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Formed in Bridgend, Wales, a decade ago, Those Damn Crows have grown slowly yet steadily to the point that their third album, 2023’s , reached No.3 in the UK chart. Frontman Shane Greenhall checks in as the band prepare for their biggest headline show to date.
We’ve also played with the and the recently, but that was an unbelievable moment, the high point of our year. Afterwards we watched their show, which was so cool because there was no production, it was all about the songs. We saw him backstage and there was a very brief encounter.
He seemed so normal. I’d love to have got a photo, but when you’re the support band we try to keep out of the way. Considering it was our first time at Wembley, I thought their fans accepted us really well.
We chatted to Mike Miley [drums]. They used to be on our label Earache Records. are a great band.
has got an incredible voice. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! . I appreciate that.
We’ve been together for ten years, and it’s only now that our hard work is starting to pay off. One of the best things about honing our craft is going to territories where we are not known, places where we must work hard to raise our game and prove ourselves. We played to more than 350,000 fans with them in stadiums.
By the tour’s end their fan base were calling us the best support band they’d ever had. To have gone there alone we’d have played to maybe a hundred and fifty people. It’s by sheer luck, but we feel like we’ve almost jumped a few levels.
I think so. We’ll go wherever the offers come. We just want to play in front of as many people as possible.
Excited and nervous. Last year we played the Swansea Arena which holds around three thousand, so this is a step up. It’s the place I saw so many bands back in the day.
To be headlining there is unbelievable. I’ve seen the latest ticket sales and it’s..
. daunting. It’s where we’re from, so it will be special.
Dave Ling was a co-founder of Classic Rock magazine. His words have appeared in a variety of music publications, including RAW, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Prog, Rock Candy, Fireworks and Sounds. Dave’s life was shaped in 1974 through the purchase of a copy of Sweet’s album ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’, along with early gig experiences from Status Quo, Rush, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Yes and Queen.
As a lifelong season ticket holder of Crystal Palace FC, he is completely incapable of uttering the word ‘Br***ton’..
