Quick Catch Up With The Kaiser Chiefs
by Northern Life
One of Britain’s most treasured bands, the multi-award-winning Kaiser Chiefs will kick off their nationwide UK arena tour on the 2nd November in Swansea, with live favourites The Fratellis and The Sherlocks.
Formed in Leeds in 2000, Kaiser Chiefs are one of the leading bands of their generation. Fronted by the magnetic Ricky Wilson with Simon Rix on bass, Andrew ‘Whitey’ White on guitar, Nick ‘Peanut’ Baines on keyboards and drummer Vijay Mistry, the band were Mercury Prize nominated for their debut album, ‘Employment’ and went on to win three BRIT awards, an Ivor Novello award for Album of the Year, and have sold over eight million albums worldwide.
Kaiser Chiefs have solidly made their mark as heroes within the British music scene, with absolutely no sign of them slowing down. The band have released seven studio albums to date including chart-toppers, ‘Yours Truly, Angry Mob’ and ‘Education, Education, Education & War,’ plus their much-praised 2019 and Top 3 album ‘Duck’. Watch this space for new music to come. Kaiser Chiefs have also enjoyed multiple Top 10 singles including the infamous No.1 hit ‘Ruby’ plus anthems such as ‘Oh My God’, ‘I Predict A Riot’, ‘Every day I Love You Less and Less’ and ‘Never Miss A Beat’.
Featuring three of the most successful British guitar bands, these autumn 2022 UK arena shows are not to be missed. Each band are masters of their craft, their set-lists packed with hits and an unrivalled energy – nothing less than a ‘reyt good time’.
Kaiser Chiefs
Northern Life’s 3 Quickie Questions with the Kaiser Chiefs…
How excited are you about the tour?
Ricky Wilson: So, we’re going on tour in November. I’m pretty excited about it.
R: Do you think we’re still up for it? Cause, you know, sometimes you think ‘can we still do it?’ I can remember once, we played at a little place in Manchester – before Education, Education, Education & War came out – and we hadn’t done a show in a while and I can remember being in the bathroom, looking in the mirror and thinking to myself ‘Is it gonna happen? Is it still in there? Is it still, like, in my ability to do this?’ And then you walk out on stage and it all comes back to you.
And in terms of your outfit can you give us any clues?
R: It all depends what Vijay is wearing – he is my fashion inspiration.
V: You’re MY fashion inspiration!
R: I think we’re getting baggier!
V: We are getting baggier! Eventually we’ll end up like 1970s Elton with two pianos facing each other.
R: It’ll be like Billy Joel and Elton John …Dueling Pianos… Dueling Outfits? The thing is, we are a band, and we’re supposed to act like we don’t really care. But then you go and see someone like Kylie, who has like 15 outfit changes, and to be honest – I’m a little bit jealous! Literally outfit-wise, you have one shot for us! However, the moment that Vijay wears shorts and short fingerless gloves, and I have an outfit change, is when it’s gone too far!
When you are planning the shows, who’s planning the setlists?
R: Simon always does the setlist. I usually do the set design. But I don’t have to do that every day – that’s the difference between me and Simon.
V: I think he obsesses about it a bit much. I think his thing in life is to find the perfect setlist. He needs some more songs though…
R: It’s funny cause we have a setlist, and then he’ll make the smallest change which will be greeted by the biggest upset from various band members *laughs*. At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter – but we make it really matter on the day.
R: And if I’m not happy with the change then I’ll deliberately make it an awful show…*Laughing*. No, I won’t, I’ve never done that!
V: He’s in charge of all of us to an extent really as well – the only reason we’re here today is because he organised it for us.
KAISER CHIEFS, THE FRATELLIS & THE SHERLOCKS
NORTHERN TOUR DATES- NOVEMBER 2022
Mon 07 Nov 22 Newcastle O2 City Hall
Tue 08 Nov 22 Hull Bonus Arena
Thu 10 Nov 22 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
Fri 11 Nov 22 Glasgow OVO Hydro
Sat 12 Nov 22 Leeds First Direct Arena
Final remaining tickets are on-sale now via www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
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