Chase & Status

Live in concert at Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis, MN on Friday, November 1st, 2024!

At the beginning of 2012, Chase & Status were nominated for Best British Group at the prestigious Brit Awards — a first for a drum’n’bass outfit — yet were beaten to the gong by Coldplay. Not resting on their laurels, they spent 2012 and 2013 playing huge live dates at festivals across the U.K. and Europe, including Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend, T in the Park, and a headline slot at Glastonbury in June 2013. As a thank-you to fans for their support, the festival favorite “Big Man” — featuring vocals from Liam Bailey — was released at the end of 2012. In 2013, the duo released the single “Lost and Found” featuring Louis M^ttrs, which hit the Top Ten in the U.K. and landed on their third studio album, Brand New Machine. The 2013 album was a darker effort than previous outings, featuring the ’90s rave-flavored single “Count on Me.” It peaked at number two on the U.K. album chart. While working on their fourth album, Chase & Status released the grime EP London Bars in late 2015. Continuing to blend grime with drum’n’bass and dubstep, full-length Tribe appeared in 2017. Featuring guests such as Mr. Vegas, Craig David, and Novelist, the album peaked at number seven in the duo’s home country.

RTRN II JUNGLE, a long-promised ragga-jungle album featuring guest deejays like Cutty Ranks and General Levy, arrived in 2019. They expanded on the album’s concept with the 2020 mix-CD Fabric Presents: RTRN II FABRIC. Sixth album What Came Before appeared in 2022, with guest vocalists including Unknown T, BackRoad Gee, and Popcaan. “Disconnect,” a 2023 single with Becky Hill, and “Baddadan” (with Bou featuring Irah, Flowdan, Trigga, and Takura) both returned Chase & Status to the Top Ten of the U.K. singles chart. 2 Ruff, Vol. 1 included “Baddadan” as well as features by Stefflon Don, Clementine Douglas, and ArrDee. Several other singles from the release charted, and it became the duo’s fifth album to reach the Top Ten.