Posts Tagged ‘Charlie Simpson’
Fightstar to release new single, A City On Fire
After a summer full of festival appearances including Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Download, Reading & Leeds and T4 OnThe Beach, Fightstar are set to release “A City On Fire” on 7th December 2009 through Search & Destroy Records
London metallers Fightstar headed down to Camden to play at the official Jagermeister party. Nick Huge and Ian Arnold from BringthenoiseUK popped down to drink, party oh and interview the band. This is what occurred..
Fightstar Launch New Jagertap in style
On Tuesday 6th October 2009 Fightstar celebrated the launch of the new Jagertap in Camden, London. A packed evening full of Jager cocktails, Jager girls and a fantastic mini acoustic set from Fightstar helped launch the tap in true rock ‘n’ roll style.
So its that time of year again, time for the ITunes Festival to book some of the best bands around to play a run of dates, that’s 31 days with 62 bands. Artists range from Jamie T and Bloc Party to Graham Coxon. Tonight Fightstar are the main attraction supported by Young Guns.
With hangovers slowly setting in and the sun blazing down, a new day dawns at Download. And with that comes a whole host of new and old bands to see. We start the day with a swift Guinness followed by Black Spiders over at the Tuborg tent. A bit of dirty sleaze rock, overlaid with Cornell esque vocals can’t be wrong this early in the day. And who can argue with a band whose songs feature lyrics like “Eat lightning, shit thunder”?
Some may have dismissed Fightstar initially and unfairly, mainly due to singer Charlie Simpsons pop star credentials. Quite rightly their relative longevity, festival appearances and knack of putting together catchy rock songs has now earned them respect within the alternative scene. Mercury Summer is probably their most commercial single to date , something which their record company seems to have realized
