When not battling pooping pigeons, Kings Of Leon also find time to shoot down requests to appear on popular television shows, as well as putting the kibosh on really popular television shows that want to feature their music.
The band, speaking in the new issue of NME, reveal that they said no to an Ugly Betty cameo and having their music used on Glee.
Well, it was inevitable – Kings of Leon have announced their fifth and newest album, Come Around Sundown. The Nashville-based southern rock/ blues-turned-Allman-Brothers-by-way-of-U2-copiests, whose last album, Only By the Night, sold 1.9 million copies, will be releasing the new album on October 19th via RCA records, according Billboard.
Just because pigeons dropped poop all over Kings of Leon during a show in St Louis doesn’t mean the birds don’t like KOL; it’s not like they despised the band’s last album and decided the best revenge was a kamikaze poop raid on the Grammy-winniners. However, Kings of Leon did stop their show Friday night at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater after just three songs when the attack of the birds became too much to deal with.
Drummer Nathan Followill later apologized to fans via Twitter, saying, “So sorry St. Louis. We had to bail, pigeons s—ing in Jared’s mouth and it was too unsanitary to continue.”
Much to the chagrin of their record label bosses, Kings of Leon decided to play four new songs from their next, as-yet-untitled album at a sold-out show in London on Wednesday night.
The band figured playing in front of 60,000 fans in Hyde Park was the ideal time and place to road test the previously unheard material. The titles of their 4-song preview included “Mary,” “Southbound,” “Immortal” and “Radioactive.”
Check below for a video of the band performing “Mary.”
After releasing one of 2008’s most inexplicably successful albums—the Allman Brothers-meets-Bono Only By the Night—rockers Kings of Leon continue to tour onward towards world dominion. And, to aid them in their quest to conquer every set of ears listening to music in America and the UK, the band is wisely teaming up with a kaleidoscopic array of stylistically varied bands for their 2010 tour. According to Consequence of Sound, the Kings will be joined this summer by Built to Spill, the Black Keys, the Whigs, The Features and The Stills—but, before your head explodes, know that this Rubik’s Cube of rock ‘n rollers won’t be featured all together, as the tour will feature a rotation of opening acts.
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The Kings Of Leon have been crowned kings of the UK digital chart. According to research conducted by the Official Chart Company, the band is the UK’s biggest-selling digital artists; Kings Of Leon’s fourth album, Only By The Night, has been downloaded over a quarter of a million times in the UK.
In claiming the top slot, the Followill foursome booted Lady Gaga and Florence + The Machine into second and third place respectively.
Kings of Leon are heading back on the road this summer for a 31-city tour of North America, continuing to support their fourth and most recent album, Only By the Night, which elevated the band to mainstream success and helped the Followill boys win a bunch of Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Best Rock Song. The tour gets under way in Atlantic City on June 5; they will also appear at Bonnaroo on June 11.
Check below for a full tour schedule.
If you told fans of Kings of Leon back in 2003 when they released their debut album Youth and Young Manhood that seven years later they’d be accepting the Grammy for Record of the Year, they might call you crazy. Not because the band wouldn’t be deserving, but the Grammy folks usually are not known for their out of the box thinking to even consider a band like KOL.
But sometimes they get it right and Sunday night at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Kings of Leon took home 3 Grammys, including the biggie: Record of the Year. The other two were Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for their hit single “Use Somebody” from their 4th studio album Only By The Night.
