Pete Daynes

@donbroco at @downloadfest was stupid. - 📸 🐐 @tompullenphoto

@donbroco // Keys, BV’s, Cowbell - Wembley Arena and other big rooms with the lads. Shows were off the charts. The best of the best on and off stage. Until next time.🪣 📝 - 📸 @tompullenphoto 🐐

@its_r_o_r_y // Music Direction - Røry’s Blossom Tour saw her first international headlines outside of the UK. - Real fun to be back on the bass again 🎸 - Big up to faces old and new across the team for coming in and making this one of my favourite tours ever. Can’t wait to take this show to the big stages next year 🤟🏻🙏🏻 - Thanks to @its_r_o_r_y and @jwcoffeefish for your continued trust in the band and looking after the live side of things. Another year of exponential growth 📈 - 📸 @del_photos 🐐

@nemothings // Music Direction - Nemo’s Arthouse tour spanned Europe and the UK this autumn. One of the most fun shows I’ve ever worked on. With Nemo never being short of ideas, we condensed down a ton of brief into a really colourful, feel good show built around some narrative and emotional elements. Nemo’s energy and vocal delivery are world world class and the whole team smashed it. Big up @backbeatboy and @niklasnadidai who crushed it on the band side. - Big thanks to @andrew_burrows for the programming assistance to get this over the line and @bigeasytouring , @sick_ay , @simonkingcovert for having me on.

@official_therose // Playback + Rig Build - The Rose completed their Once Upon A WRLD tour this summer. And it was the WHOLE summer 🏖️ - Full digital Dante playback rig and new guitar rigs built by myself, session programmed by myself and @charliesingleton who expertly operated and assisted with some MD work on the road too. - Big up to the whole team and thanks to @himynameisjameshill for having us on.

@novatwinsmusic // Music Direction - An awesome time working on the UK/EU headline show for the coolest queens in the biz. A banger of a show at Kentish Town Forum to round off an amazing tour. - It was so fun to dive into what was already an incredibly unique and interesting set up. Real amps and pedals come on 🤪🔥 I wish I could be as good at bass as @g30rg1a one day 🤩 - Thanks to @rprtking @joesimpsonlive @jordanrichardson5 and the rest of the team for having me on.

@architects // 2025 Music Direction + Playback - US, UK, EU Headlines and Linkin Park Supports - Biggest shows of the band’s career. A privilege to be along for the ride 🫡

Winter/Spring 2025 Round Up - Slides 1-4 @its_r_o_r_y album 1 cycle is go with a sold out UK tour with a brand new show rebuilt from the ground up. With it we were able to bring churchy worship themes to the live version of ‘Restoration’. Super fun to watch this one grow exponentially in the past couple of years with a sold out show at Kentish Town Forum. - @architects went back on cycle with The Sky, The Earth And All Between grabbing a number 2 on the album chart. Yes the lads. The new songs have been a different level of chaos and musicality to work into the live show, really pushing the limits of what’s achievable from guitar tunings to live sidechaining keys patches off kick drums. The European tour was an awesome success. It’s a mammoth of an album and it’s brilliant to be alongside the guys going into the summer and arenas later in the year. - @orlagartland played her biggest tour to date with some Kentish Town Forum goodness. Her and the band have more swag than ever. We added production elements to the already bonkers amount of midi programming to compliment what the guys were doing on stage and the show kicked ASS 🔥 🔥 - @bfmvofficial started the 20th anniversary of The Poison with arenas in the uk before heading to Europe and then the rest of the world in the coming months. Absolute privilege to head up all the rig build and programming for this one before handing it off to @dan.mwilliams to operate. An amazing room to be a part of and an iconic show. - - 📸 1-4 @del_photos 5 @maxrowley_ 6-10 @edmasonphoto 11-12 @kiwimcmc 17 @ryancphoto

Autumn/Winter round up! - 1-2 @noahfinnce completed his album 1 campaign with a banger of a UK tour - big up to the whole team especially @binskip who let me be so precious about the timing of every single lighting cue 😇😇 - 3-7 @architects round up their album cycle with the second leg of their US tour. An unforgettable road trip off day in Denver and the end to an incredible year with these boys *chefs kiss* - 8-10 @orlagartland set out on her first US tour - little bit of a FOH recording and a Maida Vale session I helped arrange. Big shout out to @sarastix for taking over all of the playback and running of the gig this year 🙌🏻 - 11 - 📸 @redheadabroad takes great photos - 12-14 @its_r_o_r_y rehearsals. Been burrowing away writing and arranging her new show and it’s gonna be amazing 🤤 - 15-16 quick jaunt over to Dublin with the @nikizefanya gang. Not long enough with this amazing band and crew. Hated karaoke. 🙃 - 17 - Me all of December working on new shows ready to hit the road in 2025. - - Thanks to all the bands and artists for their trust and hard work this year. Absolute blast. Same again next year ✌🏻

Summer Round Up 2024 - 1-3: @architects - Out on the road directing, calling the show, firing pyro and operating playback. Festival Headliners, Metallica supports and big rock shows 🔥 - 4-5: @donbroco - Jumping back on keys for a casual Headline of 2000 Trees. The most fun with the best guys 🚀 - 6-8: @its_r_o_r_y went out and smashed her first UK and EU festivals to full tents and then won the HMA Best Newcomer to top it off. Thanks to all the team and shoutout @kristina__rhodes for crushing it on bass for the summer. 🔹🔷🔹 - 9-10: @noahfinnce - Headlined the 2nd stage at Bludfest, opened a bunch of shows for McFly and Busted and did a couple of awesome Amazon sessions. Huge shift again from all involved - thanks to my right hand man @conorcosimini especially on the ground for this one. 🐐 - 11-12 @kyledaniel.music - held down some bass for Kentucky’s finest across a couple of weeks in Europe to finish it off. 🤍 - - What a summer. Huge congratulations to all the artists and crews who’ve crushed all the festivals this year. Absolute live laugh love. - All reels and photos shamelessly stolen from the respective artist’s pages. - ✌🏻

June festival headlines and stadium supports with @architects . - Very satisfying to draw a solid comparison from where the show was last year to where it is this year. Awesome work from everyone on and off stage. A true team of elites. Massive props to all the boys for stepping up to yet another level. - Special mention to @samarchitects . Your work mentally, vocally and physically these past 12 months has been world class and inspiring as hell. 👌🏻🙌🏻🫡 - 📸 @edmasonphoto

END OF AN ERA! - It’s been the most incredible few years being onstage with Orla as her bass player and MD, however due to other commitments, sadly it means I’m having to pass on bass duties and leave the touring party going forward. - I couldn’t be prouder of my time with Orla so far. I’ve learnt countless things and have gained experiences il never forget. I’m incredibly excited to continue to be her music director from a peripheral position and delighted to hand over to the queen demon @scarlethalton 👸🏻 - Working with Orla allowed me to really cut my teeth as a player and MD. I made a million mistakes, guinea pigged a ton of ideas and workflows and will be forever grateful for the patience and space she allowed me over the years to grow. Hundreds of gigs, hundreds of great times, would do it all again tomorrow ☺️ - Orla’s upcoming album is obscene and the show sounds better than ever. I’m so pleased with what we’ve managed to achieve and for what’s to come - Love ya millions OG 🤍 - Last slide is a couple of babies from almost 8 YEARS AGO 👶🏻