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The Fuse were on blistering form when they headlined at the Edinburgh Festival last week. They performed a selection of tracks from their forthcoming album ‘on the move’ as well as a few classics from their back catalogue.
Ryan Johnson kart wheeled on stage to a sea of roaring fans and launched, with his band behind him, straight into the biggest selling single of 2009 ‘turnaround’. Live, it is clear to see why this band is one of the biggest indie groups to hit the music scene since The Kings of Leon in 2002. The atmosphere brought to the Edinburgh festival, by the vibrant band, lived strong through the night as they confidently brushed through their new single and some of their biggest selling songs. Those in doubt of this new rising band, soon changed their minds as The Fuse rounded off their final song with a memorable body surf into the blissful, twenty four thousand sell out crowd.
After finishing their crowd pleasing body surf we caught up with the band to ask some questions on their new single and the comparison that were given to The Kings of Leon. When told they are one of the biggest indie groups to hit the music scene since The Kings of Leon, guitarist Shaun White replied, “Being compared to a band like The Kings of Leon makes all our hard work worthwhile, but the reception that welcomed use tonight was something even more special than comparisons. This proves that we’re doing something right and we can see that were moving in the right direction”.

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The Fuse were on blistering form when they headlined at the Edinburgh Festival last week. They performed a selection of tracks from their forthcoming album ‘on the move’ as well as a few classics from their back catalogue.
Ryan Johnson kart wheeled on stage to a sea of roaring fans and launched, with his band behind him, straight into the biggest selling single of 2009 ‘turnaround’. Live, it is clear to see why this band is one of the biggest indie groups to hit the music scene since The Kings of Leon in 2002. The atmosphere brought to the Edinburgh festival, by the vibrant band, lived strong through the night as they confidently brushed through their new single and some of their biggest selling songs. Those in doubt of this new rising band, soon changed their minds as The Fuse rounded off their final song with a memorable body surf into the blissful, twenty four thousand sell out crowd.
After finishing their crowd pleasing body surf we caught up with the band to ask some questions on their new single and a bright future to which they have set themselves. When told they are one of the biggest indie groups to hit the music scene since The Kings of Leon, guitarist Shaun White replied, “Being compared to a band like The Kings of Leon makes all our hard work worthwhile, but the reception that welcomed use to night was something even more special than comparisons. This proves that we’re doing something right and we can see that were moving in the right direction”.
Before the 2010 Edinburgh Festival closed its doors for another standout year, The Fuse had a last classic song to reveal to the still energised crowd. The song “JUMP” is the track that is played at the end other the Festival by a certain band/artist that is chosen by the crowd on the day to sing their own remix to the “Edinburgh fest favourite” as I was told by a loyal fan of this electrifying event. Concluding the song with fireworks and a buzz that was suddenly lifted by The Fuse’s version of “JUMP” sent the amazed, twenty four thousand audience back home with stories to tell and memories to keep from “the best Edinburgh Festival of all time” said one enthused teenager.