Sleep Token have lined Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing In The Darkish.
The UK masked metallic band’s nameless lead singer, Vessel, carried out a rendition of Springsteen’s 1984 single throughout a present at Xfinity Cellular Enviornment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Wednesday (September 24). It marked the primary time Sleep Token have performed the observe in entrance of a reside crowd.
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Sleep Token are presently touring North America on a sold-out run of reveals selling their fourth album, Even In Arcadia, launched earlier this 12 months by way of RCA. The album acquired blended evaluations however was a business success, topping the charts in 11 nations, together with the UK, the US, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands.
The tour kicked off on September 16 at Gasoline South Enviornment in Duluth, Georgia, the place Sleep Token performed two Even In Arcadia songs onstage for the very first time: Supplier and Infinite Baths. The reveals proceed on Friday (September 26) at Little Caesars Enviornment in Detroit and can wrap up at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles on October 11.
Sleep Token could not have lined Dancing In The Darkish earlier than, however they’ve put their signature, sensual twist on tracks by different artists previously. In 2017, they put out a crooning tackle Hey Ya! by Outkast. Vessel has additionally carried out reside performances of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, I Wanna Dance With Anyone by Whitney Houston and When The Occasion’s Over by Billie Eilish at previous intimate ‘From The Room Under’ performances.
Springsteen launched Dancing In The Darkish as a single in Might 1984, selling the then-upcoming launch of his seventh album, Born In The USA. The only marked Springsteen’s biggest US chart success at that time, reaching quantity two on the Billboard Scorching 100. It’s since been licensed four-times Platinum within the US, in addition to three-times Platinum within the UK.
