“I saw the message and I was like, ‘Who the hell is this guy?’ He called me the next day and offered me a world tour”: How Yungblud bassist Silke Blansjaar got the gig of a lifetime – despite not playing bass

Silke Blansjaar.

Dutch-born, UK-based multi-instrumentalist Silke Blansjaar started off her music journey as a drummer, before she embraced the bass and landed a gig with Yungblud, one of the UK’s brightest young superstars.

“I always thought I was going to be a drummer,” Blansjaar says. “I played a little bit of guitar, but then my little brother needed a bass player. I thought, ‘Let’s give it a go!’”