tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86632227346422196232024-03-08T22:09:36.222+00:00West Ryder / Silver BulletUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-4747175861565086252011-07-16T11:34:00.002+01:002011-07-16T11:37:28.793+01:00Official Switchblade Smiles video is now live<span class="Apple-style-span" >Catch the official video produced by renowned filmmaker Charlie Lightening and directed by conceptual designer Aitor Throup on the band's official VEVO page.<br /><br /><iframe width="349" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2SQNNLe6WPA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-32552696141237141732011-06-30T15:38:00.003+01:002011-06-30T15:41:24.110+01:00Tom meets David Haye<span class="Apple-style-span">As he looks forward to Saturday's world title fight, boxer David Haye had a visit from Tom from Kasabian, who was passing on the new England Away shirt for Haye to wear! Watch it here!<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c0mzqnzRg0U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-83532477101928973182011-06-14T22:27:00.002+01:002011-06-14T22:28:18.732+01:00Kasabian's Futuristic Album<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e9yloxuOrxQ/TffSXTkL80I/AAAAAAAAAP8/yG6ehQxH8yk/s1600/tom_meighan_1225494.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e9yloxuOrxQ/TffSXTkL80I/AAAAAAAAAP8/yG6ehQxH8yk/s320/tom_meighan_1225494.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618190357998859074" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); ">Kasabian's reckon their new record, 'Velociraptor!', sounds like ''the future '' and is their best yet.</b></p><span id="intelliTxt" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><div class="EchoTopic" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; position: relative; "><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "></p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Kasabian's new record is "the future ".</p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">The 'Vlad the Impaler' band's fourth album - titled 'Velociraptor!' - moves their sound further forward and they're glad the initial reaction to new tracks, debuted at the Isle of Wight festival on Sunday (12.06.11), has been positive.</p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Singer Tom Meighan told Absolute Radio: "The overall response from the gigs and people that have heard it on the radio has been bigger than ever. Everyone seems to be really digging the new sound."</p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">"It's a huge progression for us, it's epic. It's a proper rock album, futuristic modern rock album. It's the future."</p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Guitarist Serge Pizzorno added: "It's the best album we've done yet."</p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">The rockers have played at the Isle of Wight festival - held on an island just off the south coast of the UK, which is only accessible by boat - before, and found the journey across can be fraught with danger.</p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Tom explained: "This year we came on a yacht, well we say a yacht, it was sold to us as a yacht and it was more like a caravan.</p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">"We've done the Isle of Wight once before - last time we came on a speedboat. There was an injury but luckily it wasn't any of us.</p><p style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">"Some random guy found his way on and it served him right because he dislocated his shoulder and broke his wrist in two places. We have no idea who he was. No-one knows. That's the legend of the Isle of Wight."</p></div></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-46507402599587525952011-06-14T13:52:00.002+01:002011-06-14T13:56:04.348+01:00Kasabian for iTunes Festival 2011<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jDavHj73MRM/TfdaWpJ0kkI/AAAAAAAAAP0/OaQ7Km8ughk/s1600/ksbn.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 114px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jDavHj73MRM/TfdaWpJ0kkI/AAAAAAAAAP0/OaQ7Km8ughk/s320/ksbn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618058405218652738" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >iTunes are inviting more than 60 artists to perform 31 consecutive nights of brilliant live music in one the UK’s best venues, the Roundhouse in London.<br /><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Every ticket to the iTunes Festival is free — you can win a pair of tickets to any performance by entering the prize draws. Simply click <a href="http://www.itunesfestival.com/gb/lineup">this link</a>.<br /></span></span><div><div></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Kasabian will play the festival on 29th July.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-43164737341243002742011-06-13T10:21:00.003+01:002011-06-13T10:23:48.141+01:00Kasabian at Isle Of Wight in pictures<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tvqEEXjnQcY/TfXXHaeb7EI/AAAAAAAAAPs/7CgT5WVUGxw/s1600/kasabianIOW%2B%25288%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tvqEEXjnQcY/TfXXHaeb7EI/AAAAAAAAAPs/7CgT5WVUGxw/s320/kasabianIOW%2B%25288%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617632632580598850" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-24uJ7DobsNQ/TfXXHL15MAI/AAAAAAAAAPk/QgaHDHr-UGo/s1600/kasabianIOW%2B%25287%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-24uJ7DobsNQ/TfXXHL15MAI/AAAAAAAAAPk/QgaHDHr-UGo/s320/kasabianIOW%2B%25287%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617632628652453890" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2h07fTyHwnE/TfXXG9x8gUI/AAAAAAAAAPc/ST6nEhpXA0I/s1600/kasabianIOW%2B%25286%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2h07fTyHwnE/TfXXG9x8gUI/AAAAAAAAAPc/ST6nEhpXA0I/s320/kasabianIOW%2B%25286%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617632624877797698" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zxu6ashX2pk/TfXW97Nbp8I/AAAAAAAAAPU/IKAU3qhSoUQ/s1600/kasabianIOW%2B%25285%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zxu6ashX2pk/TfXW97Nbp8I/AAAAAAAAAPU/IKAU3qhSoUQ/s320/kasabianIOW%2B%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617632469568956354" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3_sXF8JWZzA/TfXW9osQhdI/AAAAAAAAAPM/C7HXy6cFJ-M/s1600/kasabianIOW%2B%25284%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3_sXF8JWZzA/TfXW9osQhdI/AAAAAAAAAPM/C7HXy6cFJ-M/s320/kasabianIOW%2B%25284%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617632464597976530" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R1QALvLTNbA/TfXW9BofZXI/AAAAAAAAAPE/yq5O2_f3Gck/s1600/kasabianIOW%2B%25283%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R1QALvLTNbA/TfXW9BofZXI/AAAAAAAAAPE/yq5O2_f3Gck/s320/kasabianIOW%2B%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617632454113191282" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4EC0mBpu428/TfXW8yqt4NI/AAAAAAAAAO8/ulFNGWfpEQ8/s1600/kasabianIOW%2B%25282%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4EC0mBpu428/TfXW8yqt4NI/AAAAAAAAAO8/ulFNGWfpEQ8/s320/kasabianIOW%2B%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617632450095997138" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JR-oGhJjZS0/TfXW8iZg7hI/AAAAAAAAAO0/UmbFvA5VQrU/s1600/kasabianIOW.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JR-oGhJjZS0/TfXW8iZg7hI/AAAAAAAAAO0/UmbFvA5VQrU/s320/kasabianIOW.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617632445728878098" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-67913269305952396542011-06-12T20:46:00.003+01:002011-06-12T20:49:36.176+01:00Listen to Kasabian Live from Isle of Wight tonight<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tE_cgI-5SYQ/TfUYSx4WQNI/AAAAAAAAAOs/tUneephLsuM/s1600/are.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tE_cgI-5SYQ/TfUYSx4WQNI/AAAAAAAAAOs/tUneephLsuM/s320/are.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617422821120950482" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Absolute Radio is live from the Isle of Wight Festival this weekend and you can listen to Kasabian's set tonight - live and exclusive from 9.40pm on Absolute Radio extra on DAB or absoluteradio.co.uk/extra</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><a href="http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/extra/"><span class="Apple-style-span" >http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/extra/</span></a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-5150519517961763202011-06-11T16:04:00.003+01:002011-06-11T16:13:10.540+01:00Kasabian Feel The Love at Rockness<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZvZhGheKZIc/TfOEVLdLzoI/AAAAAAAAAOk/0kPDpxm4bfQ/s1600/256624-kasabian-unleash-velociraptor-at-rockness-410x230.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZvZhGheKZIc/TfOEVLdLzoI/AAAAAAAAAOk/0kPDpxm4bfQ/s320/256624-kasabian-unleash-velociraptor-at-rockness-410x230.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616978659648458370" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">It was the perfect end to a perfect first day of the festival. A glorious clear sunset added to the untouchable party atmosphere that makes RockNess such a special festival.</strong> Kasabian closed the opening night's main stage at Rockness with a furious set including tracks from their last three albums and the soon to be released fourth, ‘Velociraptor!’. The set was largely unchanged from their UK warm up shows, opening with a riotous ‘Club Foot’ and seeing the night out with an encore that included new song ‘Switchblade Smiles’, a fusion of Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ with their own ‘Stuntman’ and a sizzling finale of 'Fire'. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Set list:</strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Club Foot </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Where Did All The Love Go?</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Underdog </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Shoot The Runner </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Velociraptor </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Cutt Off</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Thick As Thieves</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Take Aim</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Empire </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >I.D.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Fast Fuse / Misirlou</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Vlad The Impaler</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >L.S.F.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" > ------------</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" > Switchblade Smiles </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Stuntman / I Feel Love</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 63, 64); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Fire</span> </p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-34927905082630725422011-06-10T12:52:00.007+01:002011-06-10T12:57:03.862+01:00Kasabian LIVE on Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky 3D<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xDxRt61afSc/TfIGH74YwgI/AAAAAAAAAOc/samcP5cRCF8/s1600/SkyArts%2B1%2BChannel%2BLogo%2BPrimary%2Bon%2BBlack.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xDxRt61afSc/TfIGH74YwgI/AAAAAAAAAOc/samcP5cRCF8/s320/SkyArts%2B1%2BChannel%2BLogo%2BPrimary%2Bon%2BBlack.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616558418687476226" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >From Sky Arts: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><strong style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">LIVE COVERAGE FROM <a href="http://www.skyarts.co.uk/music/article/isle-of-wight-festival-2011/" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(115, 73, 147); ">ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL</a> STARTS FRIDAY AT 10PM, SKY ARTS 1 HD AND SKY 3D</strong> </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; " ><span class="Apple-style-span">We love summer and we love festivals, so this summer we bring the cream of the festival crop straight to your living room as Sky Arts does Summer Festivals! <strong style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Coming up this weekend</strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(115, 73, 147); "><img width="80" height="77" align="right" alt="Isle of Wight logo" src="http://www.skyarts.co.uk/images/uploads/IoW-logo.jpg" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; " /></a>We're LIVE at the <a href="http://www.skyarts.co.uk/music/article/isle-of-wight-festival-2011/" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(115, 73, 147); "><strong style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(115, 73, 147); ">Isle of Wight Festival</strong></a> this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10pm with all the best music and interviews. To get the best seat in the house, tune in at 10pm every night to see performances from <strong style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, Kasabian</strong>, Jeff Beck, Kaiser Chiefs and Plan B among many others.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Kasabian are headlining the festival on Sunday 12th June.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-1186607310559660732011-06-08T13:14:00.003+01:002011-06-08T13:38:25.517+01:00Kasabian's Guide To The Isle Of Wight Festival 2011 video<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CmJ8rFo-cZc/Te9oOMWPVvI/AAAAAAAAAOU/iVrFJTgpdkA/s1600/iow2011.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CmJ8rFo-cZc/Te9oOMWPVvI/AAAAAAAAAOU/iVrFJTgpdkA/s320/iow2011.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615821853396260594" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Sunday night headliners Kasabian discuss the bands they'll be watching at the festival - and reveal they'll be "getting on a hovercraft" and partying with Liam Gallagher after the show.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;">Click <a href="http://www.nme.com/nme-video/kasabians-guide-to-the-isle-of-wight-festival-2011/980220751001">here</a> to watch the video.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-20194206850022824492011-06-07T21:46:00.002+01:002011-06-07T21:48:55.038+01:00Kasabian's fourth album, titled 'Velociraptor!' will be released in Sept 2011<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CJQynC9X5KU/Te6OsJb2v7I/AAAAAAAAAOM/ZiFijvC_bR8/s1600/ss.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CJQynC9X5KU/Te6OsJb2v7I/AAAAAAAAAOM/ZiFijvC_bR8/s320/ss.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615582674475728818" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Kasabian's fourth album, titled 'Velociraptor!' will be released in Sept 2011. If you pre-order the album now, you'll receive one of their new tracks, 'Switchblade Smiles' straight away as an MP3 download!<br />Click below to pre-order your copy...<br /><a href="http://myplay.me/6tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; ">http://myplay.me/6tv</a></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">Tracklisting:</strong><br /><br />1. Let's Roll Just Like We Used To<br />2. Days Are Forgotten<br />3. Goodbye Kiss<br />4. La Fée Verte<br />5. Velociraptor!<br />6. Acid Turkish Bath (Shelter From The Storm)<br />7. I Hear Voices<br />8. Re-wired<br />9. Man Of Simple Pleasures<br />10. Switchblade Smiles<br />11. Neon Noon</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-10890729990984752832011-06-07T15:31:00.002+01:002011-06-07T15:33:44.088+01:00Switchblade Smile playing TONIGHT on Radio 1<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lHbdF0X6t8A/Te42wg97xuI/AAAAAAAAAOE/QEzxBQmy-Co/s1600/zane-lowe.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lHbdF0X6t8A/Te42wg97xuI/AAAAAAAAAOE/QEzxBQmy-Co/s320/zane-lowe.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615485992488912610" /></a><br />Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe will be playing new Kasabian track 'Switchblade Smile' in a world exclusive first play on his show TONIGHT.<div><br /></div><div>Tune in between 1900 - 2100 to catch it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-35201336751957666322011-06-06T13:47:00.001+01:002011-06-06T13:51:35.431+01:00Kasabian In The Studio - Part 2 video<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Tom, Serge and Chris talk us through working with Dan The Automator on their 'hip hop' and 'heavier' fourth album. Buy this week's NME (June 4) for a full interview with the band</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.nme.com/nme-video/kasabian-in-the-studio---part-2/957705768001">http://www.nme.com/nme-video/kasabian-in-the-studio---part-2/957705768001</a></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-47473429482519964472011-06-02T19:38:00.002+01:002011-06-02T19:41:57.790+01:00Kasabian To Unveil Brand New Track<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QCOxXyoCZZI/TefZceURqeI/AAAAAAAAAN4/9HK4pcQILUA/s1600/image13crk.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QCOxXyoCZZI/TefZceURqeI/AAAAAAAAAN4/9HK4pcQILUA/s320/image13crk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613694543738284514" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >Next Tuesday, June 7th, Zane Lowe will have the first play of a new track from Kasabian's forthcoming album. Make sure you are tuned into Radio 1 between 19:00 - 21:00 for your first listen of the track.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-77959801885263162012011-06-02T13:19:00.003+01:002011-06-02T13:22:13.997+01:00Kasabian in this week's NME<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dMouoyVSd2w/TeeAbkEf4LI/AAAAAAAAANw/ejLqkkflU8U/s1600/ksbn1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dMouoyVSd2w/TeeAbkEf4LI/AAAAAAAAANw/ejLqkkflU8U/s320/ksbn1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613596671567978674" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vm3w8rjzzLA/TeeAYTUnqII/AAAAAAAAANo/e1V3eFUSJs0/s1600/ksbn2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 179px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vm3w8rjzzLA/TeeAYTUnqII/AAAAAAAAANo/e1V3eFUSJs0/s320/ksbn2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613596615532587138" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 26px; ">Sound the alarms, warn your elderly relatives and lock up your sausages…</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 26px; ">Kasabian are back and just as batshit as ever. Things have definitely been a bit quieter since Tom and Serge buggered off to California to record the new record, so you’ll be glad to know that that Mr Meighan is as crackers as ever. Apparently Cumberland sausages have got weed in them. Good to have you back, boys…</p></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-68864833322909777432011-06-02T13:09:00.000+01:002011-06-02T13:10:23.604+01:00Kasabian In The Studio (video)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >The latest edition of rock bible NME has an exclusive front cover interview with the band. Pick up a copy to get an insight into the new album and the inspiration behind it. You can also check out a video interview with Kasabian on the NME website below, filmed at the band’s recording studio as they were working on the album.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><a href="http://www.nme.com/nme-video/kasabian-in-the-studio---part-one/957705764001"><span class="Apple-style-span" >http://www.nme.com/nme-video/kasabian-in-the-studio---part-one/957705764001</span></a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-56369407216640856422011-05-06T12:54:00.002+01:002011-05-06T12:57:43.496+01:00Serge on the making of the imminent 2011 album<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--r1uyIX_Ggc/TcPiJXPQ95I/AAAAAAAAANg/UJXDEI4hY7U/s1600/sergio_pizzorno_001_080306.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--r1uyIX_Ggc/TcPiJXPQ95I/AAAAAAAAANg/UJXDEI4hY7U/s320/sergio_pizzorno_001_080306.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603571011863771026" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">He updates us about their 'beautiful, beautiful' album and their upcoming tour."</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/showcase#/clips/p00grhth/in/justadded">http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/showcase#/clips/p00grhth/in/justadded</a><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >SOURCE: Zane Lowe</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-36428527832893422182011-05-05T11:16:00.003+01:002011-05-05T11:19:25.584+01:00Intimate UK tour tickets general sale starts 9am tomorrow<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >In what will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of 2011, Kasabian announce an intimate UK warm up Tour in June ahead of festival season.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Don't worry if you missed out during the exclusive fans pre-sale on Wednesday, as tickets will go on sale one last time to the general public at 9am, Friday 6th May.<br /><br />Kasabian’s tour dates are:<br /><br /><b style="line-height: 14px; font-weight: bold; "><u style="line-height: 14px; ">JUNE</u><br />SAT 4th - O2 ACADEMY SHEFFIELD<br />SUN 5th - O2 ACADEMY LEEDS<br />TUE 7th - WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL<br />WED 8th - O2 APOLLO MANCHESTER</b><br /><br />Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday (6th May) priced at £30 (subject to booking fee and are strictly limited to 4 tickets per person).</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-80610746604850140762011-05-04T11:26:00.003+01:002011-05-04T11:28:51.173+01:00Fans get Fired up for Kasabian city date<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lBhTihHcQQY/TcEqFpBlUsI/AAAAAAAAANY/Wtg4cE45l-E/s1600/15febed2-308b-4282-b12b-181279280b67.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lBhTihHcQQY/TcEqFpBlUsI/AAAAAAAAANY/Wtg4cE45l-E/s320/15febed2-308b-4282-b12b-181279280b67.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602805687825814210" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">ARENA rock giants Kasabian are warming up for their summer festival appearances with a handful of intimate gigs – starting at the O2 Academy in Sheffield.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "></p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">And The Star has got the first pair of tickets to give away for the show on Saturday June 4.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Venue bosses expect fans to start queuing overnight and tickets to sell out fast when they go on sale this Friday at 9am.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">O2 Academy Sheffield’s general manager Justin Smith said: “They are without a doubt one of this year’s ‘must see’ festival headline acts, so it’s a major coup for them to choose our venue as one of just a handful for an intimate warm up show.”</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Other intimate gigs are scheduled for Leeds’ O2 Academy on June 5, Wolverhampton’s Civic Hall on June 7, and the Apollo in Manchester on June 8.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">The Leicester band are planning to mix hits with new material – previewing songs from their forthcoming as-yet-untitled new album, which is due to be released this year.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">They are busy working on the record in San Francisco with Dan The Automator, who produced their last album West Ryder Lunatic Pauper Asylum.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">The band’s first three albums have all gone platinum and they have had top 10 singles including Cut Off, Empire and 2009 smash Fire, which reached number three – their highest singles chart position. It was used as the Barclays Premier League theme song for the 2010–11 season Matchday programme.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">But they are most revered as a live band.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">They headline the RockNess Festival in Scotland, on Friday June 10, then join Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, and Sheffield’s own Pulp to make TV history at the Isle Of White Festival – as the first music festival to be broadcast live in 3D on the Sky 3D channel and Sky Arts, on the weekend of June 10 to 12. Kasabian perform on the last day.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Guarantee your O2 Academy Sheffield tickets – buy them on Friday from 9am. Visit the venue in person on Arundel Gate, Sheffield, visit www.o2academysheffield.co.uk, www.ticketweb.co.uk or www.arenaticketshop.co.uk or call 0844 4772000.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">For a chance to win a pair of tickets enter by text or online, by deadline tomorrow at 10am.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Text STARED3 and leave a space, followed by your full name, house number and postcode, then send to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. This will be charged to your mobile phone bill.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Get the bill payer’s permission. Do not text after deadline as you may still be charged and your entry will not be entered into our draw.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Or enter for free online, where you will find full terms and conditions at www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/competitions. Usual SNL terms and conditions </p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">SOURCE: The Star</p></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-57893742040317988932011-05-04T11:15:00.002+01:002011-05-04T11:21:11.696+01:00Kasabian "absolutely buzzing" for tour return<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bISwGN64SWM/TcEnmV63X4I/AAAAAAAAANQ/4QFGnpxWAos/s1600/08103_140544_Kasabianvfestchelms06_AW_01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bISwGN64SWM/TcEnmV63X4I/AAAAAAAAANQ/4QFGnpxWAos/s320/08103_140544_Kasabianvfestchelms06_AW_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602802951098163074" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(2, 7, 39); line-height: 18px; " >Serge Pizzorno has said that he and his Kasabian bandmates are "absolutely buzzing" about returning to playing live shows.<br /><br />The indie-rock band recently <a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a317512/kasabian-announce-uk-tour-dates.html" style="color: rgb(125, 28, 136); text-decoration: none; ">announced a handful of UK tour dates</a> to take place this summer following a hiatus to record their upcoming album.<br /><br />"We're absolutely buzzing to be back on the horse," the guitarist told <em>The Sun</em>. "We can't wait to blow your minds."<br /><br />In addition to the four national dates, Kasabian will also appear at this year's Isle of Wight and<a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a290223/kasabian-to-headline-rockness-2011.html" style="color: rgb(125, 28, 136); text-decoration: none; ">RockNess</a> festivals, where they are expected to showcase several new songs.<br /><br />Pizzorno recently <a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a316686/new-kasabian-album-described-as-epic.html" style="color: rgb(125, 28, 136); text-decoration: none; ">described the new material as "epic"</a>.<br /><br />Frontman Tom Meighan has <a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a289777/kasabian-new-album-is-cheeky.html" style="color: rgb(125, 28, 136); text-decoration: none; ">previously promised that the new record - the band's fourth album - will be "the most melodic record we've ever done"</a>. He also told the press that one of the songs under consideration for the record "sounds a bit like The Jackson Five".</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(2, 7, 39); line-height: 18px; " ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(2, 7, 39); line-height: 18px; " >SOURCE: Digital Spy</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-5413493162914855762011-05-03T11:50:00.002+01:002011-05-04T11:20:41.101+01:00Kasabian announce an intimate UK warm up Tour in June!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ubE75RAZrFc/Tb_fT9IvsJI/AAAAAAAAANI/_K-ALkyQAwM/s1600/O2_Academy%252C_Sheffield_-_DSC07438.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ubE75RAZrFc/Tb_fT9IvsJI/AAAAAAAAANI/_K-ALkyQAwM/s320/O2_Academy%252C_Sheffield_-_DSC07438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602441995393937554" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; " >SAT 4th - O2 ACADEMY SHEFFIELD<br />SUN 5th - O2 ACADEMY LEEDS<br />TUE 7th - WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL<br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; ">WED 8th - O2 APOLLO MANCHESTER<br /><br />Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (6th May) priced at £30 (limited to 4 tickets per person).<br /><br />However, an exclusive fan pre-sale start at 9am tomorrow (Wednesday 4th May). Sign up at kasabian.co.uk before 3pm today to get access first!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-48553122660027258162011-04-27T17:04:00.004+01:002011-04-27T17:42:57.042+01:00In The Studio - Kasabian<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ozreUz6MWVI/TbhHbjKJIYI/AAAAAAAAAM4/lRgYhVGuZPw/s1600/Kasabian_Q-Awards-2010_669a_aol-music-uk_261010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ozreUz6MWVI/TbhHbjKJIYI/AAAAAAAAAM4/lRgYhVGuZPw/s320/Kasabian_Q-Awards-2010_669a_aol-music-uk_261010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600304675255034242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where:</span> Dan The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Automator's</span> home studio, San Francisco; British Grove Studios, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Chiswick</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Producers:</span> Serge <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Pizzorno</span>, Dan The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Automator</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Song Titles:</span> Shelter <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">From</span> The Storm, Neon Noon, Goodbye Kiss, I Hear Voices, Switchblade Smile, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Velociraptor</span>, Man Of Simple Pleasures, Green Fairy<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Due:</span> October 2011<br /><br />Tom <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Meighan</span> is buzzing. Rapidly pacing in circles around <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">bandmate</span> Serge <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Pizzorno</span>, the singer is a wide-eyed mix of wonder and cocky pride over Switchblade Smile, the new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Kasabian</span> track he has recorded his vocals for just moments before.<br /> "It sounds beautiful, mate," he gushes. "Ah Serge, fuck, it sounds amazing. My fucking hairs stood up. <span style="font-style: italic;">[Sings a lyric]</span> 'Sending the boys away!' <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Unbelievable</span>... Serge, it's real. Trust me."<br /> The next evening the singer's conversation will career like a pinball between such divergent topics as his new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">duffle</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">coat</span>, early '90s wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and whether or not Michael Jackson is "better than Elvis". Yet - for the time being - his seemingly endless reserves of energy and good-natured enthusiasm remain focused on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Kasabian's</span> impending fourth album.<br /> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Meighan</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Pizzorno</span> have been decamped to San Francisco where they're putting the final touches to the follow-up to 2009's chart-topping concept album, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Sitting at the kitchen table at producer Dan "The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Automator</span>" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Nakamura's</span> home-cum-studio, the pair take turns to talk Q through the as-yet-untitled album in between visits to the basement to finish recording.<br /> "Everyone really dug West Ryder... but this record is really different. <span style="font-style: italic;">Really</span> different," stresses <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Meighan</span>. "West Ryder... is a weird record and these songs are like two minutes, three and a half minutes, done. Bang, bang, bang."<br /> "We call it a jukebox record," <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Pizzorno</span> explains. "I've got an old jukebox at home. One night at six in the morning I turned it on and it was throwing out tune after tune. You'd get Elvis, then you'd get a Chemical Brothers tune, then it would spit out Babe Ruth or some shit. I thought, Imagine if our next record is just classic tunes?"<br /> West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum was released 22 months ago, the ambitious third effort shaking off any lingering criticisms that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Kasabian</span> were merely <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">gobby</span>, lad-rock upstarts. For the first time, widespread critical acclaim was added to their long-standing cachet with the gig-going public.<br /> Since then, their rise to rock's premier league has been unfaltering. The month after taking to Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage before Bruce Springsteen in 2009, they played three nights at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Wembley</span> with Oasis. The following year they supported Muse and U2 on a string of stadium dates and headlined V Festival and T In The Park. With Oasis now torn into two camps, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Meighan</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Pizzorno</span> have become the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">UK's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">rock'n'roll</span> duo of choice. In short, they're walking the walk they'd long been talking.<br /> "After two years of touring around the world and chaos I though I wanted to have a break," reflects <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Pizzorno</span>. "I did two weeks then went straight into the new album. I realised that I'm not really a deckchair-and-cocktails man."<br /> Demoing the new songs in May 2010, the guitarist's haste was driven by the imminent arrival of his first child, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Ennio</span>. "I thought, Right, he's coming in September and I want to write another album, so I better get my shit together."<br /> With a new set of songs, the full band - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Pizzorno</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Meighan</span>, bassist <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Chris</span> Edwards and drummer Ian Matthews - reconvened at British Grove Studios in West London in January to get the bulk of the album on tape before <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Pizzorno</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Meighan</span> travelled to California to add vocals <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">and</span> "piss about" with the recording alongside West Ryder... producer, Dan The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Automator</span>.<br /><br />Among the 12 songs slated for inclusion are Neon Noon; the "heavy as fuck" Switchblade Smile; the Phil <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Spector</span>-inspired "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">heartbreaker</span>" Goodbye Kiss; "full-on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">electro</span>" track I Hear Voices; an orchestral epic Shelter From The Storm; and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Velociraptor</span>, featuring scuzzy grunge guitars and some MC-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">ing</span> from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Meighan</span>. "It's mega punk fucking aggression," states the singer of the track. "Totally off the wall, but you'll know it's us."<br /> "Listening to the songs on the record it makes you feel great. Get your fucking jacket on, whack your fucking shoes on," <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Pizzorno</span> attempts to explain. "It makes you believe things are going to happen. You wake up and think, Today's gonna be alright. There's not much of that about at the moment."<br /> The next day <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Pizzorno</span> leads Q downstairs to hear two new tracks. The first, untitled song crackles and snarls like a narky cousin of West Ryder... tracks Underdog and Fire - all '70s Stones strut and dirty, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">buzzsaw</span> guitars. The second is a revelation. Starting life as part of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Pizzorno's</span> score to recent film London Boulevard and with a lead vocal from the guitarist, Green Fairy opens with warped fairground organs before flowering into a beautiful piece of melancholic psychedelic pop. With its sumptuous mix of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">colliery</span> brass, Mariachi horns and chugging McCartney-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">esque</span> middle eight, it's an impressive modern-day take on such late '60s favourites as Sgt Pepper... or The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow. In <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Pizzorno's</span> opinion, it's the best song he's ever written.<br /> That night, with the recording of the album finished, the band take Q to their favourite downtown bar to celebrate. Backs are slapped and numerous shots downed. At some point into the early hours Serge and Tom suddenly disappear. "Sorry about last night," texts the guitarist the next day. "Me and Tommy had a bit of a moment finishing the record. Blew our minds a bit."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ALBUM D.N.A</span><br />15% "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Trippy</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Synths</span>"<br />4% MC-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">ing</span><br />25% "Fighting Music"<br />15% '60s Psychedelia<br />8% <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Ronettes</span><br />20% Orchestras<br />13% "Mystic Vibes"<br /><br />SOURCE: Q MagazineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663222734642219623.post-54135943787693207312011-04-14T14:27:00.001+01:002011-04-14T14:30:10.316+01:00Kasabian re-open Serge's songbook - the challenge is to make it even better than the last<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ydA3UtpMyI/Tab2wh3VTmI/AAAAAAAAAMo/i6__tSS2HPI/s1600/Songbook-Kasabian-Sergio_medium.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ydA3UtpMyI/Tab2wh3VTmI/AAAAAAAAAMo/i6__tSS2HPI/s320/Songbook-Kasabian-Sergio_medium.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595430900639026786" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="a-teaser"><i>With the county band’s fourth album on the way, writer-guitarist <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/person/sergiopizzorno">Sergio Pizzorno</a> faces a now-familiar challenge: to make it different to the last one – and better</i></p> <p>It has been a busy winter for the <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/leicester">Leicester</a> boys from Kasabian, flying backwards and forwards from <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/sanfrancisco">San Francisco</a> to <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/losangeles">Los Angeles</a>, recording and mixing their fourth album.</p> <p>As yet untitled, it will be released in October. That's the so far/so good plan, says the woman from their record label, <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/company/sony">Sony</a>/BMG.</p> <p>"They're still working on it," she said, "although it's nearly finished. They're mixing it. I can't tell you who's producing it – it's secret – and I can't even give you a clue about what it sounds like because we haven't heard it."</p> <div id="article-detail-impact-tile-top" class="inlineAdMargin cl"> </div> <p>But it will be out in October, after they've played two summer festivals in <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/scotland">Scotland</a> and the Isle of Wight.</p> <p>Depending on which Sergio Pizzorno interview you read, the new album will possess elements of punk, Radiohead's The Bends, Jackson 5, epic or a mixture of everything you've ever heard.</p> <p>Whatever, it will sound better live, says <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/person/serge">Serge</a>. "I just want people to come away from it going 'Yep, great album. It's different, I love it. Let's go and see 'em live. Thank you'."</p> <p>And then, he says, the huge musical process of recording and gigging will start again.</p> <p>The Kasabian ambition is that every album should be different – and better – than the one that came before.</p> <p>"I know the third record is the important one, the one you're judged on," he says, referring to the band's West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum release.</p> <p>"That's the one where you establish yourself and people find out who you really are."</p> <p>Now, he says, is the tricky part. Keeping it up. Sustaining it. Serge is confident they have the songs to do it.</p> <p>Strip it all away and that's all that matters. The songs.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Serge and the band were featured on Sky Arts' Songbook programme, talking about their music, how they make it and what it means to them.</p> <p>"We got involved because I'd seen the Jarvis Cocker episode of Songbook and I thought it was fascinating," he says.</p> <p>"I thought it was really good TV, and most TV is pretty rubbish. So when I got a call asking if I wanted to do it, I said, 'Yes, of course'.</p> <p>"There have been certain people on the show whose music I'm not really into, but you can still watch it and appreciate what went into their records."</p> <p>It's a tricky thing, though, analysing the songs you write. What can mean one thing to the author can mean something entirely different to the listener.</p> <p>"I see myself as a sort of vessel, I don't even think the songs have anything to do with me," he says.</p> <p>"I don't really know how or why it works, but every now and again something happens and I just seem to be able to write a song. You can explain what you like about music and why you got into it but it's hard to say how you do it yourself."</p> <p>Eight years and (almost) four albums into a successful musical career, there's a different kind of pressure on the band today, and on Serge, Kasabian's songwriter, in particular.</p> <p>"It's only the pressure I put on myself," he says. "I try to stay well clear of other people's expectations because you'll just do your head in trying to second guess what other people want.</p> <p>"With the first album, no- one's waiting for it, so you've got the luxury of working on it if you don't think it's quite right. I think that's why you get bands who have great debut records but then as they years pass, their albums tend to get worse.</p> <p>"The people who stick around are the people who think, 'I've learned something from doing this album, so next time I can do something else."</p> <p>So what <i>is</i> the next one like?</p> <p>"Well, it's epic. It's big songs that make you feel like anything's possible. It's a really positive record. I suppose it's a combination of all three records but we've just taken it a bit further.</p> <p>"I'm really excited about it, because after the last record, people really liked it and wanted to know what was next, and I'm happy to say that it's got better. I'm excited about playing it live – there are tunes on there that are going to take people to a new place."</p> <p>It's a long way from <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/countesthorpecollege">Countesthorpe College</a> in the mid-90s, a gang of scruffy herberts with a bagload of Britpop albums.</p> <p>"The first song I wrote was just such a blatant Oasis-Beatles rip-off," he laughs.</p> <p>"I think I found my own sound through a combination of learning from the greats – Oasis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead – and then going back to what got me into music in the first place, which was electronic music, then trying to bring the two together."</p> <p>Serge gets recognised a lot these days. It's never a drag, he says. His recognition rating increased after the last record, the multi-platinum West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum.</p> <p>"Everyone's very sweet, there's no real animosity," he says. "I live in Leicester, so I just get on with my own thing."</p> <p>Yet for all of his talents as a songwriter and guitarist, it's a moment on Sky's Soccer AM that he's most remembered for – shooting a ball through a gap in an inflatable Wembley sign.</p> <p>"It's crazy – I'm more famous for that than for the music! It's amazing what kicking a ball through a hole can do. That is the most frequently asked question.</p> <p>"I was drunk and that's all I remember. I also think that's the only reason it happened – you know what it's like when you're drunk. You think you can do anything!"</p><p>SOURCE: http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1