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The novelty of admiring the shiny new Grammy awards gracing their mantle has apparently worn off for Tennessee rockers Kings of Leon. The Followill brothers nabbed three golden gramophones — including Record of the Year for “Use Somebody” — at this year’s awards ceremony, but they aren’t content to rest on their laurels.
     Instead, in addition to their headlining spot at this year's Bonnaroo festival, they will head out on a 31-date tour beginning June 5 for their biggest North American stint to date.
     “We are stoked to get back on the road,” drummer Nathan Followill told Rolling Stone. “We’ve had a little break and are starting to get that itch.”
     Kings of Leon haven’t put out any new material since 2008’s Only by the Night,  but they are currently working on an upcoming album. "The new stuff is all over the place," Nathan told Spin. "There's stuff that sounds like Radiohead. There's stuff that sounds like Thin Lizzy. There's stuff that sounds like the Band. We're pretty much to the point now where... [we can] try stuff we would've been scared to death to try on the first couple of records."
     Sounds intriguing…and if you’re lucky enough to nab a ticket for one of the upcoming shows, you may just catch a live preview of the new material. “It will be cool to see if we can sneak in some new shit to see if the kids dig it,” says Nathan. Well, they’ve had no problem getting fans to dig them thus far...
     Since “Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody” catapulted them to worldwide fame, the days of catching the brothers at an intimate club venue are long over. The stops on their upcoming tour are mainly arenas, enormo-domes and open-air amphitheaters. And if their show in London’s Hyde Park this summer is any indication — tickets literally sold out in seconds — we’re betting plenty of dates on their US headlining tour will be bought up fast. Tickets for most of the shows go on sale this week. Official dates and venues are as follows: 

June 5 – Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center
June 6 – Saratoga, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 8 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavillion at Montage Stage
July 9 - San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
July 10 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
July 12 – Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
July 14 – Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 17 – George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre
July 19 – Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
July 20 – Denver, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
July 23 – St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 24 – Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 26 -  Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
July 28 - Toronto, ONT - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 30 – Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 31 – Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Center
August 3 – Hartford, CT - Comcast Theatre
August 5 – Camden, NJ - Susquehana Bank Amphitheatre
August 7 – Bristow, VA -  Jiffy Lube Live
Sept. 3 – Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
Sept. 4 – Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Sept. 7 – Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
Sept. 8 – Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Stadium & Star Pavilion
Sept. 10 – Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sept. 11 - Virginia Beach, VA - Virginia Beach Amphitheatre
Sept. 13 – Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Sept. 17 – West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
Sept. 18 – Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
Sept. 20 – Birmingham, AL - Verizon Wireless Music Center
Sept. 22 – Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 23 – Dallas, TX - Superpages.com

— Courtney Lear

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