Bring Me The Horizon have announced a new concert film with a worldwide cinema release. Titled ‘L.I.V.E. In São Paolo (Live Immersive Visual Experiment)’, it is a recording of their biggest headline show to date, performed in 2024 in front of 50,000 people at the Allianz Parque Stadium in São Paolo, Brazil.
Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH) formed in Sheffield in 2004, when their members were all teenagers. Now 22 years into their existence as a band, vocalist Oli Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, and drummer Matt Nicholls are at the peaks of their careers. They began as a deathcore band, an extremely harsh offshoot of heavy metal, before changing trajectory with their fourth album ‘Sempiternal’ in 2013, which led them into more mainstream, and yet more experimental territory. In 2024 they had become so well regarded that they won that year’s BRIT Award for Best Rock/Alternative Act.
By 2020, they had become invested in a world of science-fiction and horror storytelling, crafting the lore for their “Post Human” campaign. The first part was sizeable EP ‘Post Human: Surival Horror’ in 2020, followed by LP ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’ in 2024. Both albums used alternate reality games and interactive elements in their social media promotions, which evolved into the conceptual live experience of their current tours.
A band always renowned for their pedigree as a live act, BMTH have made their shows into a truly unique experience. Frontman Oli Sykes’ playful interactions with the crowd, paired with their robotic companion “EVE” building a narrative on the screens throughout the show, has turned their appearances into something akin to a pantomime. It goes without saying that the music backs this up, with album-quality sound at every show, acoustic interludes and track lists spanning most of their catalogue.
Their Post Human touring cycles have brought them to many of the world’s biggest arenas and festival stages. For a band of their youth, it was a big surprise when they headlined Download Festival’s 20th anniversary in 2023, and they have so far headlined Reading and Leeds in 2022 and 2025.
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Of all their performances, the sold-out São Paolo one must be the most significant. Brazil is well-known for an incredibly enthusiastic fan culture and warm welcomes to travelling acts. The blurb on Bring Me The Horizon’s website says “Hailed by the band as their best show yet, the film expands the visual universe of Post Human, blending cinematic production, fan perspectives, and character cameos” (referring to their animated narrators).
‘L.I.V.E. In São Paolo’ is described as featuring footage from multiple cameras, drones, and fans in the crowd, designed to give the true experience of being there on the night. The setlist, which can be found here, spans their albums from ‘Sempiternal’ to ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’, with live favourites such as ‘Can You Feel My Heart’ and ‘Kingslayer’ included.
The release for the film begins with the international cinema run, falling on the 25th and 28th of March. It will then launch for home audiences on the 10th of April, and is currently available for preorder as a DVD or CD on Bring Me The Horizon’s merchandise website.
