Muse plot hit singles

Riders for a storm

Glass Animals Dave Bayley. BASTILLE hope their new studio will inspire an “apocalyptic rave” album. Singer Dan Smith said: “We’ve been holding off until the studio was done... now we’re about to finish new music. I want to make an apocalyptic rave record. That Fight Club final frame, where they’re holding hands as the city collapses, there’s something nice about that image.” THE Libertines’ tour bus is not as debauched as you might imagine, says recent tour support Barns Courtney. “I expected it to be very dark and full of drugs and hedonism. But being on that bus was hilarious and wonderful and full of music,” the indie newcomer said. Instead of substances, the band got kicks from cheesy 80s films. “I’d go to bed and I’d hear a knock on my door, it’s Gary saying ‘Barns! Barns! Wake up, we are watching Footloose!’” What became of the likely lads indeed!

MUSE have warned their new music may be a while in coming.

Fans expected a fresh studio album after the band dropped one-off single Dig Down this year.

But drummer Dominic Howard revealed: “We’re working on ideas at the moment, actually, and we haven’t recorded anything else yet. But we’re gonna hopefully start recording soon towards the end of this year.”

Leeds and Reading festival headliners Muse reckon that more singles rather than an album may be how they release music in the future.

He explained: “There’s a few other kinda early ideas, so we need to get