Huddersfield alumnus goes on tour with P!nk
Music alumnus, Richard Gartland has an incredible future as the drummer of Bang Bang Romeo, who joined P!nk on her Beautiful Trauma tour.
P!nk herself made the selection to include Bang Bang Romeo every night of her European stadium tour.
Fronted by vocal powerhouse Stars Walker, featuring Richard Gartland (Huddersfield Alumnus and drummer) and Ross Cameron (guitarist) Bang Bang Romeo are a young propelling force for a new wave of UK artists and a strong and open voice for the LGBTQ+ community. Stars is being hailed as having a ‘once in 20 years voice’ and the band’s larger-than-life performances are driving audiences wild up all over Europe. Doncaster's Bang Bang Romeo meld drama, dark euphoria, stratospheric tunes and cinematic finesse to transport their fans to another planet.
Stars says the lack of a visible gay role model in her teenage years has made her determined to fill that role for fans of Bang Bang Romeo. P!nk has been preaching about acceptance on every stop of her world tour. "I don't want there to be gay marriage," the US star says, "I want there to be happy marriage and lasting marriage and healthy marriage."
It's every musician's dream to play Wembley Stadium, every young band dreams of that stage. P!NK gave us an incredible opportunity to support her on the European leg of the tour and we'll never forget it. Hopefully it'll be the platform for the next stage of our career, and it's fuelled us with even more fire in the belly to take this as far as we can. It was an incredible two months, what a whirlwind, what a woman.
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2018 saw Bang Bang Romeo play over 150 shows – their main stage-opening set at the Isle Of Wight Festival drew the biggest audience for a first-on act in the festival's history (according to John Giddings, festival owner). Their other main stage appearances included Tramlines, Victorious, second stage at Kendal Calling, headline slots at Y-Not & Truck and main stage at Doncaster, Cardiff and Leeds Pride.
In 2019 the band joined P!nk on her Beautiful Trauma World Tour – P!nk herself made the selection to include Bang Bang Romeo on the tour and the band have been playing their hearts out to new fans at Wembley Stadium (two nights) and Berlin Olympiastadion, they were also interviewed by Sky TV on the Breakfast sofa. In addition to performing in front of 1.3 millions people in the biggest stadiums across Europe, the band performed to a frenzied crowd at Rock Werchter and were main support to Sting at the Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF) and Foire Aux Vins Festival. At MJF Shania Twain watched their show and is now a fan!
The band embark on their biggest headline tour in the UK & Ireland in October – in partnership with Live Nation/Metropolis/This Feeling – and it’s already selling out. Promoters from across Europe are eager to have them back after seeing their performances while supporting P!nk and talks are in progress for 2019/2010 shows.
Bang Bang Romeo will play Upstairs at Whelan’s on Wednesday 30 October with tickets from €14.45 on sale Thursday 29 August at 10.00am.
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Bang Bang Romeo's music video for Bag Of Bones depicts a woman going through the process of becoming a trans man.