The Enemy's Tom Clarke: 'We're Nervous About Breaking America'

The Enemy's frontman Tom Clarke has admitted that the band are apprehensive about their first tour of the US, which began at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago last weekend.

Speaking to the BBC, Clarke said the Coventry trio felt as though they were starting over again and were initially concerned about how Americans would take to their lyrics.

“I couldn’t really see how people would understand what we’re singing about. We’re talking about some quite deep set British social economic issues and stuff like that and I didn’t know how well it’d translate to Americans,” Clarke said.

But after playing shows in Chicago and Los Angeles on Wednesday (August 6th), Clarke said he had already seen similarities.

“The longer I spend out here, the more I realise the parallels of our economy. The patterns are almost identical in terms of the mortgage crash and the price of fuel going up,” he said.

“Just talking to cabbies, I’ve been really surprised how much England and America have in common.”

The Enemy's tour in America continues with shows in San Francisco and New York.

(by Jason Gregory)

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