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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img width="162" height="147" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCF617.98650620" alt="KClogoJustName"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:23.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Stream New KAISER CHIEFS Album Prior to Release at
<i>RollingStone.com </i><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-album-stream-kaiser-chiefs-start-the-revolution-without-me-20120228">HERE</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Forthcoming album,
<b>“Start the Revolution Without Me”</b>, due out March 6<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Plus, SXSW show details, additional Spring tour dates, and performance on
<i>Letterman </i>on April 11<sup>th</sup>!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><img border="0" width="246" height="246" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCF617.98650620" alt="Kaiser Chiefs 2012_gen 1"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">(Photo credit: Danny North)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“…they’ve upped their creative ante…coming across as more measured and mature…</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Lead
single “Little Shocks” goes some way to showcasing this murkier atmosphere </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">–</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> where before there was shiny hooks, here the chorus doesn’t leap from the speakers and the whole piece swells with unexpected
drama.”</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> – <b>
<i>BBC</i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Leeds’ five-piece,
<b>Kaiser Chiefs</b>,<b> </b>are giving fans an opportunity to stream their forthcoming album,
<b><i>Start the Revolution Without Me</i></b>, a full week prior to its <b>March 6<sup>th</sup>
</b>release date via <b><i>RollingStone.com</i></b>! Give the record a listen <b>
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-album-stream-kaiser-chiefs-start-the-revolution-without-me-20120228">HERE</a></b>. You can also catch
<b>Kaiser Chiefs </b>on the <b><i>Late Show with David Letterman </i></b>on <b>April 11<sup>th</sup>
</b>performing first US single, <b>“On the Run”. </b>In addition to their two weekend performances at the long sold out
<b>Coachella Festival</b>, <b>Kaiser Chiefs </b>will also be performing at <b>SXSW
</b>next month! Catch them on <b>Thursday, March 15<sup>th</sup> at the Filter Magazine showcase at Cedar Street Courtyard (4:00 PM) and the High Road Touring showcase at Stubbs (11:00 PM)</b>. The band recently added a San Diego stop on March 19<sup>th</sup>
to their Spring tour where they will be hitting hit NYC, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Chicago as they make their way across the country with
<b>Walk the Moon </b>supporting. <b>Full list of tour dates are below!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Kaiser Chiefs
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">are touring in support of their forthcoming release,
<b><i>Start the Revolution Without Me (B-Unique/Cooperative Music/Downtown)</i></b> due out on
<b>March 6<sup>th</sup> </b>featuring five never-before released tracks. For this record the band teamed up with producer
<b>Tony Visconti </b>(David Bowie, Iggy Pop, T. Rex),<b> Ethan Johns </b>(Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne, Emmylou Harris) and
<b>Owen Morris</b> (Oasis, The Verve) as well as trying their hand at producing their own tracks with drummer/songwriter,
<b>Nick Hodgson</b> at the controls. Out of this came Kaiser Chiefs’ most forward thinking output to date. The first track on the album,
<b>“Little Shocks” </b>marks the band’s 14<sup>th</sup> BBC Radio 1 playlist hit in seven years. Check out the track at
<b>RCRDLBL <a href="http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/12/08/premiere_kaiser_chiefs_little_shocks">
HERE</a>.</b> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The band has released three albums Stateside including
<b><i>Employment</i></b><i>, <b>Your’s Truly, Angry Mob</b> </i>and <b><i>Off With Their Heads</i></b><i>.
</i></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Kaiser Chiefs
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">have sold over six million albums worldwide, won countless awards including three Brit Awards and toured the world non-stop.
<b><i>Rolling Stone </i></b>called <b>Kaiser Chiefs </b>music, “great British pop in the dynamic lethal-irony tradition of the mid-Sixties Kinks, the early Jam and, with that vintage-New Wave tone of Nick Baines’ keyboards, XTC’s 1979 album,
<i>Drums and Wires</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Watch
<a href="http://www.kaiserchiefs.com">www.kaiserchiefs.com</a> for additional US updates!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">WATCH:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Video for
<b>“Little Shocks”</b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3yfldi7Zg">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Video for
<b>“Kinda Girl You Are”</b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VHmc6LEU_o">
HERE</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">US Tour Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">* Walk the Moon and Transfer supporting<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Newly added shows are bolded<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 6 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 8 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 9 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club * – SOLD OUT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 10 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 12 Houston, TX @ House of Blues *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 13 Austin, TX @ Emo’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 14 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 15-18 Austin, TX @ SXSW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 19 San Diego, CO @ Belly Up<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 20 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore * – SOLD OUT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 22 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 23 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Theatre *
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 24 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 14 Indio, CA @ Coachella – SOLD OUT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 17 Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Theatre
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 19 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 21 Indio, CA @ Coachella – SOLD OUT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information on Kaiser Chiefs, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Gina Schulman & Jamie Sherman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">gina@pressherepublicity.com</span></a> //
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="mailto:jamie@pressherepublicity.com">jamie@pressherepublicity.com</a></span><span lang="EN-GB">
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