White Lies (band)

Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown were both from Pitshanger Village in North Ealing, and first played together in a school show at North Ealing Primary School.{{cite web|url=http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/3984584.White_Lies_tipped_for_success_in_2009/|title=Ealing band are critics favourite with 2009 album|last=Hayes|first=Alex|date=17 December 2008|work=Local News|publisher=Ealing Times|access-date=17 December 2008}} Harry McVeigh (from Shepherd's Bush{{cite magazine|url=http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/features/3310/death-becomes-them|title=Death Becomes Them|last=K|first=Johnny|date=29 October 2008|magazine=The Fly|access-date=17 December 2008|archive-date=20 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720085926/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/features/3310/death-becomes-them|url-status=dead}}) joined them two years later,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/12/04/londoncalling_fearofflying_feature.shtml|title=BBC – London - Radio - Fear of Flying|last=Crowley|first=Gary|date=11 December 2006|publisher=BBC London|access-date=12 December 2008}} and they began playing under the name Fear of Flying at the age of fifteen.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/mtv-push/episode/mtv-push-presents-white-lies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304053728/http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/mtv-push/episode/mtv-push-presents-white-lies|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2009|title=Farewell To The Fairground (MTV Session) - White Lies - Video|work=MTV Push - White Lies|publisher=MTV|access-date=25 November 2009}} Cave described the band as a "weekend project", and one of many groups which they were involved in while at school.{{cite web|url=http://www.killahbeez.com/2009/04/12/killahbeez-interview-with-white-lies/|title=Interview:White Lies|publisher=killahbeez.com|access-date=1 June 2009|date=12 April 2009|first=Alicia|last=Agarrabeitia|archive-date=13 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713151434/http://www.killahbeez.com/2009/04/12/killahbeez-interview-with-white-lies/|url-status=dead}} Fear of Flying completed one UK tour as a support act, as well as further slots with The Maccabees, Jamie T and Laura Marling.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/26/popandrock3|title=White Lies:Murder, madness and lots of black trousers|last=Salmon|first=Chris|date=26 August 2008|website=guardian.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2008 | location=London}} They released two double A-side vinyl singles on independent record label Young and Lost Club, "Routemaster/Round Three" on 7 August 2006 and "Three's a Crowd/Forget-Me-Nots" on 6 December 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngandlostclub.com/shop/|title=YOUNG AND LOST CLUB – Shop – Records|publisher=Young and Lost Club|access-date=24 October 2008}} Both vinyls were produced by former Blur and The Smiths collaborator, Stephen Street,{{cite web|url=http://www.youngandlostclub.com/releases/release_detail.php?catalogue=YALC0008|title=Young and Lost Club – Releases – YALC0008|publisher=Young and Lost Club official website|access-date=12 December 2008|archive-date=15 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215155725/http://www.youngandlostclub.com/releases/release_detail.php?catalogue=YALC0008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.youngandlostclub.com/releases/release_detail.php?catalogue=YALC0011|title=Young and Lost Club – Releases – YALC0011|publisher=Young and Lost Club official website|access-date=12 December 2008|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718143345/http://www.youngandlostclub.com/releases/release_detail.php?catalogue=YALC0011|url-status=dead}} whom they met through a friend at school.

{{cite press release|last=McVeigh|first=Harry|editor-last=Perrone|editor-first=Pierre|title=The Ivor Novello Essays — White Lies — The View From The Starting Gate|publisher=British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, in association with PRS for Music|page=2|date=15 May 2009|access-date=29 May 2009|url=http://www.basca.org.uk/downloads/pdfs/White%20Lies.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106170539/http://www.basca.org.uk/downloads/pdfs/White%20Lies.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2009|url-status=dead}}

They went on to play the inaugural Underage Festival in Victoria Park, England on 10 August 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/events/festivals/news/40267-underage-but-overloaded|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722183904/http://www.mtv.co.uk/events/festivals/news/40267-underage-but-overloaded|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2010|title=Underage But Overloaded|date=30 May 2007|publisher=MTV|access-date=17 September 2009}}

Two weeks prior to the group starting university, they decided that they would take a second gap year, and perform new material which the band felt did not suit their current outfit. Cave stated that "I felt as though I couldn't write about anything personal, so I would make up semi-comical stories that weren't really important to anyone, not even me." Fear of Flying disbanded in October 2007{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/21/popandrock2|title=First sight: White Lies|last=Salmon|first=Chris|date=21 March 2008|website=guardian.co.uk|access-date=12 December 2008 | location=London}} with a MySpace bulletin stating "Fear of Flying is DEAD ... White Lies is alive!", before introducing a darker sound

{{cite web|url=http://www.thecoolhunter.net/music/White-Lies/White-Heat/|title=White Lies/White Heat|publisher=thecoolhunter.net|access-date=2 June 2009|date=10 March 2009|last=Howe|first=Dave Ruby|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611142332/http://www.thecoolhunter.net/music/White-Lies/White-Heat|archive-date=11 June 2009|url-status=dead}}

and a new name that reflected their maturity.{{cite web|date=14 November 2008|title=Little White Lies sound great|work=thisisgloucestershire.co.uk|url=http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Little-White-Lies-sound-great/article-473584-detail/article.html|access-date=10 December 2008|archive-date=18 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118144202/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Little-White-Lies-sound-great/article-473584-detail/article.html|url-status=dead}} Cave stated that the band deleted their MySpace account "without any token farewell gigs".

{{cite web|url=http://www.virgin.com/music/interviews/interview-white-lies|title=Interview: White Lies|publisher=Virgin Music|first=Josh|last=Holliday|date=20 February 2009|access-date=29 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608135852/http://www.virgin.com/music/interviews/interview-white-lies/|archive-date=8 June 2010|url-status=dead}}

McVeigh said that the current musical climate had an effect on the split, stating that "Maybe a few years ago, we would have signed a deal and had a chance to make three albums [...]. In the current climate...we’d have been dropped". When asked about the name change in an interview with a radio station in San Francisco, Jack Brown said that "We just thought that we should perform these songs as a different band. We had songs that we felt weren't suitable for the band that we were in and we thought White Lies would be the perfect vehicle for the songs."{{cite web|url=http://www.sfstation.com/jack-brown-of-white-lies-a10401|title=SF Station: Jack Brown of White Lies|publisher=sfsstation.com|access-date=23 October 2008|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928212557/http://www.sfstation.com/jack-brown-of-white-lies-a10401|url-status=dead}}

File:White Lies at Barfly.jpgPlaying under the new name, White Lies played their first gig at Hoxton Square's Bar & Kitchen on 28 February 2008, supporting Team Waterpolo and Semifinalists.

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The band admitted rehearsing for two months for the gig, as well as putting off their debut for five months to gather media hype. Following this, the band received numerous record label offers, eventually signing to Fiction Records a matter of days after their first performance. The band also signed publishing rights to Chrysalis Music Publishing. The band said they chose the name because "white lies are quite dark...that's how we see ourselves."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/07/white-lies-to-lose-my-life|title=White Lies - To Lose My Life|last=Pickard|first=Anna|date=8 January 2009|work=Pickard of the Pops|publisher=The Guardian official website|access-date=8 June 2009 | location=London}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/12/popandrock1|title=No 290: White Lies|website=guardian.co.uk|date=12 March 2008|last=Lester|first=Paul|access-date=27 November 2008 | location=London}} Receiving airtime on BBC Radio 1, Zane Lowe named "Death" his "Hottest Record in the World" on 5 February 2008, despite the song having never been officially released.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20080205|title=Zane Lowe: 05/02/08 Tracklisting|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 February 2009}} Radio 1 would go on to feature the band at Radio 1's Big Weekend in May 2008, where they headlined the BBC Introducing stage.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2008/lineup/|title=BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend 2008 - Lineup|publisher=BBC Radio 1|access-date=24 October 2008}}

On 10 March 2008, White Lies were announced as one of four bands taking part in the first ever NME New Noise Tour (now the NME Radar Tour). The tour visited eleven cities in the UK throughout May 2008.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/crystal-castles/35032|title=Crystal Castles to headline Topman NME New Noise Tour|date=2008-03-10|magazine=NME|access-date=2009-12-19}} The band were first featured in the magazine in the issue dated 22 March 2008, appearing in the "Everyone's Talking About..." section of their Radar article. Live Editor Hamish MacBain described tracks "Death" and "XX" (later titled "Unfinished Business") - the only two songs available on the band's MySpace - as "...not too afraid of a little sincerity, not afraid of a little scale".{{Cite magazine|title=Everyone's Talking About...|magazine=NME|date=2008-03-22|page=15}} The band released their debut single one month later, a 7-inch vinyl of "Unfinished Business" on 28 April 2008. The limited pressing was released by Chess Club Records, an independent record label co-founded by drummer Jack Brown.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/photos/white-lies-tour-diary|title=White Lies Tour Diary|last=Zadeh|first=Joe|date=22 May 2009|magazine=Clash|access-date=25 November 2009}} To mark the release, the band supported dEUS in London's Scala on 16 April 2008, as well as a performance at the 2008 Camden Crawl.{{cite news|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/41827/White-Lies-Announce-Debut-Single-Details|title=White Lies Announce Debut Single Details|last=Gregory|first=Jason|date=27 March 2008|work=Gigwise.com|access-date=25 November 2009}}

They made their television debut on Later... with Jools Holland on 30 May 2008, playing "Unfinished Business" and "Death".

{{cite web|url=http://angryape.com/videos/white-lies-unfinished-business-death-live-on-jools-holland|date=30 May 2008|title=White Lies - Unfinished Business / Death (Live On Jools Holland)|website=Angryape.com|access-date=30 October 2008}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

This marked their final public performance prior to recording their debut album, scheduling sessions in ICP Studios in Belgium and Kore Studios in West London.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/40724 |title=White Lies announce album details - exclusive |magazine=NME |access-date=2008-10-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.polydor.co.uk/group_artists.php?id=26|title=White Lies - Artists - Biography|publisher=Polydor Records|access-date=27 November 2009|archive-date=14 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214094447/http://www.polydor.co.uk/group_artists.php?id=26|url-status=dead}} The album was provisionally titled To Lose My Life or Lose My Love,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/39901|title=White Lies preview debut album at Manchester show|magazine=NME|access-date=2008-10-24}} with a scheduled release date was set for January 2009. The title came from a line in the album's title track, "To Lose My Life". During the summer of 2008, the band played numerous UK and overseas music festivals, including major festivals Oxegen, T in the Park, and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Beginning in September 2008, the band played their first headline tour, performing thirteen dates in the United Kingdom.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/36374|title=White Lies announce follow-up to Topman NME New Noise Tour|magazine=NME|access-date=2008-06-01}} The tour marked the release of "Death" on 22 September 2008, with a further six dates played in the United States in October 2008. The tour included an appearance at the CMJ Music Festival in New York on 23–24 October, alongside Jay Reatard, Amazing Baby and Violens.{{cite magazine |url=http://filtermagazine.com/index.php?c=1&id=17712|title=Filter Presents FREE White Lies Roxy Show|magazine=Filter Magazine|access-date=24 October 2008}} Following this, the band returned to support Glasvegas on their fifteen date UK tour in November and December 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/white-lies/news/45492-white-lies-announce-tour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501170115/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/white-lies/news/45492-white-lies-announce-tour|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 May 2009|title=White Lies Announce Tour|publisher=MTV One|access-date=24 October 2008}} NME.com exclusively announced their debut album would be released on 12 January 2009, with shortened title To Lose My Life.... The band preceded the album with the single release of "To Lose My Life" one week earlier. The full-length video for "To Lose My Life" premiered exclusively on the band's MySpace on 21 November 2008.

{{cite web|url=http://www.whitelies.com/site.html|title=News: 'To Lose My Life' Video Exclusive on MySpace|publisher=White Lies official website|access-date=11 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217104751/http://www.whitelies.com/site.html|archive-date=17 February 2009|url-status=dead}}

On 11 November 2008, NME announced that White Lies would be taking part in the 2009 ShockWaves NME Awards Tour, alongside Friendly Fires, Florence and the Machine and headliners Glasvegas. The annual tour, taking place in early 2009, visited seventeen cities in the UK.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/news/nme-awards/40958|title=Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2009 line-up revealed|magazine=NME|access-date=2008-12-11}} On 7 February 2009, it was announced in NME that the entire tour had sold out.{{Cite magazine |title=NME Awards Tour 2009 |magazine=NME |date=2009-02-07 |page=55}} On the Manchester tour date, the band dueted with Florence Welch to play "Unfinished Business".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/42606|title=Whites Lies and Florence duet as Shockwaves NME Awards Tour continues|magazine=NME|access-date=2009-05-29|date=2009-02-07}} The band would later also be announced for Xfm's Winter Wonderland festival in London,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/kaiser-chiefs/40773|title=Kaiser Chiefs, The View, Ladyhawke set for intimate Xmas shows|magazine=NME|access-date=2008-12-12}} as well as one of four bands playing NME's Big Gig on 26 February 2009.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/crystal-castles/41643|title=Crystal Castles, White Lies to join The Cure at NME Big Gig|magazine=NME|date=2008-12-15|access-date=2008-12-22}}

At the beginning of 2009, the band were featured in numerous polls as "ones to watch" for the coming year.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7824000/7824331.stm|title=White Lies 'anxious' about hype|last=Cochrane|first=Greg|date=12 January 2009|work=Newsbeat|publisher=BBC|access-date=7 June 2009}} The BBC placed them second in their Sound of 2009 poll,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7805223.stm|date=8 January 2009|first=Mark|last=Savage|title=BBC Sound of 2009: White Lies|work=BBC News Online|access-date=23 December 2008}} as well as coming third in the 2009 BRITs Critics' Choice Award, behind Florence and the Machine and Little Boots.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/12/florence-and-the-machine-britawards|title=Florence and the Machine wins Brits Critics' Choice Award 2009|last=Swash|first=Rosie|date=12 December 2008|publisher=The Guardian|work=guardian.co.uk|access-date=19 December 2009 | location=London}} To mark the album release, "From the Stars" appeared as iTunes's "Single of the Week" on 30 December 2008,

{{cite web|url=http://www.wnew.com/2008/12/am-nuggets-free.html|title=A.M. Nuggets: Free Download on iTunes - From the Stars by White Lies|first=Matt|last=Simpson|website=wnew.com|date=30 October 2008|access-date=31 December 2008}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

two weeks prior to the album's release. In addition, the band played a Live Lounge session for Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 show on 14 January 2009, playing "To Lose My Life" as well as a cover of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/livelounge/artist/090114_whitelies.shtml|title=BBC - Radio 1 - Live Lounge|publisher=BBC Radio 1|access-date=24 January 2009}} The cover was included as a b-side to "Farewell to the Fairground",{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/42538|title=White Lies cover Kanye West for new single|magazine=NME|date=2009-02-05|access-date=2016-03-26}} released on 23 March 2009.

Upon the release of To Lose My Life, White Lies became the first British act in 2009 to achieve a number one album,{{cite news|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/white-lies-reveal-massive-uk-tour|title=White Lies Reveal Massive UK Tour|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=8 June 2009|work=Live|publisher=Clash|access-date=8 June 2009}} and the first album to debut at number one.{{cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Music-review-White-Lies-.5236635.jp|title=Gig review: White Lies|last=Richardson|first=Jay|date=6 May 2009|work=Gig Reviews|publisher=The Scotsman|access-date=9 June 2009}} After charting high in the midweek sales,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/42186|title=White Lies debut is biggest album of the week so far (January 20)|magazine=NME|date=2009-01-29|access-date=2009-05-29}} the album beat off competition from Lady Gaga, The Script and Kings of Leon. In support of the release, the band played on Channel 4's Shockwaves Album Chart Show,{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/event/945881|title=Shockwaves Album Chart Show|publisher=Last.fm|access-date=25 March 2009|date=23 March 2009}} Last Call with Carson Daly{{cite news|url=http://thescenestar.typepad.com/ss/2009/03/white-lies-make-their-us-television-debut-on-letterman.html|title=White Lies Make Their U.S. Television Debut On Letterman|date=26 March 2009|publisher=The Scenestar|access-date=8 June 2009}} and the Late Show with David Letterman,{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=20919&aid=1102|title=White Lies on The Late Show with David Letterman TONIGHT|publisher=Interscope Records|date=24 March 2009|access-date=25 March 2009}} the latter being the band's first performance on US television. Following supporting Snow Patrol on their tour of both Ireland and the United Kingdom,

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the band embarked on their own headline world tour, playing sold out dates across Europe, North America, Japan and the United Kingdom.

{{cite magazine|url=http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=131&csid2=946&fid1=37561|title=Conversations - White Lies' Harry McVeigh|last=Parry|first=Heather|date=April 2009|magazine=Exclaim!|access-date=19 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427213509/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=131&csid2=946&fid1=37561|archive-date=27 April 2009|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.marketingshift.com/2009/2/white-lies-metro-station-tap.cfm|title=White Lies, Metro Station to tap MTV Push Online Platform|website=marketingshift.com|date=9 February 2009|access-date=25 February 2008|archive-date=11 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211124356/http://www.marketingshift.com/2009/2/white-lies-metro-station-tap.cfm|url-status=dead}} While in North America, the band co-headlined the NME Presents tour with Friendly Fires. The bands were supported by The Soft Pack,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/the-soft-pack/42403 |title=White Lies, Friendly Fires set for 'NME Presents' North American tour|magazine=NME|date=2009-01-29|access-date=2009-02-25}} with White Lies headlining seven of the fifteen dates, including their first appearance at the South by Southwest festival.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/43598|title=White Lies play in the SXSW sun|magazine=NME|date=2009-03-21|access-date=2009-03-25}} During the tour, the band were forced to play a shortened, six song set at New York's Bowery Ballroom,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/arts/music/28whit.html|title=One Is Here to Brood; the Other Is Here to Brighten|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Nick|last=Chinen|date=27 March 2009|access-date=28 March 2009}} due to McVeigh having throat problems.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/43748|title=White Lies overcome illness to continue 'NME Presents' tour|magazine=NME|date=2009-03-28|access-date=2009-03-28}} During summer 2009, the band played a number of major UK and overseas music festivals, including Rock Werchter,{{cite web|url=http://2009.rockwerchter.be/en/lineup/artist.aspx.aid%3D861ab4e5-a299-44b5-a0ea-4097e4a22077%26lid%3Da65775d7-4f27-4a69-be62-561c5d8a4112%26artist%3DWHITE%20LIES.html|title=White Lies|publisher=Rock Werchter|access-date=28 January 2011|archive-date=7 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607103724/http://2009.rockwerchter.be/en/lineup/artist.aspx.aid%3D861ab4e5-a299-44b5-a0ea-4097e4a22077%26lid%3Da65775d7-4f27-4a69-be62-561c5d8a4112%26artist%3DWHITE%20LIES.html|url-status=dead}} Benicàssim,

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Coachella, Glastonbury,

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Isle of Wight,

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Lollapalooza,

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Oxegen,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/oxegen-festival/42749|title=Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ting Tings for Oxegen|magazine=NME|date=2009-02-13|access-date=2009-02-25}} Radio 1's Big Weekend,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2009/artists/whitelies/|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend - 2009 - White Lies|publisher=BBC Radio 1|access-date=29 May 2009}} Reading and Leeds,

{{cite web|url=http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/03/30/arctic-monkeys-confirmed-for-reading-and-leeds-festival/|title=Reading And Leeds Festival Line-Ups Announced|publisher=The Tripwire|date=30 March 2009|access-date=29 May 2009|first=Brianne|last=Sullivan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401230730/http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/03/30/arctic-monkeys-confirmed-for-reading-and-leeds-festival/|archive-date=1 April 2009|url-status=dead}}

Roskilde{{cite web|url=http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/uk/lists/singlelist/white-lies-successful-and-hopeful-debutants-in-festival-form|title=White Lies – successful and hopeful debutants in festival form|last=Therkildsen|first=Signe|publisher=Roskilde Festival|access-date=19 February 2009}} and T in the Park.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/pete-doherty/42729|title=Pete Doherty, Razorlight, Elbow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs for T In The Park|magazine=NME|date=2009-02-13|access-date=2009-02-25}} "Death" was re-released on 29 June 2009. To mark the release, live performances from a selection of the band's festival appearances were broadcast online through the band's web player, titled "The Summer of Death".{{cite web|url=http://www.whitelies.com/popup.html|title=White Lies - The Summer of Death|publisher=White Lies official website|access-date=10 June 2009|archive-date=13 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613030817/http://www.whitelies.com/popup.html|url-status=dead}}

In September 2009, White Lies performed as a support act for Coldplay, including a date at Wembley Stadium, where the band performed in front of a half full stadium. The band played as the first support act and was greatly received.

File:White Lies, Paradiso 2009-10-21.jpgIn an interview with the BBC's Newsbeat programme, McVeigh stated that due to the nature of the band's songwriting techniques clashing with their difficult touring schedules, there will be no new White Lies material until 2010.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_8049000/8049512.stm|last=Cochrane|first=Greg|title=White Lies: No new material until 2010|publisher=BBC Newsbeat|date=14 May 2009|access-date=29 May 2009}} Despite this, McVeigh has mentioned that the ambitious recording of "Nothing to Give" and "The Price of Love" (from To Lose My Life...) act as a taster of the different sound to come on their sophomore release. In September 2009, the band released "Taxidermy" as a digital download through iTunes for the first time. A live favourite amongst fans,{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/white-lies-release-rare-track|title=White Lies Release Rare Track|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=11 September 2009|work=Release|publisher=Clash|access-date=17 September 2009}} the track had previously only been released on the (now deleted) vinyl release of "To Lose My Life".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/47237|title=White Lies make rare track available as a download|magazine=NME|date=2009-09-10|access-date=2009-09-17}} During the same month, the band supported Kings of Leon's tour of the United States,

{{cite magazine|url=http://www.the-fly.co.uk/?structure=&content=27&articleid=5067&language=EN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225000043/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/?structure=&content=27&articleid=5067&language=EN|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2012|title=White Lies To Support Kings Of Leon|date=8 June 2009|magazine=The Fly|access-date=10 June 2009}}

and Coldplay's tour of the United Kingdom.

{{cite web|url=http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=479|title=White Lies interview|date=25 August 2009|publisher=Coldplay.com|access-date=17 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828045730/http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=479|archive-date=28 August 2009|url-status=dead}}

As well as this, the band played their own headline tour across Europe during October—November 2009, including some of their biggest shows to date in the UK.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/45169|title=White Lies announce their biggest UK tour yet|magazine=NME|date=2009-06-08|access-date=2009-06-10}} A number of the tour dates were later cancelled, due to McVeigh falling ill during their concert in Munich, Germany.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/48301|title=White Lies cancel European tour dates due to illness|magazine=NME|date=2009-11-10|access-date=2009-11-25}} Having fully recovered in time for the beginning of their UK dates, the tour continued as normal, with cancelled dates being rescheduled for February 2010.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/48323|title=White Lies announce rescheduled European tour dates|magazine=NME|date=2009-11-11|access-date=2009-11-25}}

On 13 February 2010, White Lies became the first high-profile artist to perform at the FAC251 music venue in Manchester.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/49455|title=White Lies and Twisted Wheel set to play at Peter Hook's FAC251 club|magazine=NME|date=2010-01-28|access-date=2010-03-13}} The band played there again on 14 February, with tickets for the second show made available exclusively through the band's website. The performances were the band's only scheduled headline performances of 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.music-news.com/ShowNews.asp?H=White-Lies-announce-2nd-Manchester-date&nItemID=32245|title=White Lies announce 2nd Manchester date|date=4 February 2010|publisher=music-news.com|access-date=13 March 2010}} Both concerts sold out in a matter of minutes,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/49687|title=White Lies announce second 'fan exclusive' show at FAC251 |magazine=NME|date=2010-02-10|access-date=2010-03-13}} with 38,000 people applying for the 400 tickets available. As well as this, they supported Muse across a number of European stadium shows between June and September 2010.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/news/top-news-stories/7918/white-lies-to-support-muse|title=White Lies To Support Muse|date=15 June 2010|magazine=The Fly|access-date=9 December 2010|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222314/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/news/top-news-stories/7918/white-lies-to-support-muse|url-status=dead}} In August 2010 the band played the 4Music stage at V Festival; also featuring the likes of Paloma Faith, The Temper Trap and David Guetta, the stage was lauded as a major success for the festival.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/kings-of-leon/50015|title=Kings Of Leon and Kasabian to headline V Festival 2010|magazine=NME|date=2010-03-01|access-date=2010-03-13}}

In November 2010, White Lies confirmed that their second album, Ritual, had been completed and would be released on 17 January 2011. Produced by Alan Moulder,{{cite web|url=http://www.zanelowe.com/insider/white_lies_complete_new_record|title=White Lies Complete New Record|date=17 August 2010|publisher=Zane Lowe|access-date=17 August 2010|archive-date=22 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822203348/http://www.zanelowe.com/insider/white_lies_complete_new_record|url-status=dead}} the album's first single "Bigger than Us" was released on 3 January 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/53889|title=White Lies premiere comeback single 'Bigger Than Us' – video|date=18 November 2010|work=NME|access-date=9 December 2010}} An eleven date tour of the United Kingdom was also announced for February 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/59527/White-Lies-Announce-2011-UK-Tour|title=White Lies Announce 2011 UK Tour|last=Gregory|first=Jason|date=15 November 2010|work=Gigwise.com|access-date=9 December 2010}}

In an interview with NME in January 2013, bassist Charles Cave revealed that the band's third album was intended to be released in late summer, with one of the tracks promoting the record being called "Getting Even".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/68398|title=White Lies say new album is their most 'melodic' yet |magazine=NME|date=2013-01-28|access-date=2013-06-04}}

On 4 June 2013 it was revealed that the album, which was produced by Ed Buller and recorded earlier that year, would be titled Big TV. Also, the track list for the album was published and "Getting Even" was released as a free download. The first official single from the album, "There Goes Our Love Again", was released on 5 August 2013, with the album being released in the UK and Europe a week later, on 12 August 2013 through Fiction Records.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/70661|title=White Lies announce new album 'Big TV' and give away new track - listen |magazine=NME|date=2013-06-04|access-date=2013-06-04}} It was released on 20 August 2013 in the US (through Harvest Records),

{{cite web | title = WHITE LIES ANNOUNCE THIRD ALBUM "BIG TV" OUT AUGUST 20th VIA CAPITOL/HARVEST | url = http://redlightmanagement.com/white-lies-announce-third-album-big-tv-out-august-20th-via-capitolharvest/ | date = 4 June 2013 | publisher = Red Light Management | access-date = 16 June 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130905233120/http://redlightmanagement.com/white-lies-announce-third-album-big-tv-out-august-20th-via-capitolharvest/ | archive-date = 5 September 2013 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}

and in Canada (Universal Music).{{cite web|title= WHITE LIES ANNOUNCE AUGUST 20 FOR NEW ALBUM 'BIG TV' |url= http://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/white-lies-announce-august-20-for-new-album-big-tv/ |date=12 June 2013|publisher=Universal Music Canada|access-date=16 June 2013}}

On 23/25 July 2013, White Lies played 3 intimate shows at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in London, celebrating the 5 year anniversary of the band's first ever gig at the same venue.{{cite web|url= http://whitelies.com/ |title= White Lies at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen |website=whitelies.com|access-date=18 June 2013 }} They played tracks from Big TV and some of their earlier songs in front of 300 fans each night.{{cite web|url= https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151639992739158 |title= White Lies - Apply for tickets to our most intimate gig this year...|website= Facebook|date=10 June 2013|access-date=18 June 2013}} During their Summer/Fall 2013 tour, the band was scheduled to play more than thirty concerts in Europe and North America.{{cite web|url=http://whitelies.com/live/|title=UPCOMING SHOWS / White Lies Official Website |website=whitelies.com|access-date=5 June 2013}} In August 2013 they made their Main Stage debut at Reading and Leeds Festivals.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/69139|title=Green Day to headline Reading & Leeds Festival 2013, plus many more acts announced|magazine=NME|date=2013-03-11|access-date=2013-06-05}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.readingfestival.com/line-up/artist/white-lies|title=White Lies / Reading Festival 2013|website=readingfestival.com|access-date=5 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621232827/http://www.readingfestival.com/line-up/artist/white-lies|archive-date=21 June 2013|url-status=dead}}

On 6 November 2013, the band released a limited edition EP to celebrate their tour, called Small TV.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/White-Lies-Small-TV/release/5089358|title=White Lies (2) – Small TV|website=discogs.com|date=6 November 2013 |access-date=26 March 2016}} The five-track EP, released on Fiction Records, was limited to 1000 copies and featured covers of tracks by Lana Del Rey and Prince in addition to new versions of their own music.

The band released its fourth album, Friends, on 7 October 2016, after first being reported on in 2015.{{cite web|title=New albums from White Lies and The Horrors in the works {{pipe}} Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls Dances with Belle and Sebastian|url=http://www.post-punk.com/new-albums-from-white-lies-and-the-horrors-in-the-works-dee-dee-from-dum-dum-girls-dances-with-belle-and-sebastian/|website=Post-Punk.com|access-date=18 March 2016|date=23 June 2015}} In December 2015 the band signed to Infectious Music.

{{cite web|url=http://www.cdnx.co.uk/news/white-lies-release-fourth-album-via-infectious-music/|title=White Lies to release the album via Infectious Music|website=www.cdnx.co.uk|access-date=11 April 2016}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{cite web|title=White Lies - Take It Out On Me (Official Audio)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egWEFKwNBm4|website=YouTube}}

On 17 September 2018, the band announced that their new album Five would be released on 1 February 2019 by PIAS Recordings. "Time to Give", the first single from the album, was released on the same day.

On 27 September 2021, the band announced that their sixth album As I Try Not to Fall Apart would be released on 18 February 2022 by PIAS Recordings.{{cite web |url=https://www.pias.com/white-lies-announce-their-sixth-album/|title=White Lies Announce Their Sixth Album 'As I Try Not to Fall Apart' and Share Title Track|work=PIAS |date=27 September 2021|access-date=27 September 2021 }}

As Fear of Flying, Banquet Records described the band's second single as "Quite danceable indie".

{{cite web|url=http://www.banquetrecords.com/yalc000817;jsessionid=A5AA89D3CE83B4C63DC4A905C112D1E9|title=BanquetRecords.com - Fear of Flying - Routemaster|publisher=Banquet Records official website|access-date=11 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719223151/http://www.banquetrecords.com/yalc000817;jsessionid=A5AA89D3CE83B4C63DC4A905C112D1E9|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

The Guardian's official website named them an indie-pop band, stating "they made promising, if unremarkable, Franz Ferdinand-styled pop with cheeky chappy lyrics". In an interview with BBC London, they cited Talking Heads as a major influence.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/12/04/londoncalling_fearofflying_feature.shtml|title=BBC - London - Radio - Fear Of Flying|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 October 2008}} White Lies' darker sound has been primarily compared to Joy Division,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/10/popandrock7|title=Pop review: White Lies, ICA, London|website=guardian.co.uk|first=Maddy|last=Costa|access-date=24 October 2008 | date=10 October 2008}} Interpol

{{cite magazine|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/white-lies-@-london-ica|title=White Lies @ London ICA|first=Natasha|last=Arico|magazine=Clash|access-date=30 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429050426/http://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/white-lies-@-london-ica|archive-date=29 April 2009|url-status=dead}}

and Editors,

{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/entertainment/Review-White-Lies-Bodega-Social/article-354872-detail/article.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114071620/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/entertainment/Review-White-Lies-Bodega-Social/article-354872-detail/article.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2013|title=Review: White Lies, The Bodega Social|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|access-date=2 October 2008}}

as well as Arcade Fire,{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/features/Review+White+Lies++Manchester+Night+And+Day-6101.html|title=Review: White Lies @ Manchester Night And Day|publisher=Lee Sentino, FemaleFirst.co.uk|access-date=23 October 2008}} The Killers, Echo & the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears

{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23566726-bright-future-for-white-lies.do|title=Bright future for White Lies|website=Thisislondon.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618082807/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23566726-bright-future-for-white-lies.do|archive-date=18 June 2010|url-status=dead}}

and The Teardrop Explodes.

{{cite web|url=http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2008/03/26/white-lies-to-release-unfinished-business-tour-dates-nme-new-noize-tour/|title=White Lies to release "Unfinished Business" + tour dates (NME New Noize Tour)|publisher=Band Weblogs.co.uk|access-date=2 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007102238/http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2008/03/26/white-lies-to-release-unfinished-business-tour-dates-nme-new-noize-tour/|archive-date=7 October 2008|url-status=dead}}

McVeigh's singing voice has been compared to that of Ian Curtis and Julian Cope. When asked about the comparisons in an interview with ITN Music, McVeigh stated that "We weren't alive during that period of music...we've never really been that into Joy Division, especially not the Editors...or even Interpol really", adding "I don't think our music sounds a whole lot like those comparisons, I think we're a lot more euphoric and uplifting".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iJsw--FVWM|title=White Lies talk music, hype and wearing black|publisher=YouTube, on behalf of ITN Music|access-date=27 May 2009|date=23 January 2009}} As White Lies, the band have reiterated the influence of Talking Heads, both musically and in songwriting.{{cite web|url=http://www.inthenews.co.uk/inconversation/entertainment/music/interview-solving-white-lies-equation-$1307768.htm|title=Interview: Solving the White Lies equation|last=Champion|first=Matthew|date=30 June 2009|website=inthenews.co.uk|access-date=11 December 2010|archive-date=4 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004034055/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/inconversation/entertainment/music/interview-solving-white-lies-equation-$1307768.htm|url-status=dead}} As well as this, the band have stated that The Secret Machines are one of their main influences. In a commentary on a "Track by Track" interview on Spotify, one band member said that the band was influenced by The Cars, specifically how their guitar riffs on "Be Your Man" from the "Big TV" album was influenced by The Cars song "Just What I Needed".{{cite web|url=http://open.spotify.com/track/445PCzsgMnryb230xiuuB8|title=Big TV - White Lies|publisher=Spotify Web Player|website=play.spotify.com|date=January 2013|access-date=26 March 2016}}

• Harry McVeigh – lead vocals, guitar (2007–present)
• Charles Cave – bass guitar, backing vocals, lyrics (2007–present)
• Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums (2007–present)

{{Main|White Lies discography}}

• To Lose My Life... (2009)
• Ritual (2011)
• Big TV (2013)
• Friends (2016)
• Five (2019)
• As I Try Not to Fall Apart (2022)

• 2013 Best Album Artwork: Big TV
• 2009 MOJO Honours Lists: MOJO Breakthrough Award{{cite news|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/mojo-awards-winners|title=Mojo Awards: The Winners - 12 June 2009|last=Geddes|first=Clarke|date=12 June 2009|work=Live|publisher=Clash|access-date=15 August 2009|archive-date=15 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615062421/http://www.clashmusic.com/news/mojo-awards-winners|url-status=dead}}
• 2009 Q Awards: Best New Band

{{cite magazine|url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2009/10/best_new_act.html|title=Winner:Best New Act - White Lies|date=26 October 2009|magazine=Q|access-date=29 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105160841/http://news.qthemusic.com/2009/10/best_new_act.html|archive-date=5 November 2009|url-status=dead}}

• 2009 NME Awards: Best New Band{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/556459-oasis-lead-the-charge-at-nme-awards|title=Oasis lead the charge at NME Awards|date=25 February 2009|newspaper=Metro|access-date=29 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107132640/http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/556459-oasis-lead-the-charge-at-nme-awards|archive-date=7 January 2010|url-status=dead}}
• 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Push Artist{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/events/emas/news/154071-ema-nominations-announced|title=EMA Nominations Announced|date=21 September 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=29 October 2009|archive-date=30 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030150417/http://www.mtv.co.uk/events/emas/news/154071-ema-nominations-announced|url-status=dead}}

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• [http://www.discogs.com/artist/White+Lies+(2) White Lies] discography at Discogs

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