It was back in November 2015 when we last chatted to Cornish ‘acid world rockers’ WILLE AND THE BANDITS, fast-forward three and a bit years to 2019, they had just released their latest album Paths and were looking fresh faced, excited at the prospect of heading out on the first leg of their UK tour.

The tour would take them all over the UK and come to a close at the end of March. In April, they head out to Europe to play a ton of live shows before returning to the UK in June to grace a few fields with their presence (UK Festival season). Armed with a box of Sainsbury’s cherry bakewells (so rock n’ roll), I joined Wille, Matt and Drew in the green room at the Exeter Phoenix to chat about the new album, touring, funny things that have happened to them at festivals and tons more!

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You can catch the guys on tour at the following venues;

06 Feb - Cobblestones - Bridgwater, UK
07 Feb - Old Bakery Studios - Truro, UK
15 Feb - Guildhall, Gloucester, UK
06 Mar - Ropetackle - Shoreham, UK
07 Mar - Clwb Ifor Bach - Cardiff, UK
08 Mar - The Junction - Plymouth, UK
09 Mar - Thekla - Bristol, UK
13 Mar - The Bodega - Nottingham, UK
14 Mar - O2 Academy 2 - Liverpool, UK
15 Mar - O2 Academy 2 - Sheffield, UK
16 Mar - The Continental - Preston, UK
17 Mar - Victoria Hall - Settle, UK
19 Mar - Fibbers - York, UK
20 Mar - The Hug & Pint - Glasgow, UK
21 Mar - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK
22 Mar - The Cluny - Newcastle, UK
23 Mar - Top Secret - Scarborough, UK
24 Mar - Junction 2 - Cambridge, UK
27 Mar - The Waterfront - Norwich, UK
28 Mar - O2 Academy 3 - Birmingham, UK
29 Mar - O2 Academy 2 - Oxford, UK
30 Mar - O2 Academy 2 - Islington, London, UK
05 Apr - Das Bett - Frankfurt, GER
06 Apr - Lifehouse - Stemwede, GER
07 Apr - Musikbunker - Aachen, GER
08 Apr - Kammerspiel - Ansbach, GER
09 Apr - Kofferfabrik - Fürth, GER
10 Apr - Rattlesnake Saloon - München, GER
11 Apr - Museums Cafe - Passau, GER
12 Apr - Reigen - Vienna, AT
24 Apr - Harmonie - Bonn, GER
25 Apr - Spirit of 66 - Verviers, BEL
26 Apr - Pressenwerk - Bad Salzungen, GER
27 Apr - Speicher - Husum, GER
04 May - Scheune - Wredenhagen, GER
07 May - Noergelbuff - Göttingen, GER
08 May - Museumskeller - Erfurt, GER
09 May - Tonenburg - Höxter-Albaxen, GER
10 May - Speicher - Schwerin, GER
11 May - Music Hall - Worpswede, GER
15 May - Tante Ju - Dresden, GER
16 May - Bergkeller - Reichenbach, GER
17 May - Blues Garage - Isernhagen, GER
18 May - Downtown - Hamburg, GER
19 May - Barnaby's Blues Bar - Braunschweig, GER
21 May - Pitcher - Düsseldorf, GER
22 May - Spitalkeller - Offenburg, GER
23 May - Franz K - Reutlingen, GER
29 May - Objekt 5 - Halle (Saale), GER
31 May - Mühle Hunzike - Bern, CH
25 Aug - Playing with Fire - Omaha, USA

Plus more to be announced...

Their new album ‘Paths’ is available to buy/stream/download/eat right now - BUY IT HERE

Here’s what the press had to say about it;

“The Bandit’s socially and environmentally aware lyrics point to hearts in the right places and the best tracks here – Find My Way, Make Love - suggest a smokin’ live act… vintage blues sensibility with hip hop and world music influences” - Planet Rock Magazine

“On Paths, Wille & The Bandits consolidate all the aspects that give them the success they so richly deserve. They manage to absorb a massive and diverse set of templates and influences, and still sound unique and entirely themselves.” - Blues Matters Magazine

“Intelligent arrangements and superb production when allied to perhaps their most immediate collection of songs to date, Paths will put Wille & The Banditson the world map.” - Fireworks Magazine

“We have an authentic sound for One Way which contains excellent anti-fascist lyrics, we’ve got a country whistling with a rolling bar-room vibe and bongos for Chakra, low lying funky stuff is covered by the shuffling beat and smudgy guitars of Make Love, and come in Keep It On The Down Low, your slinky sleekness and joyous handclaps are most welcome indeed.” - Powerplay Magazine