Ahead of supporting The Saturdays in Newcastle, Faye caught up with lead vocalist/guitarist, Sam Halliday, of Twenty Twenty, grilling him on touring with one of the country’s biggest pop groups, aspirations to break the mainstream and their drama with Ten Second Epic!
Faye: We last interviewed you in January 2010, what have you been up to since then?
Sam: Flipping hell, we’ve been up to a lot, we did that Get Down Tour and then we did two kinda small-half tours for our single, Worlds Apart, released that, which got to number 72 in the charts and was one of the top indie singles that week, then we did an October headline tour to finish off the year and released a live DVD as well, that got to number 4 in the charts as well.
Faye: So, how’s this tour been going for you? It’s a bit of a weird one for you.
Sam: Yeah, and you know what? It’s been going really well, obviously, it’s a pop tour and it’s with a band where their fans probably won’t have heard of us, but it’s going really well. Honestly, we’ve been on stage every night and it’s really fun, and everyone seems up for it. They’re taking to the music really well, and before the tour, we weren’t really sure how well we’d be perceived, but everyone seems to really like us, so it’s great.
Faye: Have your own fans been coming out? Or did it sell out before they even had a chance?
Sam: It was really annoying, because we got told a few days before it was announced that we were doing it and, obviously, we’re not allowed to say anything, which I don’t think made a lot of difference, since a lot of it was already sold out. I think a few of our fans managed to get tickets, but we feel really bad, that’s why we’ve been doing meet and greets outside, because it’s only fair if we’re in their city, they can come and see us.
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It seems like this band never stop coming back up north; once again, teenie kings Go:Audio make their way back to Newcastle Academy, and although the lineup is stronger than last time, there’s considerably less people queued up with obligatory blankets, banners and posters as you’d expect. Still, the hardcore elite turn out in their masses, and that’s the most important part, right?
Twenty Twenty are in the middle of their first ever headline tour; fresh from a support slot with synth-rockers Saving Aimee which gained them a monumental fanbase, they find their tour near-sold out, and there’s some pretty big weight on their shoulders. Tonight in Newcastle, it’s time to find out if it’s just hype, or if the three lads are the real deal.
Pop-youngsters Twenty Twenty are gartering cheers from the mainly female contingent of the packed out crowd tonight before they’ve even hit the stage; for a relatively unknown band, they’re pretty highly anticipated.
