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Kasabian are outselling this week’s top five albums combined with their recent LP ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’.The Leicester band are currently on course to top the UK albums chart with their first record in five years.It is currently outselling Beyoncé‘s ‘Renaissance’, Harry Styles‘ ‘Harry’s House’ and Ed Sheeran‘s ‘=’, according to the Official Charts Company.Kasabian previously topped the charts with 2017 LP ‘Crying Out Loud’, ’48:13′ in 2014, ‘Velociraptor!’ in 2011, ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’ in 2009 and ‘Empire’ in 2006.The record is Kasabian’s first full-length effort since the departure of ex-frontman Tom Meighan in 2020. Meighan was fired from the band after being convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend-now-wife, Vikki Ager.

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Mel B hits out at Tom Meighan being eligible for BRIT Awards 2024 after abuse conviction

Mel B has hit out at former Kasabian member Tom Meighan being eligible for the 2024 BRIT Awards, despite him being convicted of domestic assault.The Spice Girls singer voiced her disappointment in a statement to The Independent – saying that she feels let down by the decision to have a singer convicted of abuse being eligible to win a BRIT Award.It comes after Meighan was among the acts included on the form for the voting academy for the 2024 edition.Meighan parted ways with the Leicester group in July 2020, shortly before being charged with assaulting his partner Vikki Ager – who he married the following year. He was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work.The BRIT buzz comes following the release of his solo album, ‘The Reckoning’, and he is eligible for Album of the Year, British Rock/Alternative Act, and Artist of the Year at next year’s ceremony.“I am deeply disappointed that an organisation so highly respected within the music industry should make a choice like this,” Mel B told the outlet.“You have to think what kind of message are you sending out to people when crimes of violence against women can be committed and then that person could be rewarded as part of a massively high profile awards event.

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Kasabian announce new album ‘Happenings’ along with huge ‘Summer Solstice II’ Leicester show with Kaiser Chiefs

Kasabian have announced a huge ‘Summer Solstice II’ show in their hometown of Leicester ahead of a new album, ‘Happenings’.The band will be performing at Leicester’s Victoria Park on Saturday July 6 with Kaiser Chiefs set to support. More opening acts are set to be announced in due course.“We are truly honoured to be playing Victoria Park in our beloved hometown, with all our people for summer solstice two,” the band said in a press release.

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Noel Gallagher announces Tom Meighan as 2023 UK arena tour support act

Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds have announced former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan as the support act for their 2023 UK arena tour.Gallagher and his band will hit the road later this year for a series of gigs behind new album ‘Council Skies’.Now, it’s been confirmed that Meighan will support the band on the December dates, which begin in London at Wembley Arena. It comes after he played with Gallagher at an Essex show this weekend (August 5).Meighan was convicted of abusing his partner, Vikki Ager, in 2020 and sentenced at Leicester Magistrates Court to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty.Around the time of the conviction, he parted ways with Kasabian – the chart-topping band he co-founded in 1997 – and explained that he had struggled “for many years with alcohol addiction” as well as seeing the events as a “wake-up call”.

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Kasabian challenge TRNSMT crowd to 'gig off' after 'insane' last concert

Kasabian has set down the gauntlet at TRNSMT to see if Scots could be a better crowd than they have previously experienced.

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Organisers respond to backlash over Tom Meighan being booked to headline Sheffield festival

Tom Meighan as the headline act for a Sheffield festival, following his domestic abuse conviction in 2020.The former Kasabian frontman was announced over the weekend to be performing at this year’s Be Reyt Festival – which will take place in Sheffield on May 6. However, the decision has sparked backlash from a number of acts and artists, with an online campaign to boycott the festival reportedly been launched.Meighan was convicted of abusing his partner, Vikki Ager, in 2020 and sentenced at Leicester Magistrates Court to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty.Around the time of the conviction, he parted ways with Kasabian – the chart-topping band he co-founded in 1997 – and explained that he had struggled “for many years with alcohol addiction” as well as seeing the events as a “wake-up call”.

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Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno on becoming frontman for the group after Tom Meighan was kicked out

“WHEN a band has to prove themselves it’s really exciting and I like being in that position,” says Kasabian leadman Serge Pizzorno. “I’ve always liked being the underdog — I’ve written a lot of songs about it — and this was where Kasabian found themselves. "We knew what was riding on it and we deserved our shot.

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Kasabian push back release date of new album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’

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.

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Watch Kasabian take a late-night stroll in trippy ‘Chemicals’ video

Kasabian have shared the official video for their latest single ‘Chemicals’ – you can watch it below.Released earlier this month, the track followed ‘ALYGATOR’ and ‘SCRIPTVRE’ in previewing the Leicester band’s upcoming seventh album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’ – their first since the departure of ex-frontman Tom Meighan.Today (June 21), Serge Pizzorno and co. have dropped the trippy new visuals for their most recent track, which sees Kasabian’s newly-appointed lead singer taking a stroll through his hometown in the early hours.The clip, titled ‘Chemicals – 3:21am In Les-tah’, was directed by LOOSE (IDLES, Fred Again.., Joy Crookes) and filmed, as its name suggests, at 3:21am.Speaking of the single, Pizzorno explained: “It is me telling myself that it is going to be OK.

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Tom Meighan to play first festival since Kasabian sacking

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has announced his first festival date since his sacking from the band last year.Last summer, the Leicester band announced they had ordered Meighan to leave the group after it emerged that he had assaulted his partner, Vikki Ager.Meighan pleaded guilty and was required to undertake 200 hours of unpaid work. The singer has since married Ager and relocated to Cornwall.In an interview with Cornwall Live last December, Ager and Meighan described the incident as a “one-off” and a “drunken squabble” and the singer apologised once more.“We had too much to drink,” said Meighan. “I regret everything that happened that night – what I can remember of it.

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Kasabian’s Sergio Pizzorno says band nearly split after Tom Meighan axed for hitting his wife

KASABIAN could have been derailed after frontman Tom Meighan was kicked out last year. But guitarist Sergio Pizzorno stepped up as frontman and has helped them move on, with the group preparing to release their explosive new record The Alchemist’s Euphoria on August 5.

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Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno says firing Tom Meighan “was like seeing your house burn down”

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.

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Kasabian fans go wild as band bring out new member for Glasgow show

Kasabian blew the roof off Glasgow's O2 Academy after the band brought out their new member following Tom Meighan's exit.

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Tom Meighan shares teaser of solo track ‘Would You Mind’: “Music is my therapy”

Kasabian singer Tom Meighan has shared a teaser of a new solo track ‘Would You Mind’ and updated fans on his upcoming plans.Meighan parted ways with the band last year, saying he was leaving the band in order to “concentrate all his energies on getting his life back on track”. He then appeared at Leicester Magistrates Court to face a charge of assault against his partner Vikki Ager.

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Kasabian play first gig since Tom Meighan’s departure: see footage, setlist and more

Kasabian played their first gig since the departure of former vocalist Tom Meighan – see footage, reaction, photos and setlist from the Glasgow gig below.Meighan parted ways with the band last year after he was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend, saying he was leaving the band in order to “concentrate all his energies on getting his life back on track,” before appearing at Leicester Magistrates Court to face a charge of assault against his partner Vikki Ager. He pleaded guilty and was subsequently sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work.Back in May, Kasabian confirmed that they would continue as a band in Meighan’s absence, announcing an intimate run of UK tour dates.

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Tom Meighan opens up about mental health, rehab and “consequence culture”

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has opened up about his mental health, experience in rehab and “consequence culture” – after pleading guilty to assault last year.Meighan parted ways with the Leicester group in July 2020 shortly before being charged with assaulting his partner Vikki Ager, who he then married this summer. He was subsequently sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work.In a statement, Kasabian said that there was “absolutely no way [they could] condone [Meighan’s] assault conviction” and were therefore “left with no choice but to ask Tom to leave the band”.Meighan, who has since relocated to Cornwall with Ager, said last December that the incident was a “one-off” and a “drunken squabble”.

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Kasabian star Tom Meighan marries his partner after pleading guilty to assaulting her

Former Kasabian singer Tom Meighan has married his partner Vikki Ager, who he previously admitted attacking during a drunken row.

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Shamed ex-Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan marries girlfriend 16 months after attacking her

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterShamed ex-Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has tied the knot with girlfriend Vikki Ager, less than two years after he pleaded guilty to attacking her.The singer was kicked out of the Leicester-based group after admitting the booze-fuelled assault on his partner last year.He later claimed he can't remember parts of the brutal attack and was suffering from alcohol addiction at the time.During the assault, CCTV showed him hitting Ms Ager and then dragging her by the ankles in the back garden of their home.He also threw her across a room and into a cage, as well as threatening her with a wooden pallet.But the couple have put aside their incident, with Meighan previously

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Shamed ex-Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan marries girlfriend he attacked 16 months after booze-fuelled assault

KASABIAN's disgraced former frontman Tom Meighan has married girlfriend Vikki Ager in an "intimate" ceremony less than two years after he pleaded guilty to attacking her. The musician was kicked out of the Leicester-based band after two decades when he admitted the brutal booze-fuelled assault on Ms Ager last year.

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Shamed Kasabian star Tom Meighan marries partner one year after pleading guilty to attacking her

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has married his partner Vikki Ager just one year after he pled guilty to assaulting her in a brutal attack. The 40-year-old singer and Vikki said 'I do' at ceremony at Harbourgh Registry Office in Leicester on Tuesday.The pair smiled for photographs with Vikki wearing a high-neck, sleeveless white gown and clutching a large bouquet of flowers and a pearl embellished bag.

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Shamed Kasabian star Tom Meighan marries partner year after pleading guilty to assault

Shamed ex-Kasabian star Tom Meighan has tied-the-knot with Vikki Ager – a year after he pled guilty to assaulting her in a brutal alcohol-fuelled attack.

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