Serge Pizzorno from Kasabian: The boys needed me to lead
Serge Pizzorno from Kasabian: The boys needed me to lead
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After the Lionesses of England won the Women's Euro last month, in front of a TV audience of over 17 million, the rock band and football fans Kasabian found themselves sharing the limelight .
A performance of their new single The Wall, expertly mixed with tournament action, brought BBC coverage to a close.
The defiant piano track features on the band's seventh album The Alchemist's Euphoria, their first since longtime frontman Tom Meighan quit after being accused of domestic assault in 2020.
While some fans tweeted their delight at the final cut, others questioned the booking given the circumstances. part" of such a historic moment, especially with a tune that started life as a joke about overcoming a hangover on tour, but evolved into an ode to not giving up.
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The album, he says, is the sound of him and his comrades working through the "many emotions" of the turbulent time around Meighan's departure, while preparing to leave with Kasabian 2.0.
"I knew that I didn't want to write specifically about the band and what happened," says Pizzorno. "But I knew the topic around what happened would concern everyone.
"It's not really about what happened. It's more about it, it's the emotions I was going through, and people everywhere can relate...
After the Lionesses of England won the Women's Euro last month, in front of a TV audience of over 17 million, the rock band and football fans Kasabian found themselves sharing the limelight .
A performance of their new single The Wall, expertly mixed with tournament action, brought BBC coverage to a close.
The defiant piano track features on the band's seventh album The Alchemist's Euphoria, their first since longtime frontman Tom Meighan quit after being accused of domestic assault in 2020.
While some fans tweeted their delight at the final cut, others questioned the booking given the circumstances. part" of such a historic moment, especially with a tune that started life as a joke about overcoming a hangover on tour, but evolved into an ode to not giving up.
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The album, he says, is the sound of him and his comrades working through the "many emotions" of the turbulent time around Meighan's departure, while preparing to leave with Kasabian 2.0.
"I knew that I didn't want to write specifically about the band and what happened," says Pizzorno. "But I knew the topic around what happened would concern everyone.
"It's not really about what happened. It's more about it, it's the emotions I was going through, and people everywhere can relate...
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