Oli Sykes Calls Glastonbury And Coachella Not For Bring Me The Horizon

JAKARTA - Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH) vocalist Oli Sykes has played on many major stages around the world. Most recently, the band from Sheffield became the main performer at the Reading & Leeds festival.

But when talking about the possibility of BMTH performing at world popular festivals such as Glastonbury in the UK and Coachella in the US, Sykes dismissed the idea.

'Glastonbury is not our world. I don't even know if this is our world. We will always feel like the oppressed, and it's hard to see ourselves as the main gen-pop band," Sykes said, quoted by NME, Wednesday, September 3.

"I was like, 'Is there going to be here for us?' Things like that are gone now, but it's very difficult for us not to think of ourselves as this underground rock band."

Sykes admitted that the thought of appearing in Glastonbury or Coachella had become BMTH's ambition about five or six years ago. However, not for now.

"Maybe five or six years ago, that was our ambition. Maybe playing at Coachella and the like. It's not our world. We're not a cool and trendy barista-core band. We have our own style," said the frontman.

"We are strange and extraordinary who did all this. We have just created our own style and we really enjoy it. We are very happy, this band is a best friend, and everything is fine. Why do you have to rock? Why do you have to force yourself into a round hole if we're just sweeping a square?" he said.