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The Kooks Announce New Tour

14 June 2011

The band are back with new material that's "heavier"...

A new track from The Kooks is available as a free download after it got its first play on Xfm last night (13 June)...

But 'Saboteur' is NOT going to be on the band's new album 'Junk of the Heart' - which is out in September.

Speaking to Lliana Bird on the 02 Evening Show, Luke from the band said their sound has changed somewhat while they've been away.

"We still have the roots of The Kooks, but we have moved on a lot. 'Saboteur' is kind of like a Queen song to me, it's heavier than we've been before.

"We been listening to a lot of those kind of prog rock bands, so the album definitely has some kind of pyschedelia to it."

Listen to the full interview below...

The band have also announced some new tour dates:

September 30 Barrowlands, Glasgow
October 1 Academy, Manchester
October 3 O2 Academy, Newcastle
October 4 City Hall, Hull
October 5 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
October 7 Guildhall, Portsmouth
October 8 O2 Academy, Birmingham
October 9 O2 Academy, Leeds
October 11 O2 Brixton Academy, London

Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday 17 June - see www.xfm.co.uk/gigs for details.

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