New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Live Nation Entertainment) Multi-platinum selling rock band KINGS OF LEON released their hugely anticipated seventh studio album WALLS today on RCA Records. The album has already found critical acclaim with The New York Times calling it "timeless," Rolling Stone saying it's "Kings of Leon at their best," and Q Magazine calling the album "goosebump inducing" and "worth holding your breath for."
The Grammy Award winning group also announced a U.S. tour this morning on NBC's TODAY where they performed their new single "
Waste A Moment" for a packed courtyard audience. The first leg of the tour, promoted by Live Nation (except where noted below), will begin January 12th in
National Harbor, MD and route through major U.S. cities including New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Chicago before ending January 28th in Los Angeles.
Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, October 18th at 10am through Citi's
Private Pass Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
Tickets to the general public go on-sale Friday, October 21st. A full listing of tour dates is below.
2017 TOUR DATES:
Thursday, January 12 National Harbor, MD National Harbor
Friday, January 13 Boston, MA TD Bank Garden
Monday, January 16 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Thursday, January 19 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Friday, January 20 New York, NY Madison
Square Garden
Sunday, January 22 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
Monday, January 23 Chicago, IL United Center
Wednesday, January 25 Broomfield, CO 1stBANK Center*
Friday, January 27 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*
Saturday, January 28 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
*Non Live Nation promoted event
About
Kings of Leon
Since their debut in 2003,
Kings of Leon (Caleb (guitar/vocals), Nathan (drums), Jared (bass) and Matthew Followill (guitar)) have released six albums (Youth & Young Manhood (2003), Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004), Because of the Times (2007), Only by the Night (2008), Come Around Sundown (2010) and Mechanical Bull (2013)), sold over 18 million albums and over 24 million singles worldwide. The multi-platinum selling band has had five singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, all six of their studio albums on Billboard's Top 200 list and two singles that reached #1 on
Modern Rock radio. In addition, they have had seven Grammy Nominations, four Grammy Award wins, three NME Awards, two Brit Awards and one Juno Award. They have toured all over the world, playing at top venues and headlining major festivals such as Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and Glastonbury.
Kings of Leon is set to release their seventh studio album WALLS this fall.
For more information, visit www.kingsofleon.com
