Young the Giant in Bridgeport with Milky Chance & TALK on June 7!

Tickets available Friday, Feb 3 at 10 AM: http://bit.ly/3wuKQsc

Young the Giant is an American rock band that formed in Irvine, California, in 2004. The band’s line-up consists of Sameer Gadhia (lead vocals), Jacob Tilley (guitar), Eric Cannata (guitar), Payam Doostzadeh (bass guitar), and Francois Comtois (drums). Formerly known as The Jakes, Young the Giant was signed by Roadrunner Records in 2009, and they released their eponymous debut album in 2010. The band’s first three singles, “My Body”, “Cough Syrup”, and “Apartment”, all charted on the US Alternative Songs chart.

The Jakes formed in 2004 in Irvine, California. Consisting of Jacob Tilley, Addam Farmer, Kevin Massoudi, Ehson Hashemian, and Sameer Gadhia, the band’s name was an acronym of the members’ first names. After several personnel changes, the group’s lineup by 2008 included Gadhia, Tilley, Hashemian, Eric Cannata, Francois Comtois, and Jason Burger.

The band released the single, “Wake Up”, on June 15, 2022. Other songs from the first act of their American Bollywood album, named “Act I: Origins”, were released on July 15, 2022. The band also premiered a video for the album’s title song, “American Bollywood”, on YouTube on July 15, 2022. The three other acts were named, “Act II: Exile”, “Act III: Battle”, and “Act IV: Denouement”. A total of sixteen songs were released on the American Bollywood album in the form of the four separate acts with four songs each, and the songs were released as a full album on November 16, 2022. The American Bollywood tour began on October 12, 2022 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
500 Broad Street
Bridgeport, CT

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