{"id":2040624,"date":"2025-09-22T09:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2040624"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:41:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:41:15","slug":"were-gonna-bring-london-to-its-knees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/were-gonna-bring-london-to-its-knees\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re gonna bring London to its knees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kasabian\">Kasabian<\/a> have shared the surprise new single \u2018Hippie Sunshine\u2019 to announce a huge London Finsbury Park show for summer 2026, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/RAZORLIGHT\">Razorlight<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/miles-kane\">Miles Kane<\/a> and more. Check out the song below, along with gig details and our interview with frontman <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/serge-pizzorno\">Serge Pizzorno<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kasabian-share-g-o-a-t-feat-cristale-as-sky-sports-football-anthem-its-all-about-self-belief-and-chasing-your-dreams-3885040\">recent single and <em>Sky Sports<\/em> anthem \u2018G.O.A.T\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0\u2018Hippie Sunshine\u2019 comes as a huge blast of summer euphoria at a time when the season is dying a slow death \u2013 but Pizzorno said it was a taster of what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suppose it\u2019s for next year for this massive show,\u201d the frontman told <em>NME<\/em>. \u201cI don\u2019t think about it too much, it\u2019s just what came out. I was watching an Adam Curtis documentary about hyper-individuals and I was thinking about escapism and how we are lost in this place where escape seems to be the only answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasabian - Hippie Sunshine (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RHb-BPpZWoU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like a shame that aren\u2019t finding something to bring us all together and connect us. That\u2019s where that title comes from,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The singer also said that he took pride in the song\u2019s big melodic shift partway through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/lou-reed\">Lou Reed<\/a>\/<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ELTON-JOHN\">Elton John<\/a> section, I\u2019m very proud of that,\u201d he admitted. \u201cThe DNA of the band is about that \u2013 I\u2019ve always loved a little surprise. From a proper glam stomp to a gear change like that is really exciting. On the third or fourth listen you can\u2019t wait for that bit to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wish I hadn\u2019t listened to it so much to get that feeling of listening to it again for the first time. It\u2019s such a sweet experience when you first hear that song. It\u2019s like, \u2018Woah, what just happened there?\u2019 I think it will work really well live as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3894033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3894033\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3894033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The artwork for Kasabian\u2019s new single \u2018Hippie Sunshine\u2019. Credit: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The track is taster of \u2018Act III\u2019 \u2013 the Leicester indie giants\u2019 ninth album due next year, and following on from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/kasabian-happenings-album-review-3772764\">2024\u2019s acclaimed \u2018Happenings<\/a>\u2018. Asked about what to expect from the record, Pizzorno the lyrics were dealing in \u201cjust life, really\u201d and \u201ctrying to figure everything out\u201d. As for the sound: \u201cYou definitely find us in guitar world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve fallen for my guitar again,\u201d he told <em>NME<\/em>. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s just giving me riffs every day, it\u2019s beautiful. You\u2019re looking for inspiration in the studio and the guitar is just where I\u2019m at right now. It sets the stall out for a great guitar record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans will get the chase to experience the new album when the band play the biggest London gig of their career so far to 45,000 people at Finsbury Park on Saturday July 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so exciting. Live now, we\u2019ve got the show into a place where we offer a very unique experience,\u201d said Pizzorno of what to expect. \u201cAfter so many years, to be announcing our biggest show in London is pretty amazing. We just keep working on this live show and it\u2019s going to be even better next year. I can\u2019t wait, it\u2019s going to be fucking unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3894032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3894032\" style=\"width: 1414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3894032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kasabian_finsbury_poster.jpg\" alt=\"The line-up poster for Kasabian's huge 2026 London Finsbury Park show. Credit: Press\" width=\"1414\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kasabian_finsbury_poster.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kasabian_finsbury_poster-400x566.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kasabian_finsbury_poster-800x1132.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kasabian_finsbury_poster-696x984.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kasabian_finsbury_poster-1392x1969.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kasabian_finsbury_poster-1068x1511.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1414px) 100vw, 1414px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3894032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The line-up poster for Kasabian\u2019s huge 2026 London Finsbury Park show. Credit: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIt\u2019s not that we necessarily have anything production-wise in mind, it\u2019s more about putting on an event \u2013 a show that gets burned into people\u2019s minds for the rest of their lives. It doesn\u2019t have anything to with an aesthetic or a light show, it\u2019s more a feeling, a fucking vibe that you go to something that burns into your soul. \u2018That night when we were there together\u2019, and a band at full throttle like a juggernaut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTune after tune after tune \u2013 relentless energy and bringing London to its knees. You go away thinking, \u2018That is a gig that I\u2019ll remember until my dying day\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing the \u201cbeauty of a line-up\u201d that will see them joined by Louis Dunford, Razorlight, Miles Kane, The K\u2019s and SOFY, Pizzorno said: You get bang for your buck, there\u2019s a lot of great music. It\u2019s about pure joy, celebration. There will be a lot of showmanship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to all that\u2019s to come, he added:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m buzzing, mate. Strap in, this is going to be a wild couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasabian&#039;s Serge Pizzorno on &#039;The Alchemist&#039;s Euphoria&#039; &amp; stepping up as frontman | In Conversation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i6mqvFuTnHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Kasabian headline London\u2019s Finsbury Park on Saturday July 4, 2026. An artist pre-sale for tickets begins on Thursday September 25 at 9.30am BST, before going on general sale on Friday September 26 at 9.30am BST. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fkasabian-tickets%2Fartist%2F949556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets will be available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kasabian have shared the surprise new single \u2018Hippie Sunshine\u2019 to announce a huge London Finsbury Park show for summer 2026, with Razorlight, Miles Kane and more. 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