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YOU ME AT SIX
After scoring their first ever UK number one album last year with Cavalier Youth, You Me At Six are now about to embark on a massive five-date arena tour this February, which they are co-headlining with American pop-punk band All Time Low. Ahead of the huge arena extravaganza, I had a quick chat with You Me At Six drummer, Dan Flint, to discuss the upcoming tour, sweaty crowds and Valentines Day plans...
there will be some fireworks going off, big video screens with big sets and it’ll be You Me At Six like you have seen us before but bigger and better. We really want to keep the energy up and we’ve chosen a set that sort of flows really nicely and there are some old songs in there and we’re playing a few songs from the new album that we’ve never ever played before so it’ll be a good mix with high energy levels and I think it’ll be really intense.
So you must be getting pretty excited about the tour?
I know you’ve just sold out a gig at the Boileroom as part of Independent Venue Week which will be a really intimate gig, how do those shows compare to playing an arena tour and what kind of gig do you personally prefer?
Yeah, I can’t wait. We’ve had this tour on our minds ever since we wrote the album and we always had the ambition to reach the 02 at some point and everyone’s so excited that it’s actually here. We’re going out with All Time Low and that should be fun. We’ve known the guys for a few years now and it should be a laugh. We know the fans really like them and it should be a great night, I can already feel that the fans are excited. They don’t just get to see one of their favorite bands, I think quite a lot of our fans are getting to see two of their favorite bands in one night and everyone’s going to be buzzing and bouncing off the walls. I think it should be a tour that we’ll never want to end and it’s a shame that it is so short. Your fans in Glasgow are definitely looking forward to it, what kind of things should they expect at the show? It’s going to be a massive show and we’ve got so many productions ideas; maybe
I think it’s not so much a case of preferring one or the other because they’re just so different. I mean it’s great to go out and play these big arena tours and it’s really fun when you hear 10,000 people singing the songs back to you but then also the small shows have that intimate feel where you can see every member of the crowd and you can tell what they’re thinking and feeling judging by their expressions and you can have a real cool interaction with your fans at those shows. I love doing both, but I think there’s just a little bit more of a relaxed feel about doing the smaller shows which is always a lot of fun but then it’s nice sometimes to put some pressure on yourself and go out and play these big arenas with huge crowds and big screens and everything has to run smoothly like clockwork and it’s like a proper show. But then