Kaiser Chiefs

The Kaiser Chiefs will be releasing their fourth studio album under the title Start The Revolution Without Me on the label Co-Operative/Downtown on March 6th.. It will contain several songs from last summer's UK only release, The Future Is Medieval. The tracklist differs significantly from the initial release including the lead single "On the Run" which is exclusive to the US album.

The founding members, Nick Hodgson, Nick Baines and Simon Rix of Kaiser Chiefs first met when they were around 11 years old as they were in the same class at St. Mary's Catholic High School in Menston, Leeds. After leaving school in 1996, Rix and Baines left for university while Hodgson remained in the Leeds area, meeting both Andrew White and Ricky Wilson. Hodgson, White and Wilson originally formed under the band name Runston Parva later changing its name to Kaiser Chiefs. The name comes from the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs. Soon after seeing them perform live several times, James Sandom became their manager and got Kaiser Chiefs signed to B-Unique Records.

2005 was a big year for Kaiser Chiefs as their involvement in the NME Awards Tour at the beginning of the year. During this ceremony, they were awarded the Philip Hall Radar. This certainly attracted a lot of positive media attention. Kaiser Chiefs would go on to release Employment as their debut album later that year. Employment was primarily inspired by New Wave and punk rock music of the late 1970s and 1980s. They enjoyed international success with over three million copies sold. Kaiser Chiefs' second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007), yielded "Ruby", a number one single in the UK. After releasing a third album, Off with Their Heads a year later, Kaiser Chiefs took a three-year hiatus before releasing their latest material.

To promote their latest album release of Start The Revolution Without Me, the Kaiser Chiefs single "On The Run" impacts Alternative radio as the band begins U.S. tour dates that include SXSW and Coachella.

Kaiser Chiefs Tour Dates:

• March 6: Boston, MA / Paradise Rock Club
• March 8: New York, NY / Terminal 5
• March 9: Washington D.C / 9:30 Club
• March 10: Atlanta, GA / Tabernacle
• March 12: Dallas, TX / House of Blues Dallas
• March 14: Houston, TX / House of Blues Houston
• March 15: Austin, TX / SXSW (Filter Magazine 'presents' at Cedar St Courtyard)
• March 16: Mexico City / Vive Cuervo Salon
• March 17: Guadalaraja / Teatro Estudio Cavaret
• March 18: San Pedro / Estadio de Baseball Municipal
• March 20: San Francisco, CA / The Fillmore
• March 22: Portland, OR / Wonder Ballroom
• March 23: Seattle, WA / Showbox Theatre
• March 24: Vancouver / Commodore Ballroom
• April 10: Baltimore, MD / Ram's Head Live
• April 12: Philadelphia, PA / Union Transfer
• April 14: Indio, CA / Coachella Festival
• April 17: Toronto / Phoenix Theatre
• April 19: Chicago, IL / House of Blues Chicago
• April 21: Indio, CA / Coachella Festival

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