KAISER CHIEFS - EXCLUSIVE LEEDS ACADEMY FOOTAGE

On October 8th 2008, just prior to the release of 'Off With Their Heads', the band previewed new material in their hometown at the opening night of the new Leeds Academy.

Babelgum is the broadcaster of the official video of the gig, as well as individual cuts of a selection of the tracks.

They also interviewed the band about their music - and about how it felt to play back home in Leeds.

Check it out here on Bablegum

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KAISER CHIEFS TO PLAY AUSTRALIAN V FESTIVAL

We are pleased to announce Kaiser Chiefs will be playing the V festivals across Australia starting in Sydney on March 28th.

Full dates are listed below

28-March 2009 V Festival, Sydney, Australia

 
29-March 2009 V Festival, Gold Coast, Australia

 
4-April 2009 V Festival, Melbourne, Australia
 

5-April 2009 V Festival, Perth, Australia

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GOOD DAYS BAD DAYS VIDEO PREMIERE TOMORROW NIGHT ON CHANNEL FOUR

The video for Good Days Bad Days will be premiered on Channel Four tomorrow night (19th November) at 11.50pm.

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PEANUT, SAO PAOLO, LA AND JAY LENO

We've made it to LA, but unfortunately we're a man down. We didn't want to make a drama out of it so we kept this quiet until now. Peanut had to have an operation to remove his appendix on Thursday, so he's been in a hospital in Brazil for a few days. The operation was a success, he's ok, and managed to play with us at Planeta Terra in Brazil on Saturday night, but he's unable to fly to USA until Wednesday.

Our concert in LA and TV appearance on The Jay Leno Show will go ahead. We didn't want to let LA down and its going to be a challenge, but between Roger Lyons (Peanut's tech) and James Hennin (Simon's tech) we'll deputise and make sure the show goes on! It will be our first ever gig missing one of the band. Something unique for LA. Peanut will be back for Chicago Metro on Thursday.

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VIDEO & SINGLE - "GOOD DAYS BAD DAYS"

The second single from "Off With Their Heads" is "Good Days Bad Days".
Full release information to follow soon, we're hoping to have a collectors picture disc edition on Vinyl. We have two new versions of the track so far, we've been working on a single mix to light up the airwaves (we hope) with producer/mix engineer Lexxx (who's worked on things as diverse as Madonna, Black Kids, Crystal Castles). Calvin Harris has also done a brilliant Club Remix for us. We're really pleased with it. You'll like both.
We're shooting the video to "Good Days Bad Days" next week in Sao Paolo with Alex Courtes, the man behind great videos like White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" and U2 "Elevation". We're excited to see how that turns out.

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XFM WINTER WONDERLAND CONFIRMED ARTIST

We are pleased to announce we will again be apart of XFM's Winter Wonderland along side Iglu and Hartly, White Lies, Ladyhawke, Ida Maria as well as another yet to be announced artist. The event takes place on the 2nd December at Brixton Academy.

These are fun packed nights and the best way to win tickets is to listen to XFM at XFM.co.uk

However a small amount of tickets will go on sale on 7th November from the XFM Exchange on the link above

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’Off With Their Heads’ Out Now in USA

US TAPULOUS CONTEST

Check out Kaiser Chiefs' "Never Miss a Beat" Yuksek Remix in the hottest iPhone game around, Tap Tap Revenge. This weekend, you have a chance to win an autographed copy of the new album, Off With Their Heads. One Grand Prize winner will win an exclusive vinyl edition, and an iPod Touch packed with Kaiser Chiefs tunes and videos. Get Tap Tap Revenge now, the contest ends Sunday. Check out the Tapulous blog for more info. Good luck!

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US COMPETITION - WIN TWO TICKETS PLUS PHOTO PASS FOR AN UPCOMING US DATE

Original Penguin Stores and Insound.com are running a competition for a chance to win two tickets to an upcoming US show, plus a photos pass and a prize pack including an LC-A+ Camera from Lomography, a $500 Original Penguin gift card & $30 gift card from Insound.com.

The competition covers the three shows listed below:

November 11th at the Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles.

November 13th at the Park West, Chicago.

November 15th at the Webster Hall, New York City.

You can also preview Kaiser Chiefs' New Album, "Off With Their Heads" at Original Penguin stores where they are running a special offer of Spend $200+ & Receive $50 off your purchase

October 25, 2008 - All day listening event at Original Penguin

Original Penguin Miami - 925 Lincoln Road

Original Penguin Dallas - Northpark Center Mall

Original Penguin Newport Beach - Fashion Island

Original Penguin Chicago - 901 N. Rush Street

Original Penguin New York - 1077 Avenue of the Americas

Original Penguin Los Angeles - 8215 Melrose Avenue

www.originalpenguin.com

www.lomography.com

www.insound.com

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KAISER CHIEFS TAKEOVER DROWNED IN SOUND

We've joined forces with the folks who helped us kick things off back at the start

The week of content includes:
- Nick provides a bands'-eye-view of the effects of P2P, albums leaking and reveals you only need to sell 82 twelve inches to top the vinyl chart!
- Peanut shares his love of photography (and is undeniably good!)
- A day in the life of Ricky Wilson and he shares his love of Radio
- Bassist Simon Rix on 3D Calculus(?!)
- A mixtape of songs which inspired new album 'Off With Their Heads'
- A "directors commentary"-esque track-by-track incite into 'Off...'

http://drownedinsound.com/users/Kaiser_Chiefs_Week

http://drownedinsound.com

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