How does it feel to be part of the NME Awards tour?
“It’s a great privilege to be asked on the tour because the NME is a really prestigious thing and it’s really well respected. It’s the last remaining music weekly so it’s a great thing to be asked to do the tour by them, but also to be doing the tour with such great bands. I think we fit on the bill really well and anyone who hasn’t heard any of the other bands will enjoy the full bill. Touring with a band like Bloc Party is going to be great because we really respect them, and The Killers, and the Kaiser Chiefs.” What should people expect from your performance? “There’ll be a lot of energy, we’ll give it our all, we’ll do most of the songs off the album. We’ll dance about like idiots and try to encourage others to do the same. Forget yourself, forget you’re at an ordinary gig, don’t be ordinary, dance about for half an hour.” How have you developed as a live band over the last twelve months? “We’re a lot more confident than we used to be. We’ve done 120 gigs this year, or thereabouts,
