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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">KAISER CHIEFS Announce West Coast Run of Tour Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">June US Tour Begins TODAY in Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Fifth Album,
<i>Education, Education, Education & War </i>Out Now<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><img width="242" height="363" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF8484.17B2B150" alt="::Images:Kaiser_Chiefs_3_DANNY_NORTH.jpg"></span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kaiser Chiefs, credit Danny North<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Today, Leeds band <b>Kaiser Chiefs</b> will begin their June tour dates, which will make stops along the east coast and Midwest in Minneapolis, Chicago, New York and Washington DC among other cities. They
also announced today that they will be back again in September for a west coast run of dates, including stops in Seattle, San Francisco and Austin among others – see full routing below and
</span><a href="http://www.kaiserchiefs.com/tour.php"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> for more information. Howler will provide support on select dates. Tickets for all shows will be available on June 13<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The band released their fifth album,
<b><i>Education, Education, Education & War</i></b><i> </i>on <b>April 1<sup>st</sup> 2014
</b>via <b>ATO Records</b>. It has been the band’s most successful album since 2007’s
<i>Yours Truly, Angry Mob</i>, it has reached Gold in the UK and has been in the Top 20 there for the past 10 weeks.
</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPipMQvKgKk&feature=kp"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> to watch the video for single “Coming Home,” and
</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltZYXEsvfqU"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> to watch their newest video for “Meanwhile Up in Heaven.” The band will be busy this summer on a global run of summer
festivals including</span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Glastonbury (UK), V Festivals (UK), Rock Am Ring (Germany), Primavera Low Festival (Spain) and Lowlands (Netherlands) among many others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">While the band was in LA in February 2014,
<b><i>Last Call With Carson Daly</i></b> came out to tape their sold out show at the El Rey –
</span><a href="http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/kaiser-chiefs-misery-company/2756300"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">to watch the video of their performance for song “Misery Company.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kaiser Chiefs</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> are one of the most successful rock bands of the last decade. They have released 5 albums which have amassed millions of sales worldwide.
<b>Ricky Wilson,</b> the band’s front-man, was a coach on the UK’s version of the wildly popular, TV show
<b><i>The Voice</i></b>, alongside Will.I.Am, Kylie Minogue & Sir Tom Jones which airs there on
<b>BBC ONE</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Praise for <i>Education, Education, Education & War</i><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“Full of frothingly pissed-off working-class British rock, with shades of glam, pub rock, the Jam's lefty-mod broadsides and Oasis at their most soccerhooligan-y.” –
<b><i>David Fricke, Rolling Stone<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“Education, Education, Education & War offers those in the market for good rock music something like optimism; we should care because a real rock band might make it onto the charts in this otherwise One-Directionless
One-Republic of Imagined Dragons.” – <b><i>Forbes<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“Its DNA is spliced from the likes of Futureheads, Art Brut, and Pulp, and it charges forward with spittle-lipped anger and propulsion, ultimately sounding like it could inspire a mosh pit at any point from
the turn of the millennium until now.” – <b><i>Consequence of Sound<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“a raging success”-<b><i>Alternative Press<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kaiser Chiefs US<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Tour Dates<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">*New dates in<b> BOLD<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># Howler supporting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/10 Pittsburgh, PA @ Three River Arts Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/11 Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/13 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/14 Chicago, IL @ Taste of Randolph Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/15 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/17 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/18 Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/20 New York, NY @ Webster Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/21 Dover, DE @ Firefly Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6/22 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Vapor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9/16 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9/17 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Theatre#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9/19 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9/21 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9/23 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9/25 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For More on Kaiser Chiefs, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Gina Schulman // Stephanie Williams<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">gina@pressherepublicity.com</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> //
</span></i><a href="mailto:Stephanie@pressherepublicity.com"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Stephanie@pressherepublicity.com</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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