American rock band, Kings Of Leon will be playing two outdoor shows in Wrexham this coming May bank holiday weekend (May 27-28). They will also perform at the Racecourse Ground, known as the world’s oldest international stadium and home of the football club, Wrexham AFC that both actors, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney currently own.
The @Wrexham_AFC Glee Club is really setting the bar high this May. @KingsOfLeon pic.twitter.com/GSlA8gkIlS
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) February 27, 2023
The dates follow last year’s Kings Of Leon’s UK arena tour, which included two shows at London’s O2 and is marked as the band’s first UK performances since headlining Reading and Leeds in 2018. The general sale release for tickets will go out on Friday 3 March starting at 9 am. Further information regarding dates and purchase of tickets will be found here. The band released their last album, When You See Yourself, in March 2021.
A four-star review of When You See Yourself from NME wrote, “When You See Yourself see the Kings marry their interests old and new, finally embracing the mature, laid-back versions of themselves. As Caleb says, the pouty bad boys of yesteryear are long gone. It makes sense when you consider the band’s chronology: it was their fourth album, the moody Only By The Night that things skyrocketed for Kings Of Leon, with ubiquitous hits “Sex On Fire” and “Use Somebody” finally connecting with fans in the US. Now with record eight, they’ve bottled everything learned on the road in the three (slightly more underwhelming) albums since, while still reconnecting with the best parts of what made the world love these boisterous, unruly rockers in the first place.”
Ever since their debut in 2003, Kings Of Leon, Caleb (guitar/vocals), Nathan (drums), Jared (bass) and Matthew Followill (guitar) continue to thrive as a band with eight released studio albums: Youth And Young Manhood (2003), Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004), Because Of The Times (2007), Only By The Night (2008), Come Around Sundown (2010), Mechanical Bull (2013), WALLS (2016) and When You See Yourself (2021). Over 20 million albums have been sold and 40 million singles worldwide.
Quite noticeable for their blues riffs and enigmatic slurred vocals of their debut, nobody’s minds would have crossed the Kings as future arena-packing hitmakers. The brother and cousin bond continues to shape them throughout their journey and later metamorphosed from the Bayou Strokes to iconic Platinum chart-toppers.
