and in the US on 28 October 2008.
Save the World. Get the Girl was released on 20 October 2008 in the UK. The album was produced by Peter Miles, who produced Under the Fog , and Clive Langer (producer of Elvis Costello , Madness , Dexy’s Midnight Runners , Morrissey ). The album received positive reviews.
It was released on 20 October 2008.
They also played the Glasgow date of MTV2 ‘s and Topman ‘s “Gonzo on Tour” on 19 October 2008.
The single “Oranges and Apples” was released as a download-only single on 13 October 2008. The song was inspired by Syd Barrett , one of the founding members of Pink Floyd . The single was released in connection with The City Wakes, a festival in tribute to Syd Barrett that…
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“My Boulder” was released as a single on 13 October 2008 in the UK. Zane Lowe played this track several times on BBC Radio 1 and recommended it on air to Noel Gallagher . “My Boulder” includes an excerpt from a reading of the poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin…
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The album was released on 13 October 2008, and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 19 October. It also reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. In December 2008, it was voted “Best Album of the Year” by the readers, listeners and visitors of Q Magazine,…
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The band’s debut single, “Meat Balloon”, was released via Big Scary Monsters Recording Company in October 2008. It debuted at No. 18 on the UK Indie Singles chart. The limited edition 7″ single came with a free CD and comic, created by the band’s singer, Tom Hudson.
Robertson “Robbie” Furze and Milo Cordell started working together as The Big Pink in 2008, taking their name from The Band ‘s debut album, Music from Big Pink . Furze used to play guitar for Alec Empire and run the record label Hate Channel with Cordell. Cordell (son of Denny…
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Kaiser Chiefs set out on a UK tour in October 2008 with Castle Donington band Late of the Pier and The Hair. The tour started at Leeds Academy , a new venue where they were the first headlining band to play. Other dates included Manchester Academy, Southampton Guildhall, Reading Rivermead,…
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