Speaking about the upcoming event, Serge said: “We’re absolutely buzzing to be able to put on Solstice II in our home town of Leicester. Anyone who came last time would know how special it was and to get the opportunity to do it again is beyond a dream.”

It’s ON! Solstice II. Victoria Park, Leicester. Saturday 20th June 2020. With special guests @samfendermusic, @easylife and @InhalerDublin. Tickets on sale THIS FRIDAY 9am via this link: https://t.co/wogkoK9Z5O pic.twitter.com/TLp0JJzNHt

— KasabianHQ (@KasabianHQ) October 21, 2019

The show, which has promised to be a highlight of 2020, comes six years after Kasabian’s successful debut performance, at Victoria Park. Next year’s show will mark the band’s first outdoor UK show, since their huge headline set at the Isle of Wight festival, and their first UK show since their performance at Brixton Academy in 2018.

The band is made up of frontman Sege Pizzorno, singer Tom Meighan, bassist Chris Edwards, drummer Ian Matthews, and guitarist Tim Carter. Kasabian are currently working on new music and are “eager to return to Leicester next month.” The announcement comes after Kasabian’s frontman, Serge Pizzorno, under the moniker The S.L.P, released his self-titled solo album, to critical acclaim.

Kasabian are hugely successful, they have five UK number 1 albums to their name and have sold over 5.5 million albums worldwide. They’ve won a Brit Award, seven NME awards, and four Q Awards. They have also performed at some of the UK’s largest festivals including headline performances at Glastonbury Festival, V Festival, T in the Park, Reading and Leeds Festival and numerous festivals worldwide.

Discussing with NME recently about the upcoming seventh album, and his own solo work, the lead songwriter explained that work had already begun. He described his creative process in the making of the new music.

“If something feels good, then you should follow the art,” he said. “Great zones don’t come from comfort zones. This feels great now, and it’s great that I’ve got the time to do it.”

He added. “Kasabian is a huge machine that we’ve created. There’s a routine and you’re safe in that place, but you need something else to happen. Sometimes there needs to be a storm in the harbour. You need for everyone to go, ‘Woah, what’s going on?’ When the day breaks, you see the clarity”.

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— KasabianHQ (@KasabianHQ) August 6, 2019

Other singles released from Pizzorno’s new musical effort include the songs,  ‘Favourites’, which features Little Simz, and ‘Nobody Else”. The songwriter said of the rapper, “We had a mutual friend and the collab just came about”. The S.L.P are set for a number of tour dates throughout September, as listed below.

September 2019 S.L.P Tour Dates

5/9/11 – SWG3, Glasgow
6/9 – Albert Hall, Manchester
7/9 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
9/9 – EartH, London
10/9 – EartH, London
12/9 –  Circo Magnolia, Milan
13/9 – Gretchen, Berlin
16/9 – Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam

The Leicester rock band’s last album, ‘For Crying Out Loud’, was released in 2017 to a four star review in NME by Jordan Bassett. “Kasabian’s fun and easy-to-love sixth album is packed with big tunes and simple pleasures.”

The release of the new track ‘The Youngest Gary’, which has been described as a “vibey new song is a funk-filled and perfect to see you into the weekend”, comes after guitarist and main Kasabian songwriter surprised fans earlier this summer when he shared his debut solo track ‘Favourites’, a collaboration with Little Simz.

After announcing his self-titled debut solo album, under the moniker The S.L.P. alongside the announcement that he will be hitting the road with Slowthai. After the release of his first single, ‘Favourites’, the first taken from his upcoming debut album, he then shared his “rave-inspired” new single ‘Nobody Else’, the second track to be taken from the upcoming solo album.

Speaking, to NME, about the album, Pizzorno said: “I’ve been describing the album as an updated self-portrait. There are three tracks following this ‘Meanwhile’ concept in the beginning, middle and end. The tunes in between kind of make up the story. It’s always fascinated me that during the ‘Meanwhile’ you can be here, but somewhere completely different. I tuned into that, then filled in the gaps. I was delving into my personality, then dialling it up.”

The release comes after Pizzorno admitted that he is already in the process of writing the next Kasabian album. During the same interview Pizzorno also said that he feels so invigorated by the process of making his solo record that the energy is bound to feed back into the band.

Pizzorno continued, “What’s exciting for me is that I’ve been completely reborn. It’s reminded me of why I wanted to be an artist. Why does anybody want to make anything? It’s that first moment when you can be anything you want. You’re not weighed down by expectation or what it should or needs to be. All of the other forces in your world slip away.

“When you’re sat there as a five-year-old kid, you get a bit of paper and you just draw, or you just pick up a guitar and you just draw. You don’t care what any of it’s about, you don’t care if it means anything, you just do it.”

The S.L.P. UK Tour Dates 2019:

30/08 – 2019 – Banquet – London
01/09 – Rough Trade – Bristol
02/09 – Rough Trade East – London
03/09 – Rough Trade – Nottingham
04/09 – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds
05/09 – SWG3 – Glasgow
06/09 – Albert Hall – Manchester
07/09 – O2 Institute – Birmingham
09/09 – EartH – London
10/09 – EartH – London

The S.L.P. European Tour Dates 2019:

12/09 – Circolo Magnolia – Milan
13/09 – Gretchen – Berlin
16/09 – Paradiso Noord – Amsterdam
17/09 – Café de la Danse – Paris