Bring Me The Horizon set to headline Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena
It seems like only yesterday that Bring Me The Horizon were playing tiny clubs.
Yet as 2016 nears an end, they've moved up a league. Tonight they'll headline Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena.
Singer Oli Sykes can't figure out how his band got so big. He says: "None of it makes sense. But nothing in life makes sense to me."
The metallers formed in 2004 and after continually sweeping the board at Kerrang! Awards have shifted into the mainstream. While their first two albums – Count Your Blessings and Suicide Season – were just cult hits, they came to widespread attention with 2010's There Is A Hell.
The 2013 album Sempiternal marked a breakthrough, reaching No3 in the UK and No11 in the UK, while their new album, That's The Spirit, has soared to No2 on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as becoming a Top 10 hit in Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, German, Ireland, New Zealand and Sweden.
Sykes is bemused. "We're kind of just always playing catch-up with what's being asked of us. It's not like we're trying to get big. Everything's just like mental. Nothing has become normal. We don't really feel like an arena band. We'll hopefully feel like one once we've played it.
"As soon as you stop appreciating it, it's become just a job. The show is our skydive."
