The band promoted the album with a tour around the UK and Europe from March to May 2014, they also made appearances in festivals like T in the Park in Scotland and Glastonbury Festival in the summer.
The band debuted their first new song since the Waiting for the Sirens’ Call sessions, “Singularity”, during Lollapalooza Chile in March 2014.
The Watch the Bitch Blow EP was released in March 2014 through PledgeMusic , and the “Reclaim the Game (Funk FIFA)” single featuring Brazilian rapper BNegão ( Planet Hemp ) followed in June 2014 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup as a protest song against FIFA. The album Anti-Nasty League…
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In 2004, Sanctuary Records (who had previously acquired the Neat Records back catalogue) released an Atomkraft anthology, Total Metal: The Neat Anthology . With renewed interest in the band, Dolan reformed Atomkraft for live dates in 2005 and a possible new album. The 2005 line-up included Payre Hulkoff (from Swedish…
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On 25 February 2014, a bootleg-quality Wild Horses live album titled Live In Japan 1980 , recorded at the band’s Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo gig on 29 October 1980, was issued via Krescendo. The same recording had first surfaced in 2012 as a Japanese bootleg titled Heavy Ride .
On 25 February 2014, the band unveiled ” Midnight “, a track from their yet-to-be-released album.
The band performed on drummer Mike Portnoy’s Progressive Nation at Sea tour aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Pearl that sailed from the Port of Miami on 18 February 2014.
On 11 February 2014, the band released a remastered deluxe edition of their 1996 album Slang after much delay. The album, still coveted by many loyal fans of the band, now features 30 tracks including demos, B-sides, and unreleased material.
It aired on 9 February, the exact date of – and at the same time and on the same network as – the original broadcast of the Beatles’ first US television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show , 50 years earlier.
On 4 February 2014 Bastille won the BRIT Award for Best Breakthrough Act and performed a remixed version of “Pompeii” with Rudimental and their song ” Waiting All Night ” at the ceremony .