In an interview with the BBC’s Newsbeat programme, McVeigh stated that due to the nature of the band’s songwriting techniques clashing with their difficult touring schedules, there will be no new White Lies material until 2010. Despite this, McVeigh has mentioned that the ambitious recording of “Nothing to Give” and…
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Upon the release of To Lose My Life , White Lies became the first British act in 2009 to achieve a number one album, and the first album to debut at number one. After charting high in the midweek sales, the album beat off competition from Lady Gaga , The…
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At the beginning of 2009, the band were featured in numerous polls as “ones to watch” for the coming year. The BBC placed them second in their Sound of 2009 poll, as well as coming third in the 2009 BRITs Critics’ Choice Award, behind Florence and the Machine and Little…
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On 11 November 2008, NME announced that White Lies would be taking part in the 2009 ShockWaves NME Awards Tour, alongside Friendly Fires , Florence and the Machine and headliners Glasvegas. The annual tour, taking place in early 2009, visited seventeen cities in the UK. On 7 February 2009, it…
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They made their television debut on Later… with Jools Holland on 30 May 2008, playing “Unfinished Business” and “Death”. This marked their final public performance prior to recording their debut album, scheduling sessions in ICP Studios in Belgium and Kore Studios in West London. The album was provisionally titled To…
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On 10 March 2008, White Lies were announced as one of four bands taking part in the first ever NME New Noise Tour (now the NME Radar Tour ). The tour visited eleven cities in the UK throughout May 2008. The band were first featured in the magazine in the…
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Playing under the new name, White Lies played their first gig at Hoxton Square ‘s Bar & Kitchen on 28 February 2008, supporting Team Waterpolo and Semifinalists . The band admitted rehearsing for two months for the gig, as well as putting off their debut for five months to gather…
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Two weeks prior to the group starting university, they decided that they would take a second gap year, and perform new material which the band felt did not suit their current outfit. Cave stated that “I felt as though I couldn’t write about anything personal, so I would make up…
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Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown were both from Pitshanger Village in North Ealing , and first played together in a school show at North Ealing Primary School. Harry McVeigh (from Shepherd’s Bush ) joined them two years later, and they began playing under the name Fear of Flying at the…
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