Kasabian back in Birmingham
They're used to headlining arenas or massive festivals like V. But fans will get a rare chance to get up close and personal with Leicester rockers Kasabian when they headline Birmingham's O2 on Thursday.
Fans will get a chance to hear tracks from their new album, For Crying Out Loud, which is released in April. It's their first record since 2014's 48.13.
Guitarist and songwriter Serge Pizzorno says: "In May, the record was done but I'd never had any time off so I thought, 'You know what? I'm going to have the summer off for the first time in my life.
"It was incredible. I got married, went on holiday for ages and just lived a bit. When I came back in September I decided to graffiti over everything. I'd done everything on an acoustic for the first time and had these beautiful, crafting tunes but started graffiting over the lot, just taking it to another level. I wrote another tune, which is incredible, and then two weeks later I wrote one of the best tunes I've ever written.
There are other big tunes for fans to look forward to: "There's a tune…its working title is 'Ill Ray (The King). Like, 'Ray down the local's not very well, he's always ill, but he's the king,' you know? It sounds like Beastie Boys and Northern soul with a Justice kind of vibe. Pretty exciting, that. It's a fighting song. Everyone knows a geezer with the ponytail and that sort of leather jacket slumped over in the pub. We all know that dude."
Frontman Tom Meighan says he was thrilled by the album."Serge played me the demos and I was 'woah' It's nothing like 48:13. There's no interludes or any of that."
