{"id":56647,"date":"2019-10-22T09:33:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T08:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=56647"},"modified":"2019-10-22T09:33:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T08:33:33","slug":"kasabian-announce-massive-hometown-show-solstice-ii-at-leicesters-victoria-park-june-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/kasabian-announce-massive-hometown-show-solstice-ii-at-leicesters-victoria-park-june-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasabian Announce Massive Hometown Show &#8216;Solstice II&#8217; At Leicester&#8217;s Victoria Park June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What promises to be one of the highlights of 2020, Kasabian have announced a massive hometown show at Leicester\u2019s Victoria Park for June 20th, six years on from their triumphant first show at the venue. It\u2019s their first outdoor UK show since their massive Isle of Wight headline set and their first UK show since a raucous Brixton Academy set in 2018.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the only UK show Kasabian will play next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently working on new music, the UK\u2019s best and biggest rock band, are eager to return to Leicester next summer. Kasabian main man Serge Pizzorno recently released his critically acclaimed trippy solo record under the moniker The S.L.P. Newly revitalized, he is looking forward to making studio magic once again with Kasabian: singer Tom Meighan, bassist Chris Edwards, drummer Ian Matthews and guitarist Tim Carter.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/kasabian-announce-massive-hometown-show-solstice-ii-at-leicesters-victoria-park-june-2020\/kasabian-admat-new\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kasabian-Admat-New.jpg?fit=1240%2C1754&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1240,1754\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Kasabian Admat New\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kasabian-Admat-New.jpg?fit=640%2C905&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kasabian-Admat-New.jpg?resize=640%2C905&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"905\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tickets go on-sale at 9am on October 25th and are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenation.co.uk\/artist\/kasabian-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kasabian have five UK #1 albums to their name and have sold over 5.5 million albums worldwide. They\u2019ve won a Brit, seven NME awards, four Q Awards and have headlined Glastonbury Festival, as well as V Festival, T in the Park, Reading and Leeds Festival and numerous festivals worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Serge said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We\u2019re absolutely buzzing to be able to put on Solstice II in our home town of Leicester. Anyone who came last time would know how special it was and to get the opportunity to do it again is beyond a dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Kasabian online on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasabian.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What promises to be one of the highlights of 2020, Kasabian have announced a massive hometown show at Leicester\u2019s Victoria Park for June 20th, six years on from their triumphant first show at the venue. It\u2019s their first outdoor UK show since their massive Isle of Wight headline set and their first UK show since a raucous Brixton Academy set in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264,7,12133],"tags":[10083,131,2945,2877,12,5799,23200],"class_list":["post-56647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-music","category-news","tag-announcement","tag-concert","tag-kasabian","tag-leicester","tag-music","tag-news","tag-solstice-ii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-eJF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61716,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/04\/kasabian-cancel-june-20-leicester-victoria-park-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":56647,"position":0},"title":"Kasabian Cancel June 20 Leicester Victoria Park Show","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"19\/04\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"What promised to be one of the highlights of 2020, Kasabian have had to cancel their hometown show at Leicester\u2019s Victoria Park for June 20th, as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kasabian - 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