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Birmingham, England (2003 – present)

Editors are a British / band from Birmingham, England, formed by Tom Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Russell Leetch (bass) Ed Lay (drums) and Chris Urbanowicz (guitar 2003 - 2012) who met while studying at Staffordshire University, in Stafford, England, United Kingdom during 2003. They take their inspiration from bands such as Echo & the Bunnymen, R.E.M., Joy Division and Elbow. To date they have released 3 studio albums.

The band were originally known as (The) Pride, before they changed their line-up and became known as Snowfield, becoming a popular unsigned band. They remained with this name until they signed with Kitchenware Records in September 2004.

The band’s debut single Bullets was released as a limited edition of 500 on Kitchenware Records on January 24, 2005; it quickly gained support from radio stations such as Xfm and BBC 6 Music - where it was the single of the week.

Their debut album, The Back Room, was released on 25 July 2005, to critical acclaim. The band toured out most of 2005, including two jaunts with We Are Scientists. However, after a pivotal support slot on Franz Ferdinand’s Arena tour at the end of 2005, it was the re-release of single Munich in January 2006 that propelled them into the top 10 of the UK single’s chart. The following May, Editors played three sell-out shows at London’s Brixton Academy, and countless gigs worldwide. The album has now sold over 500,000 units.
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  • DennysH_

    Just Waiting ♥

    Yesterday 1:03am Reply

  • fvictorjose

    o novo album vai ter influências de R.E.M. e Arcade Fire... não há como negar que o estilo musical de Editors tem mudado à cada disco, mas jamais para pior <3 Tom Smith rules!

    19 May 6:33am Reply

  • MorticiaVouk

    freue mich aufs neue Album [4]

    14 May 5:22pm Reply

  • nallelyst

    A Ton Of Love <3 [4]

    13 May 10:08pm Reply

  • irishbla

    A Ton Of Love <3 [3]

    13 May 6:29pm Reply

  • unwrittenx

    <3

    13 May 4:44pm Reply

  • LightsOfBohemia

    They haven't "forgotten" anything. Maybe the band don't think that the original version is better and after rehearsing the new version several times, they actually like it much more. And either way, even if they have someone else to play the parts Chris did and substitute him, using the old version seems a bit unethical. Even if he's not there physically, they still owe him some loyalty. Musicians take very seriously being respectful to other people in their trade.

    13 May 10:21am Reply

  • donzeladeferr0

    KEEP WITH ME !!!

    12 May 11:42pm Reply

  • Susi_Bellamy

    A Ton Of Love <3 [2]

    12 May 1:39am Reply

  • Nada88

    I easily got over that Chris is no longer part of the band, but forgetting something that is obviously better is such a mistake by the band. If he is somehow involved in Munich I guess they should record the song again. Yeah, that sounds just a bit more stupid than forgetting better version of the song.

    11 May 11:19pm Reply

  • LightsOfBohemia

    @Nada88: when you say "first version of Two Hearted Spider" I assume you're talking about the one they played live at Royal Albert Hall in 2011. Chris Urbanowicz was involved in the making of that version and he's no longer in the band, so there's no way in hell they're going to include "his" original version. Get over it.

    11 May 9:23am Reply

  • DarkKirk

    Новый сингл не понравился совсем, хотя в группу верю.

    9 May 11:17am Reply

  • keanequeen

    A Ton Of Love <3

    9 May 5:47am Reply

  • LoveisInfinite

    https://soundcloud.com/kostki-srebrny-krzy/kostki-srebrny-krzy-na-lewej-r

    9 May 3:30am Reply

  • Newborn_Bantam

    Miss Chris Urbanowicz's trademark guitar/synth sound already. Really wish they'd developed the In This Light style with Flood for the new album. And where is The Sting?? Easily my favourite track from the ones they've played so far

    8 May 10:11pm Reply

  • lilith_s

    Please DON'T cut the hair Tom [2]

    8 May 9:13pm Reply

  • tiagosec

    I love Tom's voice in the new song. So strong.

    8 May 9:13pm Reply

  • naty86

    freue mich aufs neue Album [3]

    8 May 7:11pm Reply

  • pr0spektsmarch

    freue mich aufs neue Album [2]

    8 May 2:18pm Reply

  • Empathy82

    Tom is so handsome

    7 May 11:34pm Reply
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