steve_durham It’s been a wild ride touring the world twice over with @louist91 and we wanted to capture the energy in the venues across the world as a memory for those that made it to a show and a glimpse into being there for those that couldn’t make it.
I worked closely with Louis to produce a live record that covers 15 songs, 14 cities, and 5 continents.
Huge thanks to the lads in the band who have worked tirelessly on the arrangements to make the show the best it can be, and to the crew for making it happen every night
Steve Durham via Instagram [25.4.2024]
Louis Tomlinson commented on and liked Steve’s post.
Hello, do you think is possible that we will get a FITF live album? Louis and the band sound so good on tour.
they doooo! I love Steve's arrangements and additions to the songs so much! Honestly I have no idea; on the one hand it seems like Louis might be more focused on moving towards new stuff, like we are still in FITF mode but by the time it came out he had had it forever and now he's well into LT3 and probably feeling more excited about those new songs and sounds; on the other hand he is very good at working the industry stuff and all the angles and it's basically free money, right? He has said FITF was a further step towards the sound he wants most rather than the finish line, so it's possible that as happened with Walls as he works more on the new one he is getting less enthused about sharing the old stuff; but I think adding Steve's arrangements and just moving away from some of the songs seems to have lessened that this time around, so maybe that isn't a factor.
Here's the thing though: the only way it would happen or make sense I think would be if it was recorded pretty recently, like one of the UK shows; the show was still being tweaked and gelled and cooking until then. But if they wanted to make vinyl (and surely they would? fancy double vinyl of live albums is SUCH a thing), that is very very long process of waiting around these days. First you have to get lacquers made (this is the physical thing that the recording is cut into that all the records are duplicates of- if you want quality it has to be more or less handmade by an artisan) but one of the two places left in the world that made those burnt to the ground in 2020 so there's a super long wait time on that. Then it just has to get made; but there are basically ten large scale factories left (again, in the WORLD) that press records so that also has a very long wait time... so it would take forever and the thing is I think we're getting LT3 in the late fall/ early winter (I bet he's using this month to finish it up so it can begin this lengthy process). So I kind of don't think so, like I guess they could do a CD/ cassette/ digital only in late spring and make so much money, and it would be fun, but who knows. Either way, I just hope Louis has Steve do some production work on LT3, I like his sounds and ideas a lot, and that he keeps him around to do his tours forever!
Did you know Ellie from Wolf Alice is Louis' friend? Wolf Alice hangs out a lot with Louis' personal team... His drummer is a music director and used to play with them?
I didn't. You made me google it, combining Steve Durham and Wolf Alice, and ummm yeah... you're right at least about that connection.
Don't know if that makes Ellie and Louis friends or how to verify Ellie hangs out with Louis' personal team. But I'm not surprised since the UK music industry seems to be very small and everyone knows everyone. Also Harry's and Louis' sound people are friends as well, so it's definitely a pattern.
What the fuck was that? So it’s a waterfight! Thought one of you boys […] Okay, okay, we’ll have to agree to move on. Alright, we’ve got about 4 songs left. [Crowd cheers] No no, don't cheer that now. Boohoo, innit? Listen, give me every- [Louis sees his action figure in the crowd] What're you doing over here? Yes, I see you. You want one of these, don’t you [🖕🖕]. There you go. Cool top. Right, we've got 4 songs left. Give me every last bit of energy you've got. This is Out Of My System.
- Louis in FITFWT23: ATLANTA [15.7.2023] 📸 millieva
Another view of Louis flipping off his action figure.
Steve asking for a water gun to wet Louis in ATLANTA [15.7.2023]