Idles guitarist Mark Bowen says he enjoys the challenge of the band being “underdogs” at music events and sees the shows as opportunities to increase their fan base.
The Bristol-based rockers are set to play their second weekend at the Coachella festival in southern California, a gig that was postponed due to the pandemic. The band were just hitting their stride at the end of 2019, having played Glastonbury in June for the first time and being Brit nominated for best breakthrough act.
Now, with restrictions all but lifted, the band – Bowen, Joe Talbot, Lee Kiernan, Adam Devonshire and Jon Beavis – have returned to the road. Bowen said the band were “very grateful” to be in the position to play the festival again, and had used the interim time to “knuckle down” and produce more material.
