The four-man band that makes up Kasabian has certainly had a busy summer promoting their newest studio album, Velociraptor; and they’ve been traveling all over the UK to do it! In June they showed up at the Isle of Wright Festival, only to rush off to Belgium the next month to play Rock Werchter. They’ll take some time off to enjoy the madness after Velociraptor, their fourth album, is released on September 19. Then, they’ll hit the roads again starting in November for a huge 10-stop tour.

The tour for the new album will have Kasabian stopping in some of UK’s biggest arenas, including those in Liverpool, Manchester, and Sheffield. The tour will kick off in Brighton on November 28, 2011 and the band will wrap things up in London at the famous O2 arena on December 14, 2011. And if you’ll be anywhere around the UK in the meantime, you can check out the full listing of tour dates here.

Switchblade Smiles and Days are Forgotten are the band’s two latest singles off Velociraptor and the videos for each have already received millions of hits on YouTube. The album is the first time fans are getting a chance to hear guitarist Jay Mehler, who joined the band on a full-time basis in 2010; and most of the writing was done by band member Sergio Pizzorno, who took over song writing duties when former band member Christopher Karloff left the band due to “creative differences.”

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