The Whigs have been confirmed as the
main and only support for Kings of
Leon on their upcoming UK and
European tour. Having supported Kings
of Leon at their sold out Hyde
Park, London show earlier this
summer the Athens, Georgia based trio
have been touring throughout the US on a
triple bill with the Followills brothers
and The Black Keys.
Now The Whigs are set to return
to the UK for six arena dates promoting
the forthcoming UK release of their
third album 'In The Dark' on
Kartel. The album will be preceded
by a single 'Hundred/Million',
the first of a handful of great singles
to be lifted from the album, released on
15th November.
Having supported KoL on several of their
US arena tours over the last couple of
years The Whigs' sound has developed
remarkably as the band challenged
themselves to fill bigger stages and
keep pace with one of the biggest
rock n' roll bands in the world. The
fact they keep being asked back suggests
they're doing something right and as
drummer Julian Dorio says "it's been
kind reassuring to realise, yeah, we can
hang in here".
The Whigs are offering up a free
download of their upcoming single 'Hundred/Million'
via
Bandcamp.
The band recently performed
'Hundred/Million' on the Jimmy Fallon
show which can be viewed here:
http://vimeo.com/11299339