20 Reasons Why Event Horizon Is Everyone's Favourite Band Right Now
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1. They have songs for every occasion
Whether you need a banger for your party, or a nice slow ballad to cry to, or a dynamic love song to sing to your crush, this lot have you covered.
2. They're an adorable, weird family.
As Bill Potts herself put it: "Definitely didn't think I'd end up with a weird band, my weird band, as my family, but here I am." And then she was cuddled by Missy and Nardole. Too cute!
3. They're all openly queer
What happens when an adorable lesbian bassist, a mysterious bisexual drummer, a weird af pansexual keyboardist, and an ambiguously queer guitarist walk into a bar? The best music of the year, of course!
We love how chill and open Event Horizon are about their identities - and respect Theo's decision that the specifics of his are none of our business!
4. On that note, Bill Potts.
One of the most iconic lesbians of the decade, Bill Potts is just too. Damn. cute. She's always got a huge smile, and has the most epic hair possible. Afros for the win! Plus, she seems to usually be having some kind of gay crisis, often because of Missy Masters. #relatable
5. Theodore Smith *swoon*
Now, some people know him from the Renegade days, and others have only discovered him last week. But I think we can all agree that Theo Smith is cool personified, or at least the coolest nerd of a rockstar we've ever seen, probably. Also, that accent. He's certainly more attractive than he's sometimes given credit for.
6. Missy Masters
If Theo is the definition of cool, and Bill the definition of cute, Missy Masters is certainly the definition of weird. Infamous for whipping out things such as kazoos while in the middle of a performance, or abandoning her keyboard in the middle of a song to crowd surf, Missy is known to be mad as a hatter, and certainly owns it. We love how unapologetically true to herself she always is. 18 years was too long to go without her, so we love that The Bitch Is Back!
7. Nardole Dellora
As far as we can tell, Nardole isn't the definition of anything. The beauty of Nardole? He's undefinable - well, except that he's bi bi bi, as he'll musically remind anybody who asks, and to the tune of a certain NSYNC song. The oddball of the group, he's somehow jolly, snarky, and mysterious all at once. We do love a man of mystery! He's certainly a drum master, too, and we love how he keeps Theo in check!
8. Their friendship with River Song
The song 'Hell In High Heels' was a dream come true for many, with one of the queens of pop teaming up with our favourite band to create one of the best collaborations we've heard in years. When's that music video? The behind the scenes pictures that have been released aren't enough!
The band are often spied spending time with River outside of work, often in the company of Ashildr, and Ashildr's girlfriend, Event Horizon's manager Clara Oswald. Talk about the coolest squad ever!
9. The TARDIS!
The iconic tour bus, dating back to the Renegade Days, is known for its name Totally And Radically Driving In Style. What we wouldn't give for a trip in it!
10. The flirting/the secrets
Event Horizon are notorious for flirting with each other (with a few exceptions, obviously, since Bill is a lesbian and we know that Theo is a paternal figure of sorts), and even more so for being completely unforthcoming about their actual romantic relationships. This makes for an active, wild fandom full of speculation, and while it can sometimes get out of hand, it's also a lot of fun.
Someone in this band must be screwing one of the others, but damned if we know who! They're too good at keeping us guessing while being absolute teases.
11. Missodore
People have had their eye on these two since the Renegades days, with many theorising the band's breakup had been to do with romantic drama with other band member Harry Saxon.
Whether they've ever been a couple or not, their chemistry can't be denied. They're childhood friends who tease each other mercilessly but are obviously also fond of each other, if a bit reluctantly.
Also, that stage kiss in LA. *fans self* It might have been all for show, but it was one hell of a kiss.
12. Potsy
As much as she's notorious for flirting with Theo, Missy is just as prone to flirting with Bill, which often leads to Bill blushing like a maniac. It's adorable, and it's hard to find times when they're not touching in some way or another. And again, those kisses onstage are really something. Either they're the cutest, sneakiest age gap couple around, or they're #BFFgoals
13. Songsmith
Especially since the first live performance of 'Hell In High Heels', which featured some insane chemistry and flirting between Theo and River, the Songsmith ship has been sailing loud and proud. River claims that Theo isn't her type, but we're not so sure. How could she resist that grin?
14. Theodole
Although most regard this particular pairing with scepticism, there are a few passionate fans and writers of some, uh, interesting fanfic. Also, since that adorable picture of them cuddled up asleep on Bill's Instagram, how can we not ship #Theodole just a bit?
15. Missy's cat ears!
We don't know why, but at almost every meet and greet, Missy appears with a furry cat ears headband on. It looks so cute, we're not going to question it!
16. Their fashion sense
It might not be the most cohesive, but we can't deny Event Horizon knows how to look good. Between Nardole's waistcoats, Theo's suits, Bill's leotards and shorts, and Missy changing things up to wear a suit or a corset and slaying us either way, consider us dead at how these guys so consistently look out of this world.
17. Twitter convos
Whether it's flirting shamelessly or being blatant in their disdain towards certain presidential figures, most fans worth half their salt know to have every member as well as River Song and Ashildr on notifications so they don't miss anything.
18. Bill's song (and possible secret romance?)
There's surely no heartstrings that went unpulled when Bill Potts surprised everyone by debuting the first song for the band written and led by her, 'Promise You Won't Go'. It talks about a girl with 'a star in her eye' that she's only ever seen from a distance but wants to be closer to, and looks forward to seeing her in the future.
The song has only been performed one time, at the concert in San Diego on the 5th of April, but a decent quality recording of it was uploaded to Youtube, and has seen over six million views. The footage does seem to support claims that Bill appeared to be singing to somebody in the audience, but the camera was on the wrong angle to capture the section of crowd where she was looking, and seemed to be more focused on capturing Bill herself, which is absolutely fair!
We'll just be stuck wondering about what happened with Bill and whoever this song is about until something becomes official, it seems!
19. The Bitch Is Back
Hailed as being right up there with the Cell Block Tango from Chicago as a 'musical equivalent of red lipstick', this song, written and fronted by Missy, is one that can make any woman feel like she can take over the world or dance while it burns. Or, you know, step on men's chests with stilettos or something. Whatever you're into. It's 2017, shit's crazy, and this unapologetic female power bop is definitely what we need right now.
20. They're genuinely the nicest people
With the exception of Missy, who has been known to lose her chill at fans who don't respect her rules around all physical contact being initiated by her (and you know, fair enough), and claims to be a massive bitch anyway which just… does not seem to even be true based on most other fan accounts, Event Horizon's fans are always sharing stories of how open and kind Theo, Nardole, and Bill are. Theo is known to write personal letters to some of his younger fans, Nardole is the king of selfies and will take them with anyone who asks, and Bill remains a smiling beacon of hopeful lesbianism to any young queer girl that crosses her path.
We can't wait to see what they'll come up with next!
