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Despite the enthusiasm of the audience, the energy of the support acts and the overall rawness of the night so far, everybody backstage is strangely calm. Perhaps it has come with years of constant touring but there was still something quite eerie about stepping from a hallway with boisterous yells bombarding the walls, into a room where the most activity going on was someone shifting to get comfortable as they watched the gig downstairs on screen.

The deluxe edition of Be Human is something that all Fightstar fans should have for no other reason than the acoustic show they recorded. It gives people a chance to see them sit back and relax and perform their songs on a completely new level. Their stripped back set takes nothing away from the quality [...]

Supported by All Forgotten, Cars On Fire, and The Xcerts, I already had high hopes for this gig. They were all impressive, but seemed to just get better and better as they went on. Then came the time everyone had been waiting for… Wow. From the moment Fightstar were on stage, the crowd was alive. [...]

After earlier being into a state of frustration, the prospect of seeing Fightstar was very welcoming. Emerging post-hardcore band Deaf Havana provided main support and also a charged atmosphere to welcome in Fightstar. ‘Another Day in this House’ being a standout from a set played with great enthusiasm and rare subtle touches that put them [...]

Werlcome to Videodrome, what promises to be a semi regular feature sharing new and exciting videos with our readers. In this edition we’ve got the masterful ‘Oklahoma’ from The Answering Machine. This is a song more addictive than crack and ice poles combined! We’ve got Fightstar’s single launch and the video for the utterly brilliant [...]

and you can see the video to ‘Never Change’ right here: