The line-up for this years Ibiza Rocks has been announced today – and it looks half decent! The Ibiza Rocks event takes place throughout the summer on Ibiza, with concerts at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel on every Wednesday night in June, July, August and September. The stand-out performer for us this year is Kasabian, who…
Last year the full Glastonbury line-up was revealed on 27 March, and as there’s no reason to suggest this year’s line-up won’t be announced at around the same date I think it’s time for a round-up of all the latest rumours and news about this years Glasto. First up, here are the bands we already…
2011 was the year Leicester lads Kasabian released their fourth album and became arguably the biggest rock band in the country. After West Ryder… established them as a much more inventive and cerebral band than the ‘lad-rock’ naysayers gave them credit for, the superbly titled Velociraptor! upped their populist appeal and added sweeping melodies to…
Kasabian – Re-Wired Leicester’s finest Kasabian are releasing ‘Re-Wired’, the latest single from fourth album Velociraptor!, on 20 November. As they’re all too easily dismissed as unoriginal lad-rockers, Kasabian rarely get the credit they deserve for making absorbing and entertaining music. It may not be the most cerebral music out there, but then again it’s not…
Kasabian interview Kasabian bassist Chris Edwards was out celebrating his charity bike ride last night with a fundraising do in his hometown of Leicester. Chris, along with his brother Jay, took on the mammoth task of cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust – and he took…
Kasabian – Velociraptor! [rating:4.5/5] It must be a bit frustrating for Kasabian that, even after the success of their inventively psychedelic third album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, they are still branded in some quarters as unoriginal lad-rockers in thrall to the likes of Oasis and Primal Scream. While this may be an unfair judgement,…
Kasabian have just debuted their massive new single ‘eez-eh’ on Radio 1, and have now made the audio available to stream. Listen to it below and let me know what you think of it in the comments at the bottom: Zane Lowe described ‘eez-eh’ as the biggest lead single Kasabian have released so far, and…
The V Festival has gradually become a favourite and high-profile fixture in the summer festival calendar. With over eighty bands spread over two sites, this year’s V looks set to be the best ever. Here, we take a closer look at the weekend ahead. V Festival line-up As befitting a festival of V’s stature, this…
Being a resident of Leicester all my life (save for the obligatory few years away at Uni), I can safely say that the city has never before seen a day like Saturday 21 June 2014. Not only are Kasabian the biggest band to ever come from Leicester, they are also currently one of the biggest…
As excitement builds ahead of Kasabian’s huge Summer Solstice homecoming gig this weekend in Leicester’s Victoria Park, the band have finally announced who will be their support acts. In a short but sweet post on their official site, the Leicester band announced that support on Saturday will be coming from: Rudimental DJs Jagwar Ma Zane…
