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Kings of Leon

June 2024

  • Weirdly charismatic … Caleb Followill on stage at First Direct Arena, Leeds.

    Kings of Leon review – mesmeric power from masters of the restrained anthem

    The newly invigorated band have a rare gift for stadium-sized rock that is refreshingly understated, delivering a 27-song set of triumphs

May 2024

  • Kings of Leon

    Kings of Leon: Can We Please Have Fun review – polished but tired

    The Nashville rockers still sound great, but their lyrics seem bereft of ideas

July 2022

  • Stuart Daulman, comedian

    The funniest things on the internet
    Stuart Daulman: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    This comedian loves ‘super silly’ humour – so enjoy a fake Bunnings ad, scary Ainsley Harriott and 10 hours of Gandalf dancing

June 2022

  • Kings of Leon performing at First Direct Arena, Leeds.

    Kings of Leon review – lax crowd wasted on a band at their best

    The Nashville rockers are perhaps doomed to be seen as aloof, but in honouring their 20-year history they now have huge depth and range

March 2021

  • Rapper Azealia Banks recently sold an audio sex tape for $17,000 via NFTs.

    How non-fungible tokens became the latest tech speculation bubble

  • Kings of Leon

    Kings of Leon: When You See Yourself review – not much to look at

  • Kings of Leon publicity shot

    Kings of Leon to release new album as a non-fungible token

  • More at ease … from left, Nathan, Matthew, Caleb and Jared Followill, whose new album is called When You See Yourself

    Kings of Leon: 'There are no punches being thrown any more!'

August 2018

  • Kings of Leon.

    Bringing sexy back: how porn bots co-opted Kings of Leon’s biggest hit

  • Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, with his flamethrowing bass guitar.

    Reading and Leeds festival review – glittery GCSE blowout has most diverse lineup yet

May 2018

  • Composite summer festivals: (clockwise, from top left) Alanis Morisette, Childish Gambino, Janelle Monáe and James Taylor.

    The best US summer festival lineups: from Janelle Monáe to James Taylor

  • Kings Of Leon at Reading Festival 2009.

    Festivals 2018
    Zane Lowe v Beyoncé, Lilly Allen v Alex Turner: the cringiest festival TV moments

October 2017

  • Alexis Petridis

    Tom Petty: the rock star who was a music fan as much as a musician

    Alexis Petridis
    He was the master of mainstream rock songwriting with heart and brains, with a back catalogue that rang through the ages

July 2017

  • 2016 Governors Ball Music Festival - Day 1<br>NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 03: The Strokes perform onstage during the 2016 Governors Ball Music Festival at Randall's Island on June 3, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for Governors Ball)

    Book of the day
    Meet Me in the Bathroom review – were the Strokes the last real rock stars?

    Lizzy Goodman’s oral history beautifully captures the guitar rock scene in New York from 2001 to 2011, a flashbulb moment before everything changed

February 2017

  • Kings Of Leon, perform at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 27th February 2017

    Kings of Leon review – your chemistry is not on fire

  • Lil Yachty

    Lil Yachty and Pet Shop Boys: this week’s best UK rock and pop gigs

October 2016

  • Hot ticket … Kings of Leon perform at 229, London.

    Music blog
    Kings of Leon go back to their roots – and back to their potent best

    The Nashville band cut loose in a secret gig at London’s 229 to deliver their most spirited performance in a decade. Could their decision to play smaller venues touring album Walls recapture why they started playing rock in the first place?
  • Kings of Leon 2016

    Kings of Leon: WALLS review – it should be utterly horrendous

    The band once hailed as the ‘southern Strokes’ have been given a slick 80s makeover
  • Kings of Leon

    Kings of Leon: Walls review – packed with arena-sized choruses

August 2014

  • Mandatory Credit: Photo by SYSPEO/SIPA/REX (2745228d) Skrillex 'Rock You Festival', Antibes, France - 29 Jul 2012 'ROCK YOU FESTIVAL' ANTIBES FRANCE 29 JUL 2012 SKRILLEX CONCERT SONNY JOHN MOORE Music Alone Male Performing Personality 18601799

    Listen up
    Lollapalooza Sunday livestream: Skrillex, Kings of Leon and Chance the Rapper

    All this weekend, we’re livestreaming Lollapalooza from Chicago, in conjunction with Red Bull TV. The live music starts at 8pm BST, but there’s video on demand the whole time
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