Thanks to our friends at Kasabian Japan, we can now exclusively share the Japanese bonus track for Happenings – Coming Back To Me Good [Acoustic Version].
The track is an acoustic rendition of the lead single from Happenings, recorded at The Sergery. Read more about the track here and listen below!
The Official Charts company have confirmed this evening that Kasabian have secured their seventh consecutive number 1 album in the UK, spanning from the release of Empire, up to the most recent album, ‘Happenings’.
‘Happenings’ toppled Taylor Swift’s album, ‘The Tortured Poet’s Department’, which has dominated the charts for the past ten weeks, with eight of those weeks spent at number one.
In a video posted to social media, Serge said; “Thank you to our fans – the greatest in the world. We are nothing without you, we adore you, thank you so much. Seven on the spin!”
Happenings is has also topped the vinyl and record store charts.
The Official Charts Company have revealed this evening in the midweek charts update that Kasabian are currently on course to secure their seventh consecutive number 1 album with Happenings. Kasabian are currently out-selling their nearest competition, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poet’s Department 2:1.
Despite being ahead in the midweek charts, the race is far from won. In the last few weeks, Taylor Swift has deployed some underhand tactics to usurp other artists in a similar position to Kasabian – Most notably, releasing a UK exclusive version of her new album to derail Charli XCX’s campaign to land her second number 1 album with Brat.
Kasabian have multiple versions of Happenings available to buy, all of which can be found on the Happenings page on Kasabian Archive.
Also, do not forget that all physical copies of the album contain bonus introduction track, A Happening, as well as many formats coming signed by the band.
The Official UK charts close at 23:59 on Thursday 11 July, and we’ll find out how Kasabian did on the charts come Friday afternoon. Stay tuned for more updates, and make sure you stream Happenings!
Hot on the heels of the brand new album, ‘Happenings’, Kasabian have today announced the UK arena leg of the album’s tour, with stops in Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Manchester.
The tour kicks off at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham, before heading to Glasgow’s Hydro, and then London’s O2 Arena before finishing at Manchester’s brand new arena, Co-op Live. This will be Kasabian’s first ever performance at Co-op Live, which is also the biggest indoor arena in Europe
8 November: bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham (formerly Resorts World Arena)
9 November: OVO Hydro, Glasgow
15 November: The O2 Arena, London
16 November: Co-Op Live, Manchester
Tickets go on general sale next Wednesday, 10 July at 10am, however, various pre-sales will happen, details of which can be found below. Across the tour, tickets start at £40, with the most expensive tickets hitting £75.
To access the Kasabian pre-sale, you have to order any copy of Happenings from the official Kasabian store before 3PM BST on Sunday 7 July.
Birmingham:
Kasabian pre-sale: Monday 8 July at 9:30 am
General sale: Wednesday 10 July at 9:30am
Glasgow:
OVO pre-sale: Monday 8 July at 9:30 am
Kasabian pre-sale: Monday 8 July at 9:30 am
General sale: Wednesday 10 July at 9:30 am
London:
O2 Priority pre-sale: Monday 8 July at 9:30 am
Kasabian pre-sale: Monday 8 July at 9:30 am
General sale: Wednesday 10 July at 9:30 am
Manchester:
Co-op pre-sale: Monday 8 July at 9:30 am
Kasabian pre-sale: Monday 8 July at 9:30 am
General sale: Wednesday July at 9:30 am
Serge appeared tonight on Cbeebies’ Bedtime Stories, reading Lucy Rowland’s ‘Unicorns Don’t Love Sparkles’.
The show was recorded backstage at Glastonbury festival, ahead of Kasabian’s surprise set on Saturday 19 June. The show is available to stream through BBC iPlayer, or on Kasabian Archive.
Attentive viewers may notice what Serge is wearing – The yellow and black striped pyjamas from the Nobody Else video.
Welcome to Kasabian Archive. This is day one of the public launch of a site made from over a year of every evening and weekend of hard work from us. Please enjoy the site, and have fun exploring.
Due to the sheer amount of information and content Kasabian has produced over the past 20+ years, the site isn’t entirely complete yet. However, there is a very healthy selection of content to explore on the site, including both audio and video recordings of live sets.
Where possible, all of the video sets on the site are embedded from YouTube. However, where some sets have been restricted, we have embedded these sets from another source so you will be able to watch sets that you can’t find on YouTube.
All of the audio recordings are hosted directly on the site – Almost like a dedicated Kasabian streaming service! The audio content, however, doesn’t stop at live sets. We have a load of remixes, demos, and rarities for you to discover.
Kasabian Archive also has a selection of magazine articles for you to read, which we have also extracted the text from, to help it a little easier for you to read. You’ll also discover a selection of interviews, in both audio and video form, on the site, which we have transcribed for ease of access.
There is a lot more to discover on Kasabian Archive, so we hope you enjoy exploring the site.
We have also set up some e-mail inboxes for you to contact us;
[email protected] – For general contact with us. If you want to say hi, pitch us an idea or give us some feedback!
[email protected] – If you notice anything wrong with the site, please get in touch with us and let us know so we can fix it.
[email protected] – Do you have something that isn’t on the site? Please get in touch so we can add it
As always, you can find us on our regular social channels, most notably Instagram and YouTube.
Thank you for joining us and supporting this project. Please have fun with the site – Get loose, get loose!
