
Capping off a monumental year, Kings of Leon is excited to announce the release of their first DVD - Kings of Leon:
Live At The O2 London, England, on November 10, 2009 (Blu Ray release on November 24).
Produced by Emer Patten and directed by Nick Wickham, it captures the band performing at the top of their game in front of 18,000 fans on June 30, 2009, one of a three-night stint that sold out within one hour of tickets going on sale. These shows were some of the biggest of the band’s career in the country that was the first to embrace them, and the symbolism and excitement is accurately portrayed in the DVD.
The tracklisting for the DVD is as follows:
Notion
Be Somebody
Taper Jean Girl
My Party
Molly's Chambers
Red Morning Light
Fans
California Waiting
Milk
Closer
Crawl
Four Kicks
Charmer
Sex on Fire
The Bucket
On Call
Cold Desert
Use Somebody
Slow Night, So Long
Knocked Up
Manhattan
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On October 11, bidding will open for a unique piece of Kings of Leon memorabilia - A framed and autographed plectrum and message from the band. All proceeds from the auction go to benefit the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity. Learn more about the Very Important Plectrums auction here.
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Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy promotes health, well-being and social inclusion through the skilled use of music with individuals, groups and communities who are challenged by disability, illness or injustice.
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RCA Records is very proud to announce that Kings of Leon's single "Use Somebody" has hit the #1 spot on the Top 40 Radio charts in both airplay and audience. Amazingly, this is happening exactly one year after the album Only By The Night was released. At this point, with all the radio "Use Somebody" is getting in all the formats, the song is reaching a cumulative audience of 100 million on the Hot 100. The album has sold 1.3 million copies in America to date.
Kings of Leon are in the middle of a triumphant North American arena tour that will come to an end in the states on October 16 in Nashville, TN. This weekend they will be headlining the prestigious Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Only By The Night was released on September 23, 2008 and debuted in the top five on the Billboard top 200 and #1 at iTunes. The band were nominated for three Grammys and won their first for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals" for "Sex On Fire," which was #1 on Billboard magazine's Modern Rock chart for nine weeks in a row. "Use Somebody," which has now sold over one million tracks, was #1 at Modern Rock for three weeks straight and is currently one of the biggest rock crossovers of the year at pop radio with its position solid at #1. Appearances on the covers of Rolling Stone and SPIN, and performances on Saturday Night Live, The Today Show's summer concert series on Rockefeller Plaza, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien have all helped give the band the biggest selling record of their career as well as put them in front of more fans than ever before.
Remaining dates of the fall tour are below:
SEPTEMBER 2009
30 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
OCTOBER 2009
02 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
03 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
06 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
07 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
09 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
10 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena
13 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
16 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
20 - Guadalajara, MEX - Telmex Arena
22 - Mexico City, MEX - Sports Arena
24 - Monterrey, MEX - Arena Monterrey
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