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Chart toppers 5 Seconds of Summer rock the iTunes Festival
五秒盛夏樂隊參加蘋果音樂節
They've topped charts across the world and starred at the VMA Awards. Now the boys from 5 Seconds of Summer have played the iTunes Festival in London. Fans queued outside the famous Camden Roundhouse for hours to see their idols up on stage. They're clearly popular - but it's tough to work out who the group sound like. There's hints of boy bands like One Direction but there's some similarities to classic pop-punk groups like Blink-182 and Green Day. And it was these pop-punk bands that influenced the four boys. SOUNDBITE, Musician, Ashton Irwin, saying (English): "I was a Green Day guy, they just made me pick up my instrument and that, you know, and that's how I discovered and fell in love with music, you know? They're the bands that are responsible for our band," SOUNDBITE, Musician, Luke Hemmings, saying (English): "Those kinds of bands really made bands like us, I think. And I think, I don't know, we really look up to bands like that. We're like a big love child of all them together," The band first got together in 2011 and posted their own music online. Eventually the four Australians were invited out on tour with British pop sensations One Direction and their self-titled debut album topped the Billboard 200 in America. With their music going down a storm 5 Seconds of Summer have ambitious plans to help get more guitar band playing on radio. SOUNDBITE, Musician, Ashton Irwin, saying (English): "Other bands and stuff, hopefully, because of us will start to be played on the radio again, you know? Because I think there's a lack of guitar bands on the radio now and stuff. And I think it's cool that we get played on the mainstream radio stations. I think that's really cool." The iTunes Festival runs through September at the Camden Roundhouse and the likes of Pharrell Williams, Kasabian and rock legend Robert Plant are all due to play. And they'll be hoping they can get the positive response 5 Seconds of Summer enjoyed at the Festival from their fans.
