Bastille, Tinie Tempah, Chase And Status & Franz Ferdinand Confirmed For Ibiza & Mallorca Rocks
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
The organisers of Ibiza and Mallorca Rocks have announced a whole load of new names that’ll be joining the bill this summer.
Ibiza and Mallorca Rocks always guarantee hot weather, cool accommodation, and 16 weeks of phenomenal live gigs under the Balearic stars. Joining the already impressive summer line up are Bastille - the brilliant new breakthrough act making their Rocks debut. Chase and Status and Tinie Tempah - two of the UK’s defining artists of the past five years - return with new albums and bigger shows, while one of the most important guitar bands of the decade, Franz Ferdinand, are also confirmed.
Bastille, fronted by UK singer/songwriter Dan Smith, just released debut album ‘Bad Blood’ and it went straight to the top of the UK album charts, with #2 single Pompeii taking over the airwaves across Europe. A ‘must see’ live act on the festival scene this summer, Rocks is delighted to have Bastille on the bill. Support comes from hotly tipped and indefinable Bristol mob The Other Tribe. Championed by both indie and electronic music lovers, the band cross musical boundaries and their illustrious new single Skirts is as infectious as their live set.
Bastille’s Dan Smith commented: “We’re really looking forward to getting out to Ibiza and Mallorca for the first time. Being able to play a gig and then go to the beach will be a massive novelty, and it’ll be nice to see a bit of proper summer and try to head to some of the massive clubs as well. I hear the Rocks gigs are great and we've been told they throw a pretty decent party so it should be a lot of fun.”
Having first smashed the charts with their killer hit ‘Take Me Out’ and their self-titled debut album in 2002, Glasgow boys Franz Ferdinand are back, and Balearic bound. They’ve ticked off a Mercury Music Prize, BRIT Awards for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act, NME Awards, multiple Grammy Award nominations, sold over 3 million albums worldwide, and are soon to release their hugely-anticipated fourth studio album.
Chase and Status are undoubtedly one of the most exciting and successful British bands of the past decade. Their double platinum, second album No More Idols sold over 600,000 copies in the UK alone and spawned over 2 million single sales. They were the biggest selling band in the UK in 2011, behind Coldplay, sold out tour after tour in the UK, Europe, US and Australia and played live at 36 festivals around the world last summer.
Tinie Tempah is no stranger to the Rocks stage and always puts on an extra special show – last time he performed he bound off stage and stunned fans by re-appearing to perform from their bedroom balcony. Since becoming the undisputed breakout star of 2010, Tinie’s career has soared. Debut single ‘Pass Out’ exploded around the globe and follow up tracks ‘Frisky’, ‘Written in the Stars’ and ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ all had the same effect. Back to headline, live under the stars, Tinie Tempah is sure to showcase new material from his highly anticipated second album
Bastille, Franz Ferdinand, Chase and Status, Tinie Tempah and The Other Tribe join previously announced acts Jake Bugg, Rizzle Kicks, The Vaccines, Example, Ellie Goulding, Dizzee Rascal, Foals, Palma Violets, Jagwar Ma And Redlight on the incredible line-up of chart-toppers and festival favourites who are appearing this summer.
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