowed us the space to showcase different
sides of our personalities. We don’t want to give the same thing
over and over again, so we’re tackling topics in a different way
this time. It’s serious and funny, it’s communal and obnoxious,
it’s many things at any given time, and it ’s a concept project.
It explores the idea of paying your way through life and the expense
of living in a society that places money above all else. It explores
the places we’ve come from and the extremes we’ve seen people go
to in order to survive. It also looks at the nuances around money in
our society, the less obvious connections, like the world of
advertising and art having to align with advertisers' values in order
to be given a platform, as well as the price of healthy eating, the
cost of technology not necessarily on our pockets but on our lives."
This band is all about community, and for them, their live show is a
place where they can truly express that. With each show starting with
mediation, and ending with a group hug. But what’s between the
meditative start and embracing end is a message delivered in a way
that both Bobby and Bobbie feel has been missing. They set off on
their first ever headline tour in 2021, and since then, in the last
year alone, they have toured across the UK on sell out tours
(including a very sold out Electric Ballroom in London, Dec 2022),
countless festivals including Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds,
Pukkelpop (Belgium) and Riot Fest (US), and toured with the likes of
Amyl & The Sniffers (in the UK and the USA) and Biffy Clyro. With more
live dates announced for 2023 including an EU support tour with
grandson, a US headline tour being readied for 2024, festivals
throughout summer including Download, Boardmasters, 2000trees, Green
Man and Lattitude, there will be no stopping BOB VYLAN. 125% (Live
Nation Presents) Presented by Hi-Dive. This is a 21+ event
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