( m. 1997) Children 2 Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist. She is known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as in the biopic (1993), for which she was nominated for the and won a corresponding. Bassett has additionally portrayed in both (1992) and (1995), in (1992), Voletta Wallace in (2009), and in (2013). Her other roles include in (2011), Lynne Jacobs in (2013) and (2016), and in (2018). Bassett began her film career in the mid-1980s, after earning a bachelor of arts degree from and a master of fine arts degree from. In the 1990s, she appeared in films nearly every year.

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The 2000s saw a succession of films starring Bassett, with her appearing in at least one film every year. Bassett's success has continued into the 2010s. Bassett earned nominations for her roles in films such as (2001), (2006), (2008) and (2011), and won awards for her performances in (1998) and (1999), among others.

Bassett's performance as in the 2002 film was honored with her first nomination. In 2013, Bassett had a recurring role on the horror anthology series, earning her second nomination for her performance as queen. She returned for, the series' fourth season, portraying a three-breasted woman named Desiree Dupree, for which she received another Emmy Award nomination.

For the fifth season, she portrayed Ramona Royale, a famous movie star. Bassett returned to the series's sixth cycle, portraying an alcoholic actress named Monet Tumusiime, who plays struggling mother and former police officer Lee Harris in the My Roanoke Nightmare documentary, and she reprised her role as Marie Laveau in a guest role in the eighth season. In 2018, Bassett began producing and starring in the drama series, playing patrol sergeant Athena Grant. Where Bassett as a teenager was a member of the debate team and student government among other endeavors. At, Bassett was a cheerleader and a member of the college prep program, the debate team, student government, drama club and choir.

A straight 'A' and 'B' student for the most part, Bassett got her first 'C,' in physical education, and tried to get her mother to not feel disappointment in the grade. Bassett called the grade the 'average,' leading her mother to say that she did not have 'average kids.' As Bassett described, a 'sense of pride' developed in her and she did not get another 'C' until college.

During high school, Bassett became the first African-American from Boca Ciega to be admitted to the National Honor Society. She participated in Upward Bound, an academic and cultural enrichment program for underprivileged students.

Bassett says she and the other participants did not see themselves as underprivileged. Bassett attended and received her B.A. Degree in in 1980. In 1983, she earned a degree from the, despite opposition from her father's sister who warned her to not 'waste' her 'Yale education on theater.' She was the only member of Bassett's family to have gone to both college and graduate school. At Yale, Bassett met her future husband, a 1986 graduate of the drama school. Bassett was also classmates with actor.

After graduation, Bassett worked as a receptionist for a beauty salon and as a photo researcher. Bassett soon looked for acting work in the New York theater. One of her first New York performances came in 1985 when she appeared in 's Black Girl at. She appeared in two plays at the under the direction of her long-time instructor.

The Wilson plays featuring Bassett were (1984) and (1986). In 2006, she had the opportunity to work on the Wilson canon again, starring in alongside longtime collaborator at the in California. In 2018, Basset was awarded an in fine arts from her alma mater, Yale University. Career Early work In 1985, Bassett made her first television appearance as a prostitute in the TV movie Doubletake. She made her film debut as a news reporter in (1986), for which she was required to join the (SAG). Bassett moved to Los Angeles in 1988 for more acting jobs and gained recognition in the films (1991) and (1992).

For her portrayal of, she earned an. Despite the award, the movie was not entirely given positive reception, being referred to by critics as failing to 'capture' the rage of. During production of Malcolm X, Spike Lee showed Bassett a tape of the exact moment when Malcolm X was shot during his assassination, since they would be filming the scene. Bassett called the recording 'haunting', but noted that after listening, she was 'able to grab hold of the pain and re-create the scene.' Bassett felt it was important for her to get the assassination scene correct, and wondered how Betty 'found the strength to keep going, to raise her family, to educate, to sustain them.' Malcolm X was released on November 18, 1992.

1990s In 1992, Bassett played in. Bassett's agents tried to discourage her from playing the role, given the negative reception that had. She admitted to not caring about the negative view of members of the Jackson family at the time, citing her childhood fondness of the group as an example of her passion for the project and believed her 'instinct' about the role had been correct once learning of the positive reviews the miniseries received after airing. Bassett had previously idolized the group growing up and said the Jackson family were positive influences on the African-American community for their successes. Bassett had previously worried that after her role as Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X, she would not find another role 'as satisfying'. Bassett at the time of the film's release expressed her belief that her career would never receive such high-profile roles again.

'I think I have been incredibly blessed and it is probably just all downhill from here.' Later that year, Bassett was cast as in (1993). Bassett returned to Los Angeles after Malcolm X filming was completed, and got a call for an audition for a movie based on, Tina Turner's memoir.

Bassett won a and earned an nomination for her portrayal of Turner. She was the first African-American to win the. Bassett obtained the role after beating and, but only had a month to prepare before filming began.

She met Tina Turner twice, and was given advice by the woman she would be portraying from wigs and outfits to dancing styles. Turner also did Bassett's make up, leading Bassett to call her 'supportive' and her 'biggest fan.' Bassett described to the going to one of Turner's concerts and crying profusely.

According to Bassett, upon realizing that she knew some of Turner's dance moves, she was 'almost a river of tears.' Marc Bernardin of wrote that Bassett 'gave the performance of a lifetime' portraying Turner in the biopic.

Bassett at the, 1996 Bassett starred in three movies in 1995, which were released with varied reactions from critics:, and (where she worked with author ). In Strange Days, Bassett played Lornette 'Mace' Mason, a chauffeur and bodyguard. In Vampire in Brooklyn, she played Rita Veder, a tortured cop with a dark secret. She was excited to work with in Vampire in Brooklyn, as well as director. Bassett had previously worked with Craven on television shows.

Bassett's character in Waiting to Exhale, Bernadine Harris, was betrayed by her husband and in revenge she set fire to his entire wardrobe and vehicle, then sold what was left for one dollar. Bassett described the then-recently filmed party scene and her character in Waiting to Exhale to the Orlando Sentinel. Bassett said, 'The thing is that my character is thinking about how her husband has left her. I have a cigarette in one hand, and I'm drinking.

Basically, the four of us are sitting there talking about men and having some fun.' In 1997, she starred as the President's advisor in. Stephen Holden of The New York Times opinioned that Bassett was 'largely wasted as a Presidential assistant.' In 1998, sampled Bassett's voice from 1995's, specifically the line 'this is your life, right here, right now!' , for his hit single '. Also in 1998, Bassett starred in, once again collaborating with McMillan. She played Stella, a 40-year-old American professional woman who falls in love with a 20-year-old Jamaican man.

She received praise for the performance, Stephen Holden of calling Bassett's character 'the best thing in the movie' and writing that Bassett 'portrays this high-strung superwoman with such intensity that she makes her almost believable.' In 1999, Bassett starred in, once again collaborating with horror icon. Matthew Eng wrote of her 'terrifically specific chemistry' with. 2000s In 2000, Bassett turned down the lead role in because of the script's sexual content; the role earned the. The first film Bassett appeared in that year was, where she played a medical officer. Her other two films released in 2000 were. Todd McCarthy of wrote that in Boesman and Lena Bassett 'abandons her recently cultivated glamorous image to dig to the core of Lena’s fierce, probing, contentious, compassionate character.'

Kevin Thomas of the wrote Bassett captured all of her character's 'mercurial mood swings' and both Bassett and her costar 'rise to the challenge of these larger-than-life roles, just as you would expect.' She appeared in the 2001 film.

Her character was in a relationship with 's. She read the film's script and became interested. She was then telephoned by director Frank Oz, who told her Robert De Niro would 'like to meet with you'. Bassett met with De Niro and later realized the conversation was meant to break the ice before they started filming. In addition to The Score, that year she also had a role in the television film Ruby's Bucket of Blood. The following year, in 2002, Bassett acted in.

In The Rosa Parks Story, Bassett was cast as. Laura Fries of wrote that Bassett 'takes her physical strength and turns it inward to portray Parks' and expressed her belief that 'lesser hands' would allow for misinterpretation or gross underplay of Parks' personality. In addition to positive reception of her role, Bassett was seen as the 'star' of the film due to playing the lead and earned a nomination for a for her performance. In 2003, she read from the WPA slave narratives in. In the 1930s, about 100,000 former slaves were still living during the Great Depression, of which 2,300 were interviewed part of the Federal Writers' Project. The transcripts of the Slave Narratives collection of the Library of Congress is a record of slavery, bondage and misery. That year she also appeared in the film, playing a mistress.

Ann Hornaday noted her as among the 'endless parade of actors who show up even for the briefest of appearances'. In 2004, she had roles in the films. 3000 was a comedy in which Bassett costarred with. When asked if the film was much easier to act in than the more intense roles she had in the past, Bassett responded, 'This was much easier. This was a walk in the park. It was pretty easy compared to some of the roles I’ve done that call for so much emotion or physicality.'

At the time of the film's release, she called both Bernie Mac and, who she had worked with in the past, her 'favorites' and said the pair were both 'highly professional and extraordinarily talented.' The only film she appeared in during the following year was in an uncredited voice role. Bassett at the 2007 The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection. In the 2006 film, Bassett portrayed Tanya Anderson, the mother of the film's lead, Akeelah, played.

Bassett said she loved the story, viewing the lead character as someone that 'could be anyone because each of us have had dreams and aspirations and wanting to be and needing to be supported and directed', and described working with Palmer as being 'really wonderful.' According to Bassett, the two bonded and that Palmer was as good an actress as any adult she had worked with.

Bassett appeared in the television film the same year. Her role was seen as just an 'extended cameo' by Brian Lowry of Variety. Bassett provided her voice for the 2007 film.

When asked about her motives in taking on the role, Bassett said, 'For one, it was a character I had never played before, which is always important to me, to keep me sharp. But it was also the desire to be part of a well-written movie that has something really positive to say about families and about all the different ways there can be to make a family.' She appeared in the 2008 film. Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote Bassett's 'fiery self-possession brings a spark of passion to her stick-figure character'. She next appeared in Of Boys and Men, portraying Rieta Cole, the matriarch of a Chicago family who is killed in an accident in the beginning of the film and is seen through flashbacks for the remainder of the film. She and her costars and were seen by Robert Gillard of LA Sentinel as doing wonderful jobs of 'capturing the emotions of a family stricken by grief.'

Bassett also had a role in in 2008. Bassett joined the regular cast of for the show's final season (2008–2009). She portrayed, an exacting Chief of the ER who was also working to recover from the death of a son and to bring another child into her family. Bassett's husband Courtney Vance played her television husband on ER as Russell Banfield.

In the 2009 film, Bassett portrayed Voletta Wallace, the mother of To portray Wallace's Jamaican accent, Bassett conversed with her on and off the film set, and she practiced her accent using tapes that Wallace made. Bassett said she jumped at the chance to be part of the film after reading the script. She felt it did a 'wonderful job of bringing' The Notorious B.I.G.' S 'life to the page.'

Bassett earned positive reviews for her performance in the film, noted as being one of the more experienced actors involved. 2010s In 2010, Bassett lent her voice to portray on an episode of titled '. Bassett was seen as a 'terrific' fill in for Obama. Bassett was also cast in the superhero film, released in 2011, as notable character.

Bassett said working on the film was 'a lot of fun' and that she enjoyed being a part of it. Despite this, Bassett was taken 'out of her element' with the arrangements made that accommodated the computer-generated effects. She called it her first time doing 'this kind of movie' but expressed interest in seeing what her scenes looked like.

In 2010, reported that Bassett would have a role in. In 2011, Bassett co-starred with in the play a fictionalized depiction of the night before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King (Jackson portrays MLK) while at the Lorraine Motel.

The critically acclaimed play by originally debuted in London's West End in 2009 and went on to win the for Best New Play. The production opened on Broadway on October 13, 2011. In March 2011, it was reported that Bassett had signed up for a lead role in the ABC pilot Identity. She also appeared in the 2011 film, playing the matriarch of a wealthy family.

Bassett had a good feeling about the film from 'the start', and believed her character had a 'real presence' in the film and felt she was active in the plot. Bassett's and 's performances in the film were called 'in some ways too fierce for the room, offering nuances of hostility and hurt that the movie cannot really handle' and contributing to the 'unevenness of the performances' in the film. Bassett and Devine were noted as 'superb, distinguished actresses' by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter, but were seen as having been 'asked to overdo every moment with permanent scowls and body language more suitable to.' Despite this, her performance was given some positive attention, with Elizabeth Weitzman of New York Daily News saying Bassett 'makes the movie hers'. The film was Bassett's second time working with Devine, as the pair had worked together previously in Waiting to Exhale. Director Salim Akil said Bassett's presence quietly makes a big difference.

Bassett was featured in the 2012 film, having been known to be attached to the film since two years prior. Obenson of attributed Bassett's lack of appearances in promotional material to her having a small role and her demographic not being targeted by the film. Bassett also appeared as herself in I Ain't Scared Of You. Bassett portrayed in the television film, which aired on February 2, 2013, continuing her trend of portraying real women.

Bassett had previously played Shabazz in both Malcolm X and, but instead played opposite to, who played Shabazz. Bassett was surprised to learn after researching that Coretta initially refused 's 'advances' and called Mrs. King a 'modern day iconic heroine.' While being asked about what drew her to play real-life women, Bassett answered 'The respect that I have for their lives—their stories, vulnerabilities, strength, and resolve.' Bassett began filming her scenes during the latter part of the previous year., when asked about what kind of experience it was to work with Bassett, said that she was 'one of Angela's biggest fans' while calling her an 'amazing woman.' The film received mix reviews, including negative reactions from and, the daughters of and Coretta Scott King.

Bassett recently appeared as Secret Service director Lynne Jacobs in the action thriller, released in March 22, 2013. Bassett was reported to have a role in the film in June 2012, the month before filming began. In an interview with, Bassett noted that there had 'never been a female head of the Secret Service, much less a woman of color'. She called the decision to have a female African-American Secret Service director 'a bold casting choice'. Overall, Bassett viewed the film as authentic. Bassett described working with as wonderful, but she admitted to being intimidated by him.

She was impressed with the preparation of director, who she said 'was just preparation to the hilt' and expressed her interest in working with him again. She appeared in the 2013 film. She sang and it was seen as contributing to the film's 'blissful unreality'.

She was asked by the film's director, if she could sing and Bassett admitted to lying to get the role. She joked to reporter Jennifer H. Cunningham, 'Yes, I can sing — you didn’t ask how well!' Singing in a film was a new experience for Bassett, who had never had to sing before and had always lip-synced. Bassett at 2014 for.

In 2013, Bassett appeared on FX TV show as, a voodoo witch. Bassett praised the writers, calling them 'amazing'.

Her agent approached about her having a role in the series and he told the agent that she was the person he had in mind for Marie Laveau. Bassett watched the previous seasons of the series before meeting with Murphy and found the writing 'wonderful' and the characters 'so realized'.

Bassett's performance earned her a nomination for the. She returned to the show for its fourth season, playing Desiree Dupree, a three-breasted woman. She received another nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. It was announced in May 2014 that Bassett would make her directorial debut with, a TV film based on the life of, who Bassett had worked with previously.

Bassett had previously expressed interest in directing the year before. It was announced in early June 2014 that would play Houston in the film. Houston's daughter, insulted Bassett on Twitter for not casting her as her mother in the film, to which Bassett admitted in an interview that she had never thought about casting Brown.

On June 11, 2014, died from natural causes. Bassett had previously worked with her on Betty and Coretta and was reported to attend the Riverside Church memorial for Dee on September 20, 2014. In the 2015 film, Bassett portrayed Maureen Crane. In a negative review of the film, Mark Kermode lamented Bassett 'appears from behind closed doors like a celebrity guest on.' Basset also voiced the character Six in the first person shooter game,. In March 2016, Bassett appeared in, reprising her role as Lynne Jacobs.

Bassett noted it was 'the very first sequel I've ever done' and that she had been excited at the prospect of another film after the initial success of Olympus Has Fallen. In June 2016, the released a video in tribute to the victims of the; in the video, Bassett and others told the stories of the people killed there. Bassett appeared in. She also directed its sixth episode, which aired October 19, 2016.

The episode marks the third time a woman has directed the show. Co-creator Ryan Murphy praised Bassett in an interview with E! News, saying he told her she would 'do this big, big episode and you're going to knock it out of the park,' and she did. And I've seen it time and time again with these women that we brought into this directing world that they're just killing it, and they're working twice as hard because they know they have a lot to prove.' In March 2017, Bassett appeared in 'Ache', an episode of the television series. Executive producer and director Anthony Hemingway said her character 'was written with Angela in mind' and that the entire cast came to see Bassett the day she filmed her performance.

In May 2017, Bassett appeared in an episode of, portraying major character Denise's mother Catherine. Lena Waithe wanted Bassett after being impressed by her previous work though was convinced she would turn down the role and said Bassett's inclusion influenced the series drastically with 'another layer' of tension. The writers of the series also favored Bassett for the role after seeing her performance in The Jacksons: An American Dream and related her character's evolution in that feature to Catherine. In January 2018, Bassett starred in the first responder procedural drama, of which she is also a producer. In February 2018, Bassett starred in the acclaimed Marvel superhero film, as, mother of the. Roles Bassett has been noted for portraying real life African-American women, as well as strong women. Bassett said in 2001 that she liked those roles and added: 'That's the image that I like to put out there, and those are the parts I'm attracted to.

But not iron-fist kind of strong, just self-assured. I'm nice too.' She has turned down roles which she viewed as demeaning to her image. 'This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.

And to cross the water, to countries where people will never meet people who look like me. So it becomes a bigger thing than me just becoming a movie star, and me just being on TV.

So if you're going to show every black woman as 400lb or every black woman as the prostitute on the street. But I have always maintained that the roles I cannot do because of the way I'm made up, or because of the way I think, I don't begrudge that there is someone else who has no issues with that.' Personal life. Bassett with her husband, March 1, 2007 Bassett married actor in 1997.

In the summer of 2005, they starred together in a production of at the in, Minnesota. The couple's twins – son Slater Josiah Vance and daughter Bronwyn Golden Vance – carried by a surrogate, were born on January 27, 2006. Bassett is a supporter of programs for the arts, especially for youth.

She annually attends events for children with and those in foster homes. She is an active Ambassador of for the United States. Bassett is a supporter of the Royal Theater Boys & Girls Club in her hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida. She is represented by the Executive Speakers Bureau of. In early 2007, Bassett donated $2,300 to the of. Bassett supported Obama in his reelection campaign.

In June 2012, she made an appearance at the St. Petersburg office of his campaign and said the election was not one 'where we can sit on the sidelines'. Bassett attended the on January 20, 2013. She endorsed for president during the, saying 'Bar none, Clinton would make a great president.' Bassett also spoke at the, introducing survivors of the previous year's, an incident about which she spoke during her remarks.

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. Website Members. Kyle Simmons. Will Farquarson. Chris “Woody” Wood Bastille (stylised as BΔSTILLE) are a British band formed in 2010. The group began as a solo project by lead vocalist, but later expanded to include keyboardist Kyle Simmons, bassist and guitarist Will Farquarson and drummer Chris Wood.

The name of the band derives from, which is celebrated on 14 July, the date of Smith's birthday. After an independently released debut single and a self-released EP, the band signed to. Their first studio album, was released in March 2013 and entered the at number one and included the hit single ' which peaked at number two on the.

The band was nominated for four at the, winning the. As of November 2014, Bastille have sold over five million records in the US and 2.5 million records in the UK.

Contents. History Formation and early releases (2010–2011) Bastille debuted in July 2010 with their limited edition 7' single that featured the two tracks 'Flaws' and 'Icarus'. Released through London-based independent record label Young & Lost Club, only 300 copies were pressed. One of the copies found its way into the hands of Alex Baker, presenter of the unsigned/independent artists radio show on Kerrang! Baker started to support Bastille on air, and the band began to find an audience. They released the EP themselves later in 2011.

After debuting further tracks online through sites such as YouTube and MySpace, the band's audience started to grow. In December 2011 Smith signed a contract with Virgin Records. The group subsequently secured a few support slots and later performed at major UK festivals including, the, Reading and Leeds Festival. The band also recorded and released two parts of their mix-tape titled Other People's Heartache for free. Bad Blood and All This Bad Blood (2012–2015) On 27 April 2012, their first official single release, ', was released through, as confirmed by EMI on 1 May 2012. Following its video premiere in November 2011, popular music publication, introduced the track as its 'Track of the Day' for 7 March 2012.

The second single to be released from the upcoming debut studio album, was the eponymous track, '. An accompanying video for the single was released on the band's official VEVO channel on 29 June 2012, and digitally through Virgin Records on 20 August 2012. Bastille were also named 'New Band of the Day' by British newspaper in July 2012.

The song charted moderately at number 90 in the United Kingdom, and saw the group's first entry into the chart. In August 2012 the band performed at UK festivals like and, as well as supporting British singer-songwriter. They later played a small headlining tour, titled 'Flaws Tour' in October 2012, with as their support act. In November 2012, the band performed at Hong Kong's Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival, their first outside of Europe. Their third single, a re-release of their first 7' non-album single ', was a commercial success, earning the group their first position in the UK Top 40, debuting at number-twenty-one. The song 'Oblivion' was featured in Season 4 Episode 9 of in December 2012.

Dan Smith at festival 2013 in, Finland In February 2013, Bastille confirmed the release of the fourth single to be taken from Bad Blood, '. The song was positively reviewed by critics, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and number five in the US. Their debut album Bad Blood was released on 4 March 2013, and placed at number one in the. On 11 March, Bastille were announced to be playing at Leeds and Reading Festival in August 2013. In an interview with in March 2013, ' was revealed to be the fifth single to be released from the album, by lead vocalist, Dan Smith. It was released on 3 June 2013, and an accompanying video for the track premiered through the band's official VEVO page on 12 April 2013. The group joined English rock band as a supporting act on their in May 2013 and did so again in June 2013.

In May 2013, Bastille released their Haunt EP in the US via iTunes. On Saturday 6 July the band headlined their first UK summer music festival at. Smith was quoted as saying 'We're massively excited about our first ever headline slot at a festival. Particularly because we love Blissfields so much, and because they've been so supportive to us over the last couple of years.' The performance coincided with the band appearing on the cover of a national music publication, for the first time. On 24 August 2013, ' was released as the sixth single from the band's debut album.

A music video for the song was shot in and, Lithuania. On 3 September 2013, Bastille released their Bad Blood album in the US via iTunes. On 9 October 2013 Bastille released a new single, ', a mash-up of the songs ' by and '. The single debuted at number two on UK Singles Chart. The song was promoting, a reissue of the band's debut album, released on 25 November 2013.

In January 2014 Will Farquarson said in an interview with magazine that the band had already started to work on its second album in between tour dates. The band performed on on 25 January 2014. On 4 February 2014 Bastille won the for Best Breakthrough Act and performed a remixed version of 'Pompeii' with and their song ' at the.

Two hours after their appearance, sales of Bad Blood were up by 132% to give them a second week at number one in the UK album chart and 'Pompeii' had climbed 29 places in the singles. On 1 April 2014 the Official Charts Company announced that Bad Blood was the biggest selling digital album of 2013, and Number 11 in the over-all Official Artist Albums Top 40 of 2013. Also in April 2014, the band performed at the at the Empire Polo Club in. On 31 May 2014 the band took part in the Annual in, performing among other bands including.

On 13 July 2014, Bastille played at. In September 2014 they released the last single from Bad Blood, ', the Bad Blood Tour finished in 2015. VS., Wild World (2014–2017). Dan Smith (2015) In late 2013 Bastille began to play new songs called 'Blame' and 'Campus'. Another song called 'Oil On Water' was played during sound-check and leaked online. They began proper work on the album in 2014, and planned to start recording it in September.

Farquarson said that they had '16 or 17 tracks' demoed already for the album. He also said “We’re going into the studio in September to record; hopefully by then we’ll have 20 or maybe more.

I think it’s always better to have more material and whittle it down. Our producer has gone on tour with us, so we’ve been doing things on our days off and during sound-checks.' Dan Smith said the album will include more guitars saying 'we didn't really have much of that on the first album and it may not end up on it but it would be quite interesting to try it out. We feel quite free. If we want to go quite electronic then we can and if we want to go more rocky and indie then we can.' On 21 October 2014 Bastille announced their third mixtape, VS.

(Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) with the release of their song 'Torn Apart', featuring the artist Grades and on 's BBC Radio 1 show. They also wrote and recorded the song 'The Driver' for the re-score of the film which was released a week later and will also feature on the mixtape. (Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) featured the Gemma Sharples Quartet, Tyde, Rationale, Grades, F.U.G.Z, Braque,. (Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) was released on 8 December 2014.

In November 2014, Bastille were featured on the version of '. They were nominated for at the, but lost out to.

In 2015, Bastille recruited a new touring member. On 22 September 2015, Bastille released an independent single called 'Hangin '.

The band also featured on the (2015) soundtrack with a cover of the debut single '. It was announced via that their second album would be released in 2016.

Also, during that summer, the band debuted two new songs live: 'Grip' and 'Snakes.' In April 2016, the band debuted a new song entitled 'The Currents'. On 2 June 2016, the band uploaded a trailer including an excerpt from the then-unreleased song Two Evils announcing the name of the album to be. On 9 June, it was announced that the band's new single, 'Good Grief', would be released on 16 June 2016. On 16 June 2016, debuted ' on her show as the 'hottest track.' The track was immediately released to radio, streaming services, and for purchase following the debut. In an interview with Mac following the song's premiere, Dan Smith revealed that their second album would 'go through a variety of sounds, but it is very much us Bastille.'

On 24 June 2016, Bastille performed the songs 'Good Grief' and 'Two Evils' live for the first time at as part of their set on the Other Stage. On 30 June 2016, Bastille announced that the release of the second LP Wild World and embarked on their Wild Wild World Tour in July.

Released on 9 September, the album reached the top of the mid-week sales chart, while the band set up pop-up shops in London, New York and Los Angeles to promote the release. On 16 September, it was confirmed that Wild World had reached #1 on both the U.K. And Scottish album charts. On 2017, the band released an original song titled 'Comfort of Strangers.'

Doom Days & Other People's Heartache, Pt. IV (2018–present) The band announced their third studio album, scheduled for release in 2019. Speaking to, Smith said 'We never really stop writing and recording, but I can confirm we spent a lot of this year writing our third album.' On 1 September 2017, the band Headlined the Annual Pilton Party Held at Pilton Worthy Farm home of the. On 9 November 2017, the band released a music video for “World Gone Mad”, a song for the Netflix movie. On 23 November 2017, and Bastille released ',” the second single from David’s album,.

The single peaked at number 5 in 2018. On 9 May 2018, 'Quarter Past Midnight', the first single of the third album Doom Days was aired on BBC Radio 1. On 17 August 2018, Bastille and released their single '. Media Bastille's music has been used on the TV soap with one week in the early summer focused on Bastille's song '.

Their music also has been on:. Bastille can also be heard on 2014 trailer with 'Things We Lost in the Fire'. They can also be heard on and on the fourth episode of with the collaboration 'No One's Here to Sleep'. Their song is featured in First Touch game, First Touch Soccer 15, the game, and the 2014 movie, Mr. Peabody and Sherman. The song 'Haunt' can be heard in the season 1 finale of the TV series. The band's music has appeared in the three times: Weight of Living, Pt.

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