Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend join iTunes Festival line-up
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Kings of Leon Tickets The line-up for the iTunes Festival has added some more massive names with
Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend joining the already star-studded bill. Already announced for the month of free gigs at London's Roundhouse in Camden were Queens of the Stone Age, 30 Seconds To Mars, Jake Bugg, Justin Timberlake and many more.
Kings of Leon will play the iTunes Festival on 11 September, while Vampire Weekend will bring their latest LP Modern Vampires of the City to the Roundhouse stage on 15 September. To be in with a chance of winning free tickets to the shows, visit here. Vampire Weekend are set to headline a show at the iTunes Festival in SeptemberVampire Weekend will also be playing at next week's Glastonbury Festival before they play the O2 Academy in Bournemouth on 27 June and Portsmouth Guildhall on 28 June.For information visit Gigwise Gig Tickets. Below - Glastonbury festival 2013: The most annoying clashes
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... well as via iTunes online or with Apple TV. UK fans can win tickets using the iTunes Festival app and the iTunes Store as well as select media partners including Channel 4, Global Radio and Metro. The current line-up for the iTunes festival 2013: Sept 02 - Sigur Rós Sept 04 - Paramore Sept 05 - Rizzle Kicks Sept 06 - Queens of The Stone Age Sept 07 - Phoenix Sept 08 -
Kings of Leon Sept 15 - Vampire Weekend Sept 16 - Jack Johnson + Bahamas Sept 17 - Ludovico Einaudi Sept 18 - Thirty Seconds to Mars Sept 20 - Primal Scream Sept 23 - Jessie J Sept 29 - Justin Timberlake
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... on sale on Friday. The event will raise funds for The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. Stephenlawrence.org.uk Watch Local Natives' new video for You & I (out 15 July). The full line-up and venue breakdown for East End Live on 13 July featuring Toy, Pere Ubu, Charlie Boyer & more, has been announced. Qthemusic.com Today's Track Of The Day is Ladyhawke with Sunday Drive That's it for today. Music News Daily returns tomorrow at lunchtime. Arctic Monkeys unveil new single & possible Glasto opener,
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Kings of Leon
(1999-)
Caleb Followill (vocals, guitar)
Nathan Followill (drums)
Jared Followill (bass)
Matthew Followill (guitar)
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All of their album titles have five syllables. The band claim that the first three (Youth and Young Manhood, Aha Shake Heartbreak and Because of the Times) were coincidence, but they've superstitiously kept it going with Only by the Night.
Caleb has claimed that "
Sex on Fire" took the longest time to write of any that he's released. Said Caleb: "I kind of wrote it when I was drunk. I didn't want it to be too cliché and too corny. I knew the hook so I wrote one song about two people that hated the sight of each other but the sex was so good that they couldn't stay away. And then I wrote one that was just way too explicit. I just kind of tried to find a happy medium there somewhere."
They have many high-profile fans: Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Kelly Jones of Stereophonics are some who have sung the band's praises, with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse praising the band's production ethic on Aha Shake Heartbreak: "I understand there was very little overdubbing on that record. Even the vocals were live. It hurts me how psyched that makes me."
The band all use their middle names: the members are correctly named Anthony Caleb Followill, Michael Jared Followill, Ivan Nathan Followill and Cameron Matthew Followill.
With nothing but a Led Zeppelin boxed set, Nathan says, "We kidnapped our cousin from Mississippi, told his mom he was coming for the week and just never let him go home. We locked ourselves in the basement with an ounce of marijuana and literally spent a month down there. My mom would bring us food. And at the end of that month the label people came and we had 'Molly's Chambers,' 'California Waiting,' 'Wicker Chair' and 'Holy Roller Novocaine.'" Let's hope they thanked their Mom - both for the food and for ignoring the pot smell.
Radiohead guitarist, Ed O' Brien, especially likes the band. "I don't get jealous when I see other bands," he said, "but when I see them I think, 'Man, I'd love to be in that band'. They're young... they remind me of the Bunnymen or something like that. They're growing, they're evolving. They're amazing players, the drummer, he's amazing. They're all great, but he's really special."
Before every concert, the band huddles together to sing a gospel song called Just A Little Talk With Jesus : "Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turning/And you know a little fire is burning/ You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right."
The band's childhood tale of being Pentecostal kids on the road is a well-worn one, but less acknowledged is the fact that their preacher father – far from being the stern evangelist – would crank up Rolling Stones and Bad Company cassettes in the car when their mother wasn't with them.
In the early days of Kings of Leon, the band and the road crew referred to Caleb as "Rooster" after the legendary John Wayne character because he overly indulged in alcohol and was prone to get into fights.
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