Dan: Yeah, we just need some time off
from touring.
I read that you were meant to go
to the US next month...
Dan: Yeah we should have, but the
band (Dance Gavin Dance) has announced they are on hiatus now so we had to
postpone to probably next year. We really want to come out with another album
by then
You have been touring with lots
of bands in the past; personally I have seen you many times, which is the best
band to tour with?
Liam: the most enjoyable...
Dan: The Blackout! Are really fun!
Liam: Yes they are
Dan: We have done a few tours with
them now and we know them pretty well. Deaf Havana are good too and Canterbury (note:
Canterbury are also touring with the Blackout at the moment). They are all
great guys, you know. Young Guns as well.
Those are all great British bands. We also toured with You Me at Six. Basically
we enjoyed touring with all of them.
What’s the highlight of this tour so far?
Liam: Birmingham for me!
Dan: The Birmingham show was probably one of the best but also
Manchester last night was really good
Liam: Yes, Manchester was great
Dan: Birmingham has been the best so far, but to be honest the whole
thing (tour) has been great we had the chance to perform in so many cool places
Liam: It’s been a pretty exciting tour.
Dan: We also went to towns where we hadn’t played that much recently,
such as Hull or Edinburgh. Lincoln for example, we never actually played there
before. It is cool to get the chance to see so many places.
It sounds great! I wanted to ask
you something about the music industry, what is your view on the rise of MP3
and the whole modernization of this business?
Dan: The music industry has been
changing and it has been changing for years. We just need to start accepting
that. That is the way technology goes and that is the way kids are getting
music these days.
They can get the music in different ways, they can wait for it to be released
and going to the shop and buying it, but they can also get everything straight
away from their computer.
The new technology permits also to release stuff much quicker and I think it is
all just about making it as easy as possible for kids to buy the music from
reliable and legal sources, such as iTunes or Amazon. Because in the end there
are lots of places where you get things for free and illegally. It is not easy
to convince kids to put their money into something. When they buy it legally
they should feel it as a reward.
I have to agree, making it easier
for people to buy music online is possibly the only way to also control the
market and the revenues for both bands and major labels.
I’d like
to go back now, and ask you if you have any plans to tour as headliners soon?
Dan: We will, but not anytime soon.
This one is probably going to be the last UK tour for this Album campaign
because then we will spend lots of time in the States in the first half of next
year and then finally working on the next album
Do you
find it different to perform for a UK crowd compared to an American crowd?
Dan: We haven’t done that much in the
States, so it is hard to tell but definitely. We have our biggest fan base here
so when we have the chance to tour in places like Australia and Europe, like
what we are going to do this week, it is definitely different and we have to
win over lots of fans. We don’t want to try too hard but we love the idea of
gaining more fans.
Have got a message for your fans?
Dan: Well I guess just THANK YOU for
the support! Thanks for buying the album and for coming to our shows. We hope
to see you all very soon
