KASABIAN INTERVIEW: Talk in football

Kasabian TOP Brit band have spoken exclusively to the News of the World about their love of Leicester City, football and touring with Oasis.
Tom Meighan and Chris Edwards took time out ahead of their upcoming tour to discuss a number of topics including how football has influenced their music and the joys of following Leicester in The Championship.
They would love to play a gig at The Walkers Stadium and answer the burning question would they rather be a rock star or a Premier League footballer?
"The real glory and the real football," is at Championship level, according to Tom, even though he is delighted with the news of the possible signing of Edgar Davids and feels the Foxes are well capable of getting promotion.
The boys also discuss their feelings for other sports and the prowess of the band members at football.

Won a Q Awards to Kasabian, U2 and Lily Allen

U2, Kasabian, Lily Allen and Lady GaGa, the results of the QAwards have been released and they have all lifted gongs.
The Best Track award Lily Allen won for her song The Fear, while U2’s album The Unforgettable Fire took the Classic Album prize.
Lady GaGa won a gong for Best Video, for her song Just Dance, while R&B star The Breakthrough Artist of 2009 Mr Hudson was named.
Kasabian were another band to be victorious, lifting the Best Album accolade for their West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum track.
Edwyn Collins, Marianne Faithfull and The Specials were others to be recognised at this year’s Q Awards, which took place today, October 26, in London.
The full list of winners is as follows. Best New Act was won by White Lies; Breakthrough Artist was lifted by Mr Hudson; Best Track was won by Lily Allen for her song The Fear; Best Video went to Lady Gaga for Just Dance; Best Live Act was won by Artic Monkeys; Best Album was won by Kasabian for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum; and Best Act In The World Today was lifted by Muse.
The Classic Song award went to Frankie Goes To Hollywood for Relax; the Q Classic Album was won by U2 for The Unforgettable Fire; Innovation In Sound was won by Sonic Youth; the Classic Songwriter award was won by Yusuf Islam; The Q Idol award was lifted by Spandau Ballet; the Outstanding Contribution To Music was won by Robert Plant; The Q Inspiration Award was won by The Specials; The Q Icon accolade was won by Marianne Faithfull and the Q Legend award was picked up by Edwyn Collins.
Comedian Al Murray, who dressed as his Pub Landlord character, presented the awards, and made the comment that 2009 was a poor year for music because of the “sad demise of Oasis".

Kasabian: Kasabian Talks About New Album 'Lunatic Asylum'

"West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum"with the quirky title, fans and critics alike have been trying to figure out what British rock band Kasabian's latest album is actually about. But frontman Tom Meighan says the title has no relation to anything, other than "it's the words that I actually like.""I like the idea of madness, and music kind of entwines. If you call an album that, it pretty much gives you the freedom to go wherever you want. That's what I was interested in," he said in an e-mail interview."West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum," the band's third album, topped the U.K. charts this June. Meighan says guitarist Sergio Pizzorno was inspired to make the album after watching a TV show about a mental asylum."One night, Serge watched a program on a mental asylum on TV, and he had this thing to make an album that's really out there and the journey. It's the kind of thing, (where) each song's different and has a change characteristic and that's how it happened," he said.With dark, electronica songs "Underdog," "Vlad the Impaler" and "Fire," the album is nothing like the rock music their fans are used to.Critics gave mixed reviews, but Kasabian is not affected by them."It's an album with 12 really good songs on it, that's all to me what it is. It just throws it into another world and it's completely different to the first two records, which is what we're about," Meighan said. Kasabian was formed in Leicester in 1999, with Meighan on vocals, Pizzorno on guitar and Chris Edwards on bass. Drummer Ian Matthews joined in 2004. Kasabian, who won the Best Live Act award at the 2007 NME Awards, impressed Korean fans when they performed at the Pentaport Rock Festival in 2007.Meighan says it was also an "amazing" experience for the band to perform here. "The energy there was, you know, monstrous," he added.Although there's no word on a Kasabian concert in Seoul anytime soon, Meighan said fans can always expect their shows to be magical. "You can literally be on fire," he said.Amid their success, Kasabian still manages to keep it real. The secret, Meighan says, is "you just gotta be yourself."

over US success, Kasabian not fussed

Kasabian's Tom Meighan has said he is not fussed about breaking America because he can't be bothered to tour there.
Tom told #5 magazine: "I'm not a**ed about it mate, the record (West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum) went to No 98 on the Billboard which is s**t, sold about 10,000.
"To break America you have to tour the motherf****r, and that takes a lot of time, it's massive..."
Tom added: "No one butthe breaking America Coldplay and U2. It might happen, but we're certainly not going to different what we do. We're so dangerous for them, and we're not going to become non confrontational."
The Shoot The Runner rocker also said Kasabian couldn't fill the void left by Oasis' split as the two bands are too change.
He said: "Well everyone keeps tipping us to fill the void, but you can't fill that void. Oasis are a big, anthemic sing along band, while we're more of a dance along band, we're completely different. If you're gonna call them The Beatles, then we're the Stones, you know what I mean?"

Add an extra date to UK tour, Kasabian

Mercury Award nominees add one more date to their November tour.

UK arena tour to Kasabian are set to cap aff an unblievable year, and have this week added one extra date to next month’s jolly around the country a closing gig in Bournemouth.
This summer has seen the four piece from Leicester play to over a million fans this summer, featuring a 20 date sold out tour, 9 massive stadium dates with Oasis and a Glastonbury show as special guests to Bruce Springsteen.
Next month’s tour dates are as follows, with tickets to all shows priced at £25.00 plus fees.
Tue 10th November – NEWCASTLE, Metro Radio Arena
Wed 11th November – ABERDEEN, AECC [Sold Out]
Thu 12th November – GLASGOW, SECC [Sold Out]
Sat 14th November – LONDON, Wembley Arena [Sold Out]
Sun 15th November – LONDON, Wembley Arena
Mon 16th November – LIVERPOOL, Echo Arena
Wed 18th November – NOTTINGHAM, Trent FM Arena
Thu 19th November – BIRMINGHAM, NIA
Fri 20th November – MANCHESTER, MEN
Sun 22nd November – CARDIFF, International Arena [Sold Out]
Mon 23rd November – SHEFFIELD, Arena
Newly added date
Wed 25th November – BOURNEMOUTH, BIC

Bournemouth date added Kasabian Expand UK Arena

Kasabian have confirmed Leicester indie giants details of an extra date on their forthcoming UK arena tour.
With Oasis out of action, Kasabian are preparing to step into their role as the UK's most raucous group.
Manchester band of the long time friend, Kasabian Noel Gallagher invited currently to join them on their forthcoming tour. Whether or not the Oasis man accepts, the new dates feature some of the biggest headline shows in their career.
Date with a opening is Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena Kasabian are set to travel across the country, playing two nights in Wembley Arena. Relishing their status as one of the UK's biggest acts, they group have now added an extra tour date.
Kasabian will now finish their UK tour on November 25th in Bournemouth's BIC venue. Show tickets will go on sale on Wednesday (October 7th).
One of the biggest years the new tour complete in the career of Kasabian. The band released their latest album 'West Ryder Pauper Asylum' to widespread acclaim and supported Oasis on an enormous UK tour.
Growing used to playing enormous arenas Kasabian also performed a handful of festival dates, with the band entertaining thousands of fans throughout the summer.
Kasabian are set to play the following shows:
November

10 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena11 Aberdeen AECC12 Glasgow SECC14 London Wembley Arena15 London Wembley Arena18 Nottingham Trent FM Arena19 Birmingham NIA20 Manchester MEN22 Cardiff International Arena23 Sheffield Arena25 Bournemouth BIC

Liam Gallagher Buzzing About Saving The Honeybees

Now that his brother has quit Oasis and kasabian is off possibly working with and likely lining up all sorts of cool, non Oasis stuff, Liam Gallagher has tapped into his softer side by throwing his support to the campaign to save Britain’s honeybees, which are slowly dying out.
The singer had become more aware of the bees dire condition after the use of honey helped him cure a throat virus that forced Oasis to pull out of the V Festival in August. It’s now a particular cause for Gallagher who is also lending his support to the new film The Vanishing of the Bees, set for release in the UK next week.
The Brit rocker even teamed up with a man wearing a giant bee outfit to promote the film this week.
Said Gallagher: “I like honey. If it weren’t for honey, I’d have a rough voice.”
If you weren’t aware, the bees are responsible for pollinating around 1/3 of the UK’s food; a further drop in the bee population could be bad news for the country’s agriculture industry. The cause remains unclear for the falling honeybee numbers, but scientists are focusing on increased use of pesticides and climate change as possible factors.