This is a brilliant band, with high energy, superb craftsmanship and a good and growing catalog of songs that combine thoughtful lyrics and giant anthemic songs. Support act Alice Merton was just as good, with a tight band, good songs, and strong connection to the crowd. She'll be headlining venues of this size or bigger pretty soon. The missing star is for the Jones Assembly, which is well-managed with great staff and excellent food and drink options. Sadly, it's a crappy building. Its design reflects crowd noise to where even this giant band can't drown it out, and half the floor has very limited sightlines to the stage. Recommend the both bands but suggest you see them somewhere else. We've seen Bastille at Cain's in Tulsa and in a stadium festival and both were much better venues than the Jones.

the gig was insanely good, however the staff at the venue was a bloody nightmare. unprepared, belittling towards patrons and absolutely incapable of properly handling emergency situations. do better. anyways, bastille were banger as always and the five starts are solely for them, their incredibly caring and wonderful crew, and the openers (the native & dylan). 0/5 for the o2 academy birmingham. me and many of my friends won’t be returning after last night’s experience.

Bastille were great as always however due to the set up of the stage and lack of screens limited how much I could see , I was in block 404 so had to view it on an 90° angle all night. I can't fault Bastille at all but if your going to the 02 and the stage isn't in the centre , you are going to leave with a sore neck and barely see anything. Be prepared. If your in 404 or 405