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Ben Rogerson

“This is not about nostalgia, this is about vindication, redemption and celebration”: Billie Eilish introduced them to a whole new audience, and now '90s indie band Black Box Recorder are going back on stage

UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 03: UNDERWORLD Photo of Sarah NIXON and Luke HAINES and BLACK BOX RECORDER, L to R - Luke Haines & Sarah Nixon (Photo by Brigitte Engl/Redferns).

A couple of years ago, a reunion for British indie rock trio Black Box Recorder wouldn’t have been on many people’s bingo cards, but that was before Billie Eilish discovered them and shared their debut single, Child Psychology, on social media.

That was in 2023 and, since then, the band’s popularity has grown to the point where they’re getting close to two million monthly listeners and have 100 million streams. And so, 17 years after their last show at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2009, Black Box Recorder are back, with a show booked in at the London Palladium on Friday 22 May 2026.

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