Kings of Leon arena tour.

[t8yman]

Blimey, don't hurt yourself when you climb off your horse.

Not everyone can be so cool that they only like small bands.

Edited September 10, 2010 by t8yman

[ampersand]

how can you call them a sheep band who will be around for only a year or so more. then compare them to oasis and u2

[t8yman]

how can you call them a sheep band who will be around for only a year or so more. then compare them to oasis and u2

[adustlandfairytale]

OI! Don't play T in the Park! But play the academy again! that was a good gig in 2007

But seen as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland aint part of the UK, England enjoy them.

[Sparticus]

I dont only like small bands. I grew up on metallica, ac/dc, maiden, megadeth etc, I can just spot a fad band from a mile off, and KoL are a fad band. They have no longevity. They are milking the success of sex on fire and that other song they had. and anyone who falls for it it gonna pay whatever they ask for tickets. The minute the BBC starts using your music for trails and montages - you know you are a fad band.

[t8yman]

They're not a fad band by any means. They built up a solid fanbase with the three albums previously. Initially they were hyped as they were the Gallagher's favourite new band and got a huge sunset slot at glastonbury off the back of this, but that was in 03/04, half a decade before they blew up.

What makes kings of leon different to most fad bands is that their solidly built fanbase coincided with an album that was "more mainstream" and appealed to the masses (Again, natural progression since the third album was noticely more polished than the previous two). We're so used to bands either having a hit single and then being gone/ their stock having plummeted within three years (Looking at you franz ferdinand, razorlight) or bands that get the glass ceiling syndrome (such as qotsa, always the bridesmaid never the bride, will be second at a festival but never a headliner), that it's almost unbelievable that a band can work their way up the ranks and that it will actually pay off.

Quick bit of googling says they did an arena tour in late 07, best part of a year before the fourth record was out. Whilst it never hurts having a hit single, their success is due to a culmination of factors, and not simply riding the success of two extremely popular songs.

[pink_triangle]

I'm afraid you are deluded. I am aware they had a solid fanbase, but not a great deal more than a band like qotsa. The 2 big singles are what got the dinner party set involved, and blasted them into hyperspace. If they dont come up with a new "Sex on Fire" the dinner party people will desert them, and the old fanbase will have gone. Mark my words.

[sums98]

I got tickets for Manchester..regardless of what anybody else says...I am looking forward to it..I have always enjoyed them as a live band...

[ampersand]

I got tickets for Manchester..regardless of what anybody else says...I am looking forward to it..I have always enjoyed them as a live band...

[sums98]

how dare you spend your earned money on a band you like

[rexclark]

daft punk or pulp, you'd pay it and you know it

[fraser_k]

Compared to £45 for Blur at Hyde Park, £55 for KoL is a joke!

[jump]

Are they at least gonna get 2/3 decent support bands on the tour though?

[Guest musiclove123]

Heard the new single-I was not impressed. Sounds rather boring.

[rexclark]

Heard the new single-I was not impressed. Sounds rather boring.

[ampersand]

Fearne Cotton played it twice in an hour on her show, but she's a c**t.

[pink_triangle]

Looking on seetickets it doesnt look like they are having any trouble shifting tickets at the price they set. I find this whole idea of pricing fans out funny. As every band makes the transition from small to big venues, some fans will be priced out, afterr all they arent charities. I suspect people would think its fair enough to see bands that they enjoy for £30 on an arena tour. The fact is kings of leon have probably sold twice as many albums and have twice as many people who want to see them. Its no different than the bigger football sides charging more money.

Kings of leon are no different to the likes of elton john, madonna, metallica, take that etc, the demand is there so the tickets are priced accordingly. I think people are naive to think that when their favourite bands decide ticket prices they put much consideration into ensuring fans can afford tickets. If your favourite bands not charging £60 a ticket its probably because the cant not that they wouldnt want to. I find peoples attitude to kings of leon funny. People criticise their new fans for following the crowd but these people are just following the crowd themselves by turning against a band when they have commerical success. I bet loads of the haters wouldnt mind sex on fire if it wasnt a hit.

[Smally]

I've always found KOL to be boring since hearing molly's chamber when it first came out. I'm a trendsetter omg.

[sifi]

I like KOL. Their earlier albums are better mind.

I like acca dacca. Their earlier albums are better mind.

[ampersand]

I like KOL. Their earlier albums are better mind.

I like acca dacca. Their earlier albums are better mind.

[philipsteak]

you have just written the book on being cool.

i liked 'i wanna hold your hand'. then they just got shit.

i liked 'blowin in the wind'. then he just got shit.

etc etc..

[ampersand]

But what if someone actually does like a bands earlier stuff and then isn't so keen on their newer stuff. Which is exactly how I am with KOL. And I'm really not cool. And I've never tried to be.

[philipsteak]

well then you're cool without knowing it. the best kind!

[stylishkids]

Looking on seetickets it doesnt look like they are having any trouble shifting tickets at the price they set. I find this whole idea of pricing fans out funny. As every band makes the transition from small to big venues, some fans will be priced out, afterr all they arent charities. I suspect people would think its fair enough to see bands that they enjoy for £30 on an arena tour. The fact is kings of leon have probably sold twice as many albums and have twice as many people who want to see them. Its no different than the bigger football sides charging more money.

Kings of leon are no different to the likes of elton john, madonna, metallica, take that etc, the demand is there so the tickets are priced accordingly. I think people are naive to think that when their favourite bands decide ticket prices they put much consideration into ensuring fans can afford tickets. If your favourite bands not charging £60 a ticket its probably because the cant not that they wouldnt want to. I find peoples attitude to kings of leon funny. People criticise their new fans for following the crowd but these people are just following the crowd themselves by turning against a band when they have commerical success. I bet loads of the haters wouldnt mind sex on fire if it wasnt a hit.

Edited September 12, 2010 by stylishkids

[swede]

Im a KOL fan (shock horror, awaits abuse), Ive found the progression of the band from YAYM upto OBTN to be quite a natural progression. If you find yourself in a position to try and become a massive band then your music is going to become more polished and mainstream, which has happened along the way. That been said when I first saw the prices of the tickets I nearly spat my coffee all over my computer screen, its a scandalous price to be asking, no band should think they can charge that for a gig when a festival ticket in comparison costs around £200 and thats three days of full music. I also think the new single and video is probably the worst things theyve ever done, the songs weak and the video is soo cringe worthy.