The Kooks have announced that they’ll be coming to the United States for “the first time in a long time” for a 16-stop 2024 tour with The Vaccines.
Kicking off on February 29th with a performance in Atlanta, the tour will will take the two beloved British alt bands to cities like Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and more, with The Kooks indicating that they’ll play their seminal debut album, Inside In / Inside Out, in its entirety at each stop in celebration of its 15th anniversary. Watch a video of the band’s Luke Pritchard announcing the tour below.
Tickets for the shows go on sale to the general public via Ticketmaster on Friday, October 13th, at 10:00 a.m. local time, following a Live Nation pre-sale which opens on Thursday, October 12th, at 10:00 a.m. local time (use access code Vocals). Once tickets are on sale,...
Kicking off on February 29th with a performance in Atlanta, the tour will will take the two beloved British alt bands to cities like Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and more, with The Kooks indicating that they’ll play their seminal debut album, Inside In / Inside Out, in its entirety at each stop in celebration of its 15th anniversary. Watch a video of the band’s Luke Pritchard announcing the tour below.
Tickets for the shows go on sale to the general public via Ticketmaster on Friday, October 13th, at 10:00 a.m. local time, following a Live Nation pre-sale which opens on Thursday, October 12th, at 10:00 a.m. local time (use access code Vocals). Once tickets are on sale,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
London, July 8: Actress Mischa Barton has revealed that a series of broken relationships have put her off dating.
Barton has been linked to a string of men ever since her claim to fame with "The O.C.", including Cisco Adler, socialite Brandon Davis and rocker Luke Pritchard.
"I've given up men. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be anyone out there for me. My last three boyfriends haven't worked out, so I'm giving guys a rest for a while. I'm putting all my love,.
Barton has been linked to a string of men ever since her claim to fame with "The O.C.", including Cisco Adler, socialite Brandon Davis and rocker Luke Pritchard.
"I've given up men. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be anyone out there for me. My last three boyfriends haven't worked out, so I'm giving guys a rest for a while. I'm putting all my love,.
- 7/7/2012
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Katie Melua is getting married. The 27-year-old singer is set to wed former World Superbike champion James Toseland - who she has been dating since April 2011 - after he proposed before Christmas, The Sun newspaper reports. Katie - who was previously in a relationship with Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard - was spotted wearing an engagement ring at Hamburg airport this week. The Closest Thing To Crazy singer and James, 31, were first set up by Katie's keyboard player Jim Watson last year after he spotted the racing star in the audience of her concert at Sheffield City Hall in Sheffield,...
- 1/18/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard has revealed that he is working on a "massive" dance project. The singer made the announcement in his blog on The Huffington Post, where he admitted he is still a "vinyl junkie" but is currently experimenting with "digitalisation". Speaking about his new project, Pritchard explained: "I'm working on something at the moment with some very different production, I'll post it as soon as it's ready, it's sounding massive." He added: "I've never done anything like it, it's (more)...
- 11/16/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
The Kooks have revealed that they lost their sense of "identity" after the release of their second album Konk in 2008. Frontman Luke Pritchard explained that they threw away several tracks for their recent third album Junk of the Heart, before moving to record the rest of the LP in the Us. Pritchard told The Sun: "Your first album, you're just kids and you're just doing what comes natural. The second one came off the back of touring. We did it very quickly. "On the third one, you're trying to figure out who you are. You tend to struggle with your identity. So the pressure of that was just overthinking it. That's why we scrapped half an album - we were overthinking what we were doing. "Once we stopped doing that, all the tunes came really quick and easy. We try not to feel pressure because that can suffocate your (more...
- 9/23/2011
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Brighton-based pop chameleons The Kooks aren’t exactly out to change the music forever with their hooky nostalgia. Their goals are simpler, if no less important—for proof, check the chorus of “Junk of the Heart,” the title track from their third full-length. “I wanna make ya feel happy / I wanna make ya feel alive,” sings frontman Luke Pritchard, bouncing on a feather bed of strummy, winsome, Kinks-ish quirk. It’s a lovely little song, even if it’s ultimately more hook than substance (Then again, “Love Me Do” isn’t exactly poetry). Cymbals pop; organs purr; sparkly synths wiggle underneath Pritchard’s vocal sunshine....
- 9/16/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard has said that The X Factor cheapens music. The 'Is It Me?' singer told Digital Spy that he would probably turn down the chance to promote his music on the show and would never consider being a guest judge on the contest. Pritchard said: "I don't really agree with the whole thing at all. I think it's pretty disgraceful, so I think I'd probably turn it down if they offered it to us. "It's so obvious, man. They've pulled this kind of stunt on everyone. It's so clever. They don't have to pay people, these people who go there. Really cheap television to make, lots of money, and it exploits people completely. You're just laughing at most of them. I don't think that's right." Pritchard added: "All these people that go through it and they get all their hopes raised (more)...
- 8/30/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Like their British invasion forebears, The Kooks will be crossing the pond to tour in support of their album full of hooks this fall called "Junk Of The Heart (Happy)." "It's upbeat; an album to play in the sun," frontman Luke Pritchard said of the forthcoming 12 song record, "What we really wanted to do was build a proper, full album. Something you can listen to from front to back. We're an album band and this is a journey you come on with us."
The Kooks already sold out three shows here in June, but the Brighton, East Sussex, lads are returning with a full tour with their label, Astralwerks. "Is It Me" was directed by Warren Fu who's done a few videos for Mark Ronson, Daft Punk, and The Strokes, whose influence you may hear a bit of in The Kooks.
"Junk Of The Heart (Happy)" releases September 13th in the Us.
The Kooks already sold out three shows here in June, but the Brighton, East Sussex, lads are returning with a full tour with their label, Astralwerks. "Is It Me" was directed by Warren Fu who's done a few videos for Mark Ronson, Daft Punk, and The Strokes, whose influence you may hear a bit of in The Kooks.
"Junk Of The Heart (Happy)" releases September 13th in the Us.
- 8/29/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Fearne Cotton has called off her engagement to Jesse Jenkins. The Radio 1 DJ - who first started dating the Us skateboarder in 2006 - split from her on-off boyfriend for good last month after getting engaged last September on Fearne's 29th birthday. A spokesperson for the 29-year-old star confirmed: "Sadly their relationship came to a mutual end last month. There is ¬no one else involved." Despite calling time on the relationship, Fearne - who has dated the likes of 'Us X Factor' host Steve Jones and The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard in the past - is said to be "very sad" after...
- 5/22/2011
- Virgin Media - TV
Fearne Cotton has called off her engagement to Jesse Jenkins. The Radio 1 DJ - who first started dating the Us skateboarder in 2006 - split from her on-off boyfriend for good last month after getting engaged last September on Fearne's 29th birthday. A spokesperson for the 29-year-old star confirmed: "Sadly their relationship came to a mutual end last month. There is ¬no one else involved." Despite calling time on the relationship, Fearne - who has dated the likes of 'Us X Factor' host Steve Jones and The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard in the past - is said to be "very sad" after...
- 5/19/2011
- Virgin Media - TV
Pete Doherty has failed to attend the recording of a Christmas charity single. The singer was lined up alongside Billy Bragg and The Kooks to record a new version of John Cage's '4'33' earlier this week, but didn't turn up to the studio session. Music Rooms quotes a spokesman as saying: "I don't know where he is. Somebody is trying to get hold of him. We can't rule anything out." Imogen Heap, Orbital and Madness' Suggs were among a number of other acts who also took part in the performance at a Soho recording studio. Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard said: "It's definitely something close to the heart and also I wanted to do it. To try and be number one for Christmas is quite cool. "It's quite interesting, (more)...
- 12/8/2010
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
The Kooks have described the sound of their new album as "eerie". The group, who are working on the follow-up to 2008's Konk, said the forthcoming LP was influenced by alternative Us musician Beck and filmmaker David Lynch, after the band became "obsessed" with the controversial artists. Frontman Luke Pritchard told X Fm: "Personally I've always had a real thing of keeping it really organic but this album we're quite Beck influenced in a way, using loops - live drum takes but looping it - and I've got quite obsessed with this David Lynch-y eerie synthesiser (more)...
- 12/8/2010
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
The Kooks' new album is influenced by Beck and film director David Lynch. The British indie rockers have been watching and listening to the works of the alternative U.S. musician and avant-garde filmmaker in a bid to move away from the shiny guitar pop they are famous for, and have employed more "eerie" synthesizers for their third album.
Singer Luke Pritchard told radio station Xfm, "Personally I've always had a real thing of keeping it really organic but this album we're quite Beck influenced in a way, using loops - live drum takes but looping it - and I've got quite obsessed with this David Lynch-y eerie synthesizer thing."
Luke, who is joined in the band by Hugh Harris, Peter Denton and Chris Prendergast, also said it has taken the "Always Where I Need to Be" rockers a while to settle on the sound of the record, which is due next summer,...
Singer Luke Pritchard told radio station Xfm, "Personally I've always had a real thing of keeping it really organic but this album we're quite Beck influenced in a way, using loops - live drum takes but looping it - and I've got quite obsessed with this David Lynch-y eerie synthesizer thing."
Luke, who is joined in the band by Hugh Harris, Peter Denton and Chris Prendergast, also said it has taken the "Always Where I Need to Be" rockers a while to settle on the sound of the record, which is due next summer,...
- 12/8/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
The Kooks' Luke Pritchard has suggested that his band could incorporate electronic elements on their next album. The frontman told BBC Newsbeat that the group would remain true to their "roots" despite their possible experimentation on the follow-up to 2008's Konk. Pritchard said: "We're trying to think what direction to go in. That's the important thing for us. We have many different ways we could go. The third album's quite a defining point (more)...
- 11/22/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Mischa Barton is single again after reportedly splitting from her latest boyfriend, British DJ Ali Love. "The O.C." star has endured a series of failed relationships in recent years, including a broken romance with The Kooks singer Luke Pritchard and Rooney star Taylor Locke.
Barton looked to have found happiness again when she struck up a romance with Love over the summer, but the relationship has now fizzled out, according to Britain's Heat magazine. A source tells the publication, "(Love) wasn't ready to be a celebrity. He was expecting they'd get some attention, but he never imagined it would be as bad as it was."
"He values his privacy and couldn't deal with photographers following them around or the nasty comments people would make on blogs. So he finally told Mischa it would be better if they stopped dating... She's trying to forget about him and move on, but they might give it another go.
Barton looked to have found happiness again when she struck up a romance with Love over the summer, but the relationship has now fizzled out, according to Britain's Heat magazine. A source tells the publication, "(Love) wasn't ready to be a celebrity. He was expecting they'd get some attention, but he never imagined it would be as bad as it was."
"He values his privacy and couldn't deal with photographers following them around or the nasty comments people would make on blogs. So he finally told Mischa it would be better if they stopped dating... She's trying to forget about him and move on, but they might give it another go.
- 9/23/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Mischa Barton is single again after reportedly splitting from her latest boyfriend, British DJ Ali Love.
The O.C. star has endured a series of failed relationships in recent years, including a broken romance with The Kooks singer Luke Pritchard and Rooney star Taylor Locke.
Barton looked to have found happiness again when she struck up a romance with Love over the summer, but the relationship has now fizzled out, according to Britain's Heat magazine.
A source tells the publication, "(Love) wasn't ready to be a celebrity. He was expecting they'd get some attention, but he never imagined it would be as bad as it was.
"He values his privacy and couldn't deal with photographers following them around or the nasty comments people would make on blogs. So he finally told Mischa it would be better if they stopped dating...
"She's trying to forget about him and move on, but they might give it another go. Mischa has always had on-off relationships. But she's not reaching out to him at this stage."...
The O.C. star has endured a series of failed relationships in recent years, including a broken romance with The Kooks singer Luke Pritchard and Rooney star Taylor Locke.
Barton looked to have found happiness again when she struck up a romance with Love over the summer, but the relationship has now fizzled out, according to Britain's Heat magazine.
A source tells the publication, "(Love) wasn't ready to be a celebrity. He was expecting they'd get some attention, but he never imagined it would be as bad as it was.
"He values his privacy and couldn't deal with photographers following them around or the nasty comments people would make on blogs. So he finally told Mischa it would be better if they stopped dating...
"She's trying to forget about him and move on, but they might give it another go. Mischa has always had on-off relationships. But she's not reaching out to him at this stage."...
- 9/22/2010
- WENN
Actress Mischa Barton has confirmed she has split from her rocker boyfriend Luke Pritchard.
A month after rumours of a break-up first circulated, Barton has taken to her blog to reveal she's single again.
The 23-year-old actress writes, "Things just didn't feel quite right. There was no cheating or anything terrible, the bad just started to outweigh the good and a long distance relationship is never an easy thing to do."
Barton began dating the 23-year-old The Kooks frontman back in December - but now claims the pair make better friends than lovers.
She adds, "I think Luke is a great guy, but the type better suited as a friend. We have a surprising amount of mutual friends in England and I don't regret our time together, I just couldn't keep it going.
"If there ever is a case of two people staying friends I'm sure it will be the case with us – our personalities are very good for that."
Barton isn't Pritchard's first celebrity girlfriend - he previously dated singer Katie Melua.
A month after rumours of a break-up first circulated, Barton has taken to her blog to reveal she's single again.
The 23-year-old actress writes, "Things just didn't feel quite right. There was no cheating or anything terrible, the bad just started to outweigh the good and a long distance relationship is never an easy thing to do."
Barton began dating the 23-year-old The Kooks frontman back in December - but now claims the pair make better friends than lovers.
She adds, "I think Luke is a great guy, but the type better suited as a friend. We have a surprising amount of mutual friends in England and I don't regret our time together, I just couldn't keep it going.
"If there ever is a case of two people staying friends I'm sure it will be the case with us – our personalities are very good for that."
Barton isn't Pritchard's first celebrity girlfriend - he previously dated singer Katie Melua.
- 3/9/2009
- WENN
Actress Mischa Barton has split from British rocker Luke Pritchard, according to reports. The former O.C. star has been dating the The Kooks frontman since December.
But now the couple is said to have called time on their brief romance - amid speculation linking Barton to DJ and club promoter Tom Wright.
British newspaper The Sun reports the pair split several weeks ago, after Pritchard failed to commit to the relationship - leaving Barton "heartbroken".
A source tells the publication, "They'd been on nights out in London and really got on. But when she suggested he visit Paris he got cold feet. He (Pritchard) didn't think they had a future and it was better they went their separate ways".
Barton has previously dated a string of musicians, including Cisco Adler and Rooney guitarist Taylor Locke.
But now the couple is said to have called time on their brief romance - amid speculation linking Barton to DJ and club promoter Tom Wright.
British newspaper The Sun reports the pair split several weeks ago, after Pritchard failed to commit to the relationship - leaving Barton "heartbroken".
A source tells the publication, "They'd been on nights out in London and really got on. But when she suggested he visit Paris he got cold feet. He (Pritchard) didn't think they had a future and it was better they went their separate ways".
Barton has previously dated a string of musicians, including Cisco Adler and Rooney guitarist Taylor Locke.
- 2/3/2009
- WENN
Mischa Barton is reportedly romantically involved with Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard and DJ and club promoter Tom Wright. The News Of The World claims that Wright was upset by images of Barton and Pritchard holding hands, though the pair have allegedly been dating since December. A friend said: "He's convinced they are an item but is panicking after seeing (more)...
- 2/3/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Mischa Barton has found herself caught up in a love triangle, with reports suggesting The Kooks front man Luke Pritchard is not the only man in her life. The former O.C. star has been dating the British rocker since December, but has reportedly also been linked to DJ and club promoter Tom Wright.
Wright was said to have been less than impressed when he saw snaps of Barton out with Pritchard, with a pal telling British tabloid News of the World that he feels he's being made a fool of.
The pal says, "He's convinced they are an item but is panicking after seeing Mischa and Luke holding hands. He feels he might have to have Mischa on a tighter leash."
Barton has previously dated a string of musicians, including Cisco Adler and Rooney guitarist Taylor Locke.
Wright was said to have been less than impressed when he saw snaps of Barton out with Pritchard, with a pal telling British tabloid News of the World that he feels he's being made a fool of.
The pal says, "He's convinced they are an item but is panicking after seeing Mischa and Luke holding hands. He feels he might have to have Mischa on a tighter leash."
Barton has previously dated a string of musicians, including Cisco Adler and Rooney guitarist Taylor Locke.
- 2/1/2009
- WENN
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