Bombay Bicycle Club to stream Alexandra Palace homecoming show: “Relive a truly special evening”

19 July, 2024

Bombay Bicycle Club. Credit: Gregor Fischer/Getty Images

Bombay Bicycle Club have announced that their recent Alexandra Palace Park show will soon be available to stream. Check out more details below.

Earlier this month, London indie icons Bombay Bicycle Club returned to Alexandra Palace Park for a seminal homecoming gig that featured guest appearances from Rae Morris and Nilüfer Yanya. Now, those who missed the July 12 gig, as well as fans worldwide, will be able to watch the performance in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.

“We’re so happy we decided to record our Alexandra Palace Park show,” the band said. “It was so special for us in so many ways: from it being our homecoming gig just around the corner from where we grew up to the beautiful setting to one of the best crowds we’ve ever had, the stars really aligned on the night.”

They continued: ”It’s something we’ll definitely keep watching over the years to come to relive a truly special evening.”

The performance will be available to stream on-demand with unlimited replays for 2 years through the On Air website, mobile, and TV apps from 8 August 2024. You can pre-order the stream here.

Last year, the band released their sixth album, ‘My Big Day‘ , which debuted at Number Three on the UK Official Albums Chart. The album features collaborations with likes of Chaka Khan, Damon Albarn, Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya and Holly Humberstone, and was produced by frontman Jack Steadman, with contributions from Paul Epworth and Ben Allen.

In a four-star review of the LP, NME deemed it “A creative milestone in itself, it’s a far cry from the four-to-the-floor, teenage guitar band that a whole generation grew up with.”

Speaking to NME at the time of ‘My Big Day’s release, guitarist Jamie MacColl emphasised the band’s desire to move forward, rather than dwell on their prior success. “I think nostalgia is the enemy of creativity and progress, to be honest. I think with the way streaming works, so much of the music ecosystem now services nostalgia so I think you have to constantly fight against that,” he said.

“We were a teenage band that a lot of people grew up with as teenagers, which is a very important phase in people’s lives – and then we went on hiatus for five years. So we’re kind of stuck in time for some people, to some extent, which makes it even more important to emphasise there is something worthwhile now with the band.”

In February, the band released a Bombay & Friends EP, ‘Fantasies’, which featured collaborations with Lucy Rose, Rae Morris, Liz Lawrence and Matilda Mann.

Earlier this summer, they were joined on stage at Glastonbury by Damon Albarn, to perform ‘Heaven’, his featured track on ‘My Big Day and a cover of Blur’s 1999 track ‘Tender’.

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