the trio debut new song friday night light

Jason Blackstone:

"Ireland! How are we doing tonight?"

The crowd responds with an enormous cheer.

"Honestly, this tour has been incredible. We've been playing these songs every night, travelling around, meeting people, and getting to hear you all sing along. We really couldn't ask for much more."

Scott Sike:

"We've had some ridiculous nights on this tour. Some of you have probably seen us in much smaller rooms, and now we're standing here looking at all of you. It's a little difficult to get your head around."

Dominic Buckingham:

"I've also learned that Irish crowds apparently don't believe in going home. Which is great for us, because we're not particularly interested in going home either."

The audience laughs and cheers.

Jason adjusts the strap on his acoustic guitar before continuing.

Jason:

"We've been talking a lot about Midnight Hour, and we're really proud of that record. But I should probably tell you something else."

"We've actually started doing some early work on the next album."

The crowd responds with cheers.

Scott:

"Very early work. Don't get too excited. We've got notebooks, voice memos, some guitar ideas, and a few arguments already."

Dominic:

"Mostly arguments."

Jason:

"But it's happening. We've been writing when we can, and we've got a few ideas that we're really excited about. We don't want to say too much yet, but there's definitely something coming."

Introducing a brand-new song

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Jason moves closer to the microphone, checking his guitar tuning.

Jason:

"So, speaking of new songs... we've got one we'd like to try out on you tonight."

Scott and Dominic exchange a quick look.

Scott:

"This one's pretty new. We've only been playing around with it recently."

Dominic:

"And if we mess it up, you'll never hear about it again."

Jason:

"Well, hopefully we don't mess it up."

He pauses before explaining the inspiration.

"There's an old television show about Texas that we were watching and talking about while we were working on some of these ideas. It was called Friday Night Lights. We really loved the atmosphere of it. The small towns, the football, the Friday nights, the friendships, the feeling that everybody in a community is connected to something bigger than themselves."

"We started thinking about that feeling and what it would be like to write a song around it. Not necessarily a song about football, but about those nights, growing up, and having something to believe in."

Scott:

"It's got a bit of an American sound to it. More acoustic guitars, more harmonies. We wanted to see where we could take that."

Dominic:

"So this is the first time we're playing it in front of a crowd this big. Be nice to us."

Jason steps back. Scott and Dominic move closer to the microphone. The stadium lights dim around the B-stage.

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