Black Veil Brides have shared another taster of the ‘Bleeders’ era with a powerful cover of Sweeney Todd’s ‘My Friends’. Following the announcement of the ‘Bleeders’ EP last month alongside the release of its title track , the band’s rendition of the iconic musical track serves as the ultimate tribute to the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Released alongside a Joshua Shultz-directed video premiering exclusively via Playbill , ‘My Friends’ isn’t the only cover on the release either, with a faithful cover of U2 ’s ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ still to come.
Check out the band’s theatrical take on the musical classic below. Speaking on covering the Sweeney Todd hit, frontman Andy Biersack has shared: “From the first time I picked up my dad’s copy of the original cast recording and heard Len Cariou’s powerful and sinister portrayal of Sweeney, I was hooked on this show. “As a little kid, I would insist that all my family gather around and watch me perform songs like ‘My Friends’ in my full homemade costume.
It’s beyond a dream come true to get to do a rendition of this song and collaborate with our longtime friend and visionary director Joshua Shultz on the video. We wanted to do something that felt true to the spirit of the original and all subsequent iterations while also feeling distinctly Black Veil Brides and we are thrilled with how it turned out.” Having just wrapped up their ‘Bleeders’ tour across America, running a virtual blood .