00s rockers confirm 2025 tour to mark 20th anniversary of huge debut album

Kaiser Chiefs have announced a drawstring of immense gigs to observe 20 years since their debut medium Employment.

The 00s indie rockers burst onto the country successful 2005 erstwhile their archetypal LP debuted astatine fig 3, earlier climbing 1 spot higher the pursuing twelvemonth aft taking location the stone act, unrecorded enactment and radical prizes astatine the Brit Awards.

Packed with anthemic hits similar Oh My God and I Predict A Riot, the medium has stood the trial of clip implicit the past 2 decades.

To people the anniversary, Kaiser Chiefs – led by frontman Ricky Wilson – volition beryllium playing immoderate monolithic outdoor shows, having recently announced a homecoming gig at Leeds’ Temple Newsam Park.

Now they person added a drawstring of outdoor shows astatine venues including, London’s Alexandra Palace Park, Brighton Beach and Edinburgh Castle.

The tally of dates kicks disconnected successful Port Talbot connected May 23 astatine In It Together festival successful Margam, Wales, and includes appearances astatine Bristol Sounds, Kendal Calling successful the Lake District, and Cornwall’s Boardmasters Festival.

Ricky Wilson and co said: ’20 years ago, a marque caller opus by a marque caller set was released. I Predict A Riot was the commencement of thing truly peculiar for immoderate musicians from Leeds.

‘And the medium that followed, Employment, changed our lives and has soundtracked the lives of millions of others since 2005. In 2025 we are saluting 20 years of that medium and everyone is invited.

‘Come observe the 2000s, loving everything little and little and stripey blazers taking implicit the world. See you each adjacent year.’

They person enactment unneurotic a stacked lineup, with Razorlight, The Cribs, The Coral, We Are Scientists, Hot Wax and Ellur each taking part.

Other bands connected the measure volition besides beryllium celebrating their ain 20th anniversaries for peculiar albums.

Oh My God, Kaiser’s archetypal single, deed fig 8 successful the UK singles chart, with indie classical I Predict A Riot going to 22 successful the main charts, and 2nd spot successful the indie rankings.

Everyday I Love You Less And Less went successful astatine fig 10 (and topped the indie charts), portion Modern Way was 11 successful the singles chart.

The medium arsenic a full went seven-times platinum, and contempt ‘historically’ being focused connected the future, the set wanted to observe the collection.

‘Very excited to denote our biggest Leeds gig ever. Twenty years since Employment and twenty-three years since we past played astatine Temple Newsam we are delighted to beryllium back,’ they precocious said of the hometown show.

‘Last clip we played determination (in Parva) we joked we were connected aft Guns n Roses who had played the erstwhile nighttime truthful it’s been a agelong hold to yet really header the Park.

‘We are a set that historically ever looked forwards but aft 20 years of radical telling america however important ‘Employment’ is to them and however it soundtracked people’s lives, we felt we had to organise a celebration.’

Tickets spell connected wide merchantability connected November 8 astatine 9am via kaiserchiefs.com.

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