{"id":29662,"date":"2017-08-25T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T11:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=29662"},"modified":"2017-08-25T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T11:54:31","slug":"kasabian-announce-12-date-uk-eire-tour-ahead-of-new-single-iii-ray-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/08\/kasabian-announce-12-date-uk-eire-tour-ahead-of-new-single-iii-ray-the-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasabian Announce 12 Date UK &#038; Eire Tour Ahead Of New Single &#8216;III Ray (The King)&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29663\" style=\"width: 2953px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/08\/kasabian-announce-12-date-uk-eire-tour-ahead-of-new-single-iii-ray-the-king\/kasabian-live-neil-bedford-low\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Kasabian-Live-Neil-Bedford-low.jpg?fit=2953%2C1953&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2953,1953\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1501354400&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Neil Bedford&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kasabian Live &amp;#8211; Photo Credit: Neil Bedford\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kasabian Live &amp;#8211; Photo Credit: Neil Bedford&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Kasabian-Live-Neil-Bedford-low.jpg?fit=640%2C423&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29663\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Kasabian-Live-Neil-Bedford-low.jpg?resize=640%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kasabian Live - 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