Illustration of the storming of the Bastille prison, in an event that has come to be seen as the start of the French Revolution, 14th July 1789.Hulton Archive / Getty Images The French national ...

With debut album ‘Bad Blood’ Bastille quietly became one of the biggest – but most anonymous – indie bands on the planet. But as Dan Stubbs meets them, in the week their new album is announced and the ...

In 2013, Bastille evolved from a rising indie band to an internationally-known hitmaker with their infectious single “Pompeii.” To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the British group recruited ...

Swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in nearly every French town — it must be Bastille Day. France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday ...

When you ask Bastille frontman Dan Smith how he would describe his voice, he'll tell you "annoying." It makes sense for someone who describes himself as a "pessimistic realist." But in 2014, it's his ...

Standing more than four storeys tall, at the eastern entrance to Paris proper, the fortress was an imposing structure surrounded by its own moat. Meaning “little bastion” in French, it overlooked what ...

Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. Today is France’s national holiday, which marks the storming of the Bastille and the beginning of ...

“Never in my life did I think I’d be really excited to see a Fly By Nite,” Dan Smith laughs, looking out the window of Bastille’s tour bus, provided by the company in question. Beyond the glass, ...

The key to the Bastille, as held in Mount Vernon's collections. Mount Vernon Ladies' Association President George Washington knew how to curate a blockbuster exhibit—and with just one artifact. Elite ...

Today is Bastille Day – known in France as the National Celebration – a holiday that memorializes the 1798 Storming of the Bastille, a medieval fortress used, at the time, to house political prisoners ...

On this day in 1789, crowds stormed the Bastille prison, where the king kept his enemies. The monarchy was overthrown in a revolution. On this day in 1789, crowds stormed the Bastille prison in Paris ...

July 14th is often thought of as France's Independence Day. More accurately, it's the French National Day — called La Fête Nationale in French — commemorating the day in 1789 when crowds stormed the ...