Idles, Metronomy lead Simple Things festival announcement


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Idles and Metronomy will be at the Simple Things festival in Bristol this October.

The latter get things underway, headlining the Opening Concert on October 21st before Idles lead a host of bands and artists who’ll be playing across various venues the following day.

We were delighted to have a chat with Idles at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin earlier this year, when they told us all about the ethos which drives the band.

“We’ve always been about togetherness and being open minded, caring and focused around love and passion towards humans, humanity, but in a violent and angry sounding way,” they said. “If you’re making music, first and foremost you have to serve yourself.

“You’re not going to play music for other people on the off chance. Because then there’s not going to be any authenticity in it, and there’s not going to be any love coming from you if you’re saying, ‘oh, loads of people will listen to that’.”


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