Serge Pizzorno: Last News

Kasabian are back with a brand new track, ‘Algorithms’.Released today (June 16), ‘Algorithms’ isn’t a love letter to the AI boom sweeping the industry. Instead, it addresses AI’s emergence, highlighting the downside of over-reliance on machines.“Algorithms taking control / The robots taking control believing they have a soul / They’ll never feel love like this,” frontman Serge Pizzorno croons over the track’s chorus.Listen to Kasabian’s ‘Algorithms’ below.Pizzorno doubles down on this, explaining via a press release: “‘Algorithms’ is a song that explores the idea that robots can’t experience emotion and being in the moment, whereas humans can, and that is the beauty that separates us… for now.”The band have also released a gripping lyric video for ‘Algorithms’, for which they collaborated with digital design studio Uncanny.

Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno has told NME about his recent on stage appearance with Noel Fielding, and revealed what the band have planned next. Read the interview below, or watch the video above.The singer made an appearance at the 2025 BRIT Awards this weekend, where he presented Sam Fender with the trophy for Best Alternative/Rock Act.

Noel Fielding has joined Kasabian on stage in London, and joked about doing shots of Jaeger with Prue Leith while backstage. Check out footage of the moment below.The moment took place last night (February 25) as the band took to the stage at Shepherds Bush Empire for the BRITs Week War Child gigs – raising money to protect and educate children impacted by conflict.Following Blossoms opening the night, Kasabian kicked off their set with renditions of classic tracks like ‘Call’, ‘Club Foot’, ‘Ill Ray (The King)’ and ‘Underdog’.

Oasis have reformed, speculation has turned to who could support the band during their huge run of UK and Ireland dates next summer.After reports that the Britpop giants would be returning in recent weeks, anticipation reached fever pitch this weekend when Liam Gallagher used his Reading Festival 2024 headline set on Sunday (August 25) to tease an announcement. The social media accounts of Oasis and brother Noel soon shared the same teaser, telling fans that news would be coming at 8am today.The ‘OASIS LIVE 25’ tour will see the band deliver 14 stadium dates between Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin – and there are additional “plans” underway for the tour to “go to other continents outside of Europe later next year”, although no further details have been announced yet.Tickets go on sale from 9am BST (8am IST) on Saturday August 31 and will be available here for UK shows, and here for the Irish dates.Now, fans and artists are speculating who might be supporting the band on tour.Over the weekend, during their headline slot at Wythenshawe Park, Blossoms shared the same teaser on their big concert screens as Liam and Noel, leading many to suspect that the Stockport band will be one of the support acts on tour with the band next summer.

Glastonbury 2024 (Saturday, June 29) has come to a close – from Coldplay’s record-breaking headline set to Kasabian’s secret show at Woodsies, these are the biggest headlines from the day.Baroque-pop band – and NME Cover stars – The Last Dinner Party played two unreleased songs, ‘Second Best’ and ‘The Killer’, to a packed-out audience at the Other Stage (that included Furiosa star Anya Taylor-Joy and model-actress Cara Delevingne).Before playing their breakout debut single ‘Nothing Matters’, lead vocalist Abigail Morris addressed the upcoming UK general election on July 4, asking voters to “protect each other and just having some fucking empathy”.After weeks of persistent rumours of a Kasabian secret set at Glastonbury, the Leicester band finally confirmed Saturday afternoon that they would perform at Woodsies at 6pm.In an interview with NME before the set – which was so crowded that fans were turned away – frontman Serge Pizzorno promised “a powerful hour”. “We’re trying to cram in as much as can,” he added.

NME caught up with Kasabian‘s Serge Pizzorno just before their secret set at Glastonbury 2024, and then headed into the pit. Watch our video interview with the frontman above and check out what went down below.Having long been bookies’ favourites to take the secret ‘TBA’ early evening slot on the Woodsies stage today (Saturday, June 29), the band confirmed their appearance a few hours before their performance – leading to huge crowds and the area being shut down and fans turned away.“It was killing me, that,” Pizzorno told NME of keeping the secret. “Everyone was asking me, but we’ve been doing the dance.

Kasabian have shared the latest teaser of their upcoming album, in the form of ‘Darkest Lullaby’ – watch the ‘70s gangster movie-inspired video below.The Leicester band’s eighth album ‘Happenings’ is coming out on July 5, with the singles ‘Call’ and ‘Coming Back To Me Good’ having been released earlier in the year.The video for ‘Darkest Lullaby’ – directed by the duo Bedroom (The 1975, Arlo Parks) – finds the band playing characters in a trailer for a fictional ’70s grindhouse B-movie, complete with gunfights, drugs and violence.Watch it here:Frontman Serge Pizzorno has said: “’Darkest Lullaby’ is based on a long-lost film from the 1970s – the music video is the trailer for this fictional film that was never made. It was shot and made by a rag tag bunch of artists having the time of their lives.”The indie veterans first revealed that their “psychedelic” new album of “big hitters” was on the way last year, at the same time that they announced details of a huge homecoming gigThey will headline Summer Solstice II on Saturday July 6 in a return to Victoria Park, having previously played an outdoor gig there 10 years ago.The new LP will be the follow-up to 2022’s ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’ and their second since the exit of Tom Meighan.

Kasabian have dropped ‘Coming Back To Me Good’ – the new summer-ready single from their forthcoming album. Check it out below.Shared this morning (April 12), the new song marks the latest single that the Leicester-born rockers have shared from their upcoming album ‘Happenings’.Coming in at less than three minutes long, the track takes on the form of a short and sweet anthem, made to celebrate the summer with a burst of energy.

Kasabian have shared their bombastic new single ‘Call’ and announced details of their 8th album ‘Happenings’. Check it out below, along with our interview with frontman Serge Pizzorno.The Leicester indie veterans first shared that the “psychedelic” new album of “big hitters” was on the way last year when they announced details of a huge homecoming gig in the form of Summer Solstice II – a return to Victoria Park on Saturday July 6 after previously playing an outdoor gig there back in 2014.Now, they’ve announced that ‘Happenings’ will arrive the day before as well as sharing the dance-driven new single ‘Call’ and the daredevil music video.

Kasabian have recalled their time meeting Sam Fender, and suggested that a collaboration with him is on the cards.The band opened up about their fondness for the Geordie singer-songwriter during a new interview, and recalled how they hit it off when they first met the musician.According to frontman Sergio Pizzorno, the members were first introduced to Fender backstage at TRNSMT festival in Scotland, and were immediately open to the idea of working together as they were fans of each other’s discography.“We hung out with him [Sam] and it was wild because he’s amazing,” Pizzorno told The Sun’s Bizarre column (via Music News). “What he’s done so quickly, he’s the real deal.”“Him and his guitarist were going, ‘Man, that first album [2004’s self-titled]!’… And I was like, ‘I’m a fan of yours!’,” he added.When asked about any chances of a collaboration in the future, the singer told the outlet that while nothing is confirmed just yet, “One day we hope to figure that out”.The interview with the outlet comes ahead of Kasabian releasing their upcoming eighth studio album ‘Happenings’ – which is scheduled to arrive later this summer, but does not yet have an exact release date.

Kasabian have spoken to NME about their huge 2024 homecoming show in Leicester and the “psychedelic” inspiration behind their upcoming new album, ‘Happenings’.The band, who are now fronted by chief songwriter Serge Pizzorno, are set to return to Victoria Park on July 6 after previously playing an outdoor gig there back in 2014. A second takeover of the park was planned for 2020, but the event was shelved due to COVID-19.

A wee bit of rain has never stopped the party in Glasgow - and TRNSMT was no different.

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Noel Fielding has recalled his first-ever meeting with Serge Pizzorno, describing it as the “single best moment” of his life.The pair will appear on tonight’s episode (September 28) of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and in an early preview clip – which you can watch above – Fielding explained how he instantly knew the Kasabian frontman would become his best friend.“I knew Serge was going to be my best mate when he was playing at the Isle of Wight Festival once, and I managed to get a lift [there] on a helicopter with a friend. A very rich friend.”He continued: “And we landed at Kasabian’s hotel where they were staying, on the croquet lawn.

Kasabian have pushed back the release date of their new album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’.The Leicester band were due to release their seventh album, on August 5 via Columbia.But due to “production issues” at their vinyl plant, the LP will now come out on August 12.“Due to production issues at our vinyl plant, we’ve had to push the release date of ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’ back by a week. We can’t wait for you to hear it on 12th August.” the band wrote on Twitter.Due to production issues at our vinyl plant, we’ve had to push the release date of ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’ back by a week.

Kasabian took to Later… With Jools Holland this weekend (June 3) – watch them perform recent single ‘SCRIPTVRE’ below.The band are set to release their forthcoming album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria‘ this year, and this week shared new song ‘Chemicals’ and announced new UK autumn/winter tour dates.‘Chemicals’ follows ‘ALYGATOR‘, and ‘SCRIPTVRE‘, which were shared last year and earlier this year respectively. The band – now led by principal songwriter Serge Pizzorno – brought the later to the Jools stage.Pizzorno, who took over on frontman duties after the band fired Tom Meighan for his domestic violence conviction two years ago, explained of the new track to NME: “We all make up this narrative of who we think we are.“This is about ripping that up, going against all that and no longer going with your own madness.

Kasabian have released ‘Chemicals’, the latest cut from their forthcoming album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria‘, and have announced new UK autumn/winter tour dates.The pulsating new song is an ode to hope in the face of despair. It follows ‘ALYGATOR‘, and ‘SCRIPTVRE‘, which were shared last year and earlier this year respectively.Serge Pizzorno, who took over on frontman duties after the band fired Tom Meighan for his domestic violence conviction two years ago, explained of the new track: “It is me telling myself that it is going to be ok.“It was me seeing myself in those few weeks when everything kicked off.

Kasabian frontman was convicted in 2020 of assaulting his wife.Pizzorno, who has since taken over lead singer duties in the Leicester band, spoke in a new interview about the decision to fire Meighan.“The summer when Tom left was absolutely heartbreaking,” Pizzorno told The Guardian.“It felt like leaving home and coming back and seeing it burnt down, walking round the ashes, seeing old pictures and artefacts and picking things up and sifting through the destruction. It was an intense time.”Pizzorno, who is promoting Kasabian’s new album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’, added that “it always amazes me” how fans were so aggrieved by the band’s decision to sack Meighan.

Kasabian have announced details of a surprise warm-up show in Aberdeen this month.Last week, the band announced details of their first new album since the departure of former frontman Tom Meighan.Having dropped the first taster of their new direction with the single ‘ALYGATYR‘ last year, the band – consisting of chief songwriter Serge Pizzorno, bassist Chris Edwards, drummer Ian Matthews and guitarist Tim Carter (following the departure of Meighan after he was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend-now-wife in 2020) – the group shared new single ‘SCRIPTVRE’ last week.Ahead of the band’s tour this summer, they’ve now also announced that they’re playing the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen on May 27, with tickets on general sale at 10am on May 13.Kasabian will also pay dates in Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and France. You can get remaining tickets for France and Netherlands here and Belgium and Germany here.

Kasabian have announced details of their first new album since the departure of former frontman Tom Meighan. Check out new single ‘Scripture’ from ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’ below, along with our interview with Serge Pizzorno.Having dropped the first taster of their new direction with the single ‘ALYGATYR‘ last year, now the Leicester indie veterans – consisting of chief songwriter Pizzorno, bassist Chris Edwards, drummer Ian Matthews and guitarist Tim Carter following the departure of Meighan after he was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend-now-wife in 2020 – return with ‘Scripture’.Co-produced with Fraser T Smith (of Stormzy, Adele, Dave and Sam Smith fame), Pizzorno told NME how the track had “a cinematic elegance to it”,  but was driven by “a heartbeat of empowerment”.“It’s just those first eight bars, it’s all you need to know,” he said.

Kasabian have announced the release of a new single, ‘SCRIPTVRE’ – listen to a snippet of the track below.Taking to social media this evening (April 28), the band shared a teaser for the track alongside a glitchy video that sees them performing in front of a black backdrop while wearing matching white outfits.“SCRIPTVRE Æ. CLICK TO PRE-SAVE NOW ON STORIES/BIO,” Kasabian captioned the clip, revealing that the new track will be released on May 6.The menacing, drum-heavy teaser ends with echoey vocals that sound like mid-’90s Beastie Boys.