Kings of Leon First Week News
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 KINGS OF LEON NEW RECORD, ONLY BY THE NIGHT, EXPLODING IN THE UK; SET TO ENTER THE CHARTS NEXT WEEK AT #1
"SEX ON FIRE" SINGLE #1 FOR TWO WEEKS
ALBUM #1 AT iTUNES IN AMERICA
RCA Records is incredibly excited to announce that Kings of Leon's new record, Only By The Night, has sold an astonishing number of units already in the United Kingdom after just 2 days at retail, thus putting it on target to debut at #1 next week. The first single from the new album, "Sex on Fire," has sold well over 100k units since its release on September 8th, making it the #1 single for two weeks straight, with a third week on top looking likely. All three of the band's previous records have now re-entered the top 50.
All of this occurred while the band was in America, taking New York City by storm. Two powerful, high-profile television appearances on Saturday Night Live and the Late Show with David Letterman as well as a sold-out, rare underplay for the lucky few at Webster Hall and the release of the Spin cover on top of all the incredible news coming from overseas helped fuel a celebratory six days during which the band seems to have entered a new phase of their career in this country. "Sex on Fire," already a #20 modern rock record and climbing rapidly, is the band's highest charting radio single in the US so far. Also, within a day of release, Only By The Night is #1 at iTunes and the label is expecting a top-10 debut on the Billboard top 200.
The early reviews for Only By The Night have been stellar. Vanity Fair hails the new record as "a big leap forward and genuinely ups the ante," while Spin, in its four-star review, says that the band "still rule with a messy hand, applying rough magic and blurry, slurred imagery to their swashbuckling rock." Rolling Stone says the new record displays "arena-ready largeness" and calls the band "rock heroes" In the UK, Uncut magazine gives the record "Album of the Month" honors and exclaims, "the Kings of Leon aren't impersonating the greats, they're competing with them on an increasingly level playing field." The Observer Music Monthly in its glowing, five-out-of-five-star review salutes the new record as it "boogies, choogles and howls at the moon -- no irony intended, no guilt entertained."
Only By The Night was recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King. It is a bold and expansive sonic statement that looks set to solidify Kings of Leon's position as one of the most important international acts of 2008 and beyond.
The North American tour begins October 11 at The Joint in Las Vegas, NV. On October 14, the band will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The tour dates are as follows:
October (w/We Are Scientists and The Stills)
11 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
12 San Diego, CA House of Blues
15 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre
17 and 18 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
20 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
21 Portland, OR Schnitzer Hall
23 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium
25 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
26 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Events Center
28 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
29 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
31 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
November (w/We Are Scientists and The Whigs)
1 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
3 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
5 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom
7 Toronto, ONT Kool Haus
8 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
10 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
12 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
13 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
15 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Ballroom
16 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Ballroom
18 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
19 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Last edited by altsounds : September 27, 2008 at 01:59 AM.
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