KAISER CHIEFS Release New Single "Falling Awake", North American Tour Dates Announced
LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE “FALLING AWAKE
After more than ten years, four albums, platinum record sales, a volley of top ten singles and three Brit Awards, it would have been simple for
Kaiser Chiefs to sit back and coast a while, to enjoy the warm glow of being one of Britain’s most cherished bands.
But in late 2012 there came a change: the departure of founding member and drummer Nick Hodgson, and thus the album Education, Education, Education & War began out of frustration. But in the days that followed, the sense of neutered creativity gave way to something thrilling and unleashed. By the end of that week, Rix recalls, they had “Nineteen or 20 ideas for songs.” And more importantly, Wilson says, “We had the spark that gave us hope.”
And since Education, Education, Education & War‘s release the band has shared that hopeful spark with audiences across the world; currently performing in South American stadiums with the Foo Fighters which will be followed by a select number of headlining stadium dates in the UK, the band will be returning to North America this April for a new run of tour dates with Portland-based alt-pop group Priory (see below).
But before they arrive on this side of the pond, fans get to hear the band’s latest stand-alone single, “Falling Awake”, today. Courtesy of an exclusive via PopMatters, you can listen to it HERE.
Tour Dates
4/20 – Victoria, BC – Distrikt#
4/21 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom#
4/22 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market#
4/24 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom#
4/25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern#
4/26 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues: San Diego#
4/28 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre#
4/30 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s: Outdoors#
5/1 – Dallas, TX – Trees#
5/2 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Main Room#
5/5 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall#
5/6 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant#
5/8 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
5/9 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle#
5/10 – Richmond, VA – The National#
5/12 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live#
5/13 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza#
5/15 – Boston, MA – House of Blues: Boston#
5/16 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre#
5/17 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre#
# = with Priory