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Once in a blue moon a star comes along and bursts onto the scene and owns it. Whether or not existing artists agree with it or not, it just happens… and that’s exactly what’s happened here.

Born and bred in a housing estate in Sunderland, North East England, known for its lower working class culture, along with the violence and drugs, to touring the world. This is the case for Callum Burdon. When asked about his recent success he simply replied, “it was inevitable….” With the confidence and talent he possess’ you’d think he has been doing this for some time, but you couldn’t be more wrong. “One day I was sat at home listening to some records before a football match I was playing, and I thought to myself, everyone wants to be a footballer and you get paid loads but you can’t enjoy it, rock stars on the other hand get to tour the world doing whatever they want, and that’s when I realized I was in the wrong field of work” ever since that moment when he was 16 all his time on getting to the big stage, now, the young 18 has done just that. His debut “the revival” album has made a statement in and out of the music industry. Hitting number 1 for his album showed the industry just what he is capable of, but it’s outside of that which is getting people talking. His lyrics and interviews have caught the attention of the working class, being from that background himself, he aims to make music for the people and this has shown. “When I was growing up there’d be fights, gangs, drugs, pretty much everything and people knew about this, but that didn’t change a thing. The government wasn’t interested in helping a dirty messed up estate, or even helping the lower working classes as a whole and this needs to be seen and realized. People can complain and even write sad songs about it like I have, but there’s no time for tears when you live the real world and that’s the message I’m trying to get across. Instead of complaining, do something with your life and fight it.” Since playing his first gig at the bonny pit lad back in April 2013 in front of around 7people, to headlining Glastonbury just 2 year on, we can all expect and look forward to bigger, better and more controversy from this modern day robin hood.

1.What made you want to do this?

Well I pretty much had nothing else to do and this just seemed like a good idea at the time and so far it’s worked out.

2.Did your parents support you? Why?

At first they didn’t but after awhile when they saw what I was making of it they stopped complaining

I dropped out of school to do this, I never really listened and had what they called discipline troubles and they weren’t happy with this.

3. Are you happy with what you’ve achieved so far at just an early stage of your career?

Of course I’m happy, I was a nobody, no x factor or shows like that, no one helping           me, just all myself, see not many people can do that. If people don’t get the help they need they just give up, I was never born with a silver spoon and that’s what made me, the grit and determination, and look where I am now.

4. Do you have any concerts coming up?

I’ve got a few gigs lined up and a stadium tour. But to be honest I liked the smaller gigs is academy’s and the odd few arenas, this way I don’t really have to do much, the crowd sings every line to every song, I just say one or two words and that’s it. The atmosphere is a lot better then, you feel apart of something and that’s something you don’t get everyday.

5. What’s next for you? Where do you go form here?

Considering I went straight to the top there’s not much more I can do. Ill continue to do what I’m doing to remain here, I’m not going go all mainstream anytime soon to achieve this either. Most artist change their sound or image to fit in with what’s “in” but I’m not about that.