British rock band Bring Me The Horizon shared their unexpected metallic cover of Oasis’s Britpop classic ‘Wonderwall’ this January. The song made its live debut at The Summer of Becoming show in Cologne on 4 June, and fans went nuts for it.
The song featured on the setlist for the band’s show at Cologne Palladium. Introducing the song, frontman Oli Sykes shared his excitement with the audience, hyping them up for a heavy rendition of a British classic as he called out, “This is going to be the first time we’ve ever played it in front of a live audience. Be kind to us. If you know the words, sing as loud as you can and help us out. Ready to have some fun?”
Fans recorded the cover’s exciting debut performance.
‘Wonderwall’, from the 1995 album ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’ has had a number of standout covers from the likes of Ryan Adams and Brad Mehldau Trio. Though, none have reimagined the indie song with such metallic gaul as Bring Me The Horizon. Liam Gallagher responded to the band’s cover for Spotify Singles in a tweet where he says, “I fucking LOVE it”.
I fucking LOVE it
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) January 29, 2025
The response took the band by surprise, who spoke to NME at the Brit Awards this year about the cover. Drummer Matt Nicholls said, “We were expecting [Liam] to absolutely rinse us,” Sykes went on to say “We always usually cover stuff that no one has ever heard of, so we were like ‘Now let’s try to reimagine something that everyone knows. Make it easy for ourselves’. Here he references their lesser known covers such as John Murphy’s ‘In A House – In A Heartbeat’ and Anhonie’s heart wrenching indie track from 2016 ‘Drone Bomb Me’. The band covered Anhonie’s track in 2019 with an electric metal-pop rendition in the style of ‘Amo’, their most recent album at the time. The Sheffield-born rock band followed the Cologne Palladium show with an electrifying first ever performance at one of Europe’s largest rock festivals at the Nürburgring racetrack, Rock Am Ring. Moments after the performance, fans were already posting their favourite moments of the show on social media.
@parasitee.v.e “AmEN! Live at @Rock am Ring @BRING ME THE HORIZON #bringmethehorizon #bmth #bmthlive #amen #posthuman #nexgen #nexgentour #core #metalcore #emo #bmthofficial #rockamring #rockamring2025 #rar #olisykes #olisykesedit #bringmethehorizonlive ♬ AmEN! (feat. Lil Uzi Vert, Daryl Palumbo & Glassjaw) – Bring Me The Horizon
Towards these shows, the band have posted their older songs to TikTok with edits of a new 2000s style metal aesthetic, moving away from their old video game inspired style. Many fans are speculating that this is the band teasing an EP in a new era after their last album release ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’.
New era or still part of NeX GEn?
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Keep up with Bring Me The Horizon’s exciting next movements, shows and releases on their official website
