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Kings of Britain: demand forces Leon boys to extend tour
TheBoyDeadly by TheBoyDeadly March 15th, 2007

The British public loves Kings of Leon so much they've been forced to add extra dates to their forthcoming Spring tour.

After adding the April 16th Blackpool show to the tour roster last month, the brothers Followill have just announced extra shows at Cardiff, Bournemouth and London.

Here are the dates; the new ones proudly boasting sparkly asterisks:

April
14 Swindon Oasis
15 Plymouth Pavilions
16 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
18 London Hammersmith Apollo
19 Birmingham Academy
20 Manchester Apollo
22 Newcastle Academy
23 Doncaster Dome
24 Glasgow Academy

July
4 Bournemouth International Arena *
5 Cardiff International Arena *
7 Co. Kildare Oxegen Festival
8 Kinross T In The Park
12 London Hammersmith Apollo *

* = newly added date

The band's next album, Because of the Times, is released here on April 2nd.



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