This weekend, Tennessee rockers Kings of Leon will be the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by actor James Franco. The band’s newest single “Sex On Fire” has debuted at #1 in the UK from upcoming (US) release Only By The Night on Tuesday, September 23rd.

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On release day, Kings of Leon will perform for the “Late Show with David Letterman” before playing a sold out show at New York City’s Webster Hall. That same day, the band’s SPIN cover hits newsstands. Following the New York City CD Release show, Kings of Leon will launch a North American tour (dates below) on October 11th at The Joint in Las Vegas making their way to the east coast, but not before stopping to play for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

The early reviews for Only By The Night have been stellar. Vanity Fair hails the new record as “a big leap forward and genuinely ups the ante,” while SPIN, in its four-star review, says that the band “still rule with a messy hand, applying rough magic and blurry, slurred imagery to their swashbuckling rock.”

Tour Dates:
Sep 23 – Webster Hall / New York City #
Oct 11 – The Joint / Las Vegas  *
Oct 12 – House of Blues / San Diego  *
Oct 15 – Nokia Theatre / Los Angeles  *
Oct 17 – Warfield Theatre / San Francisco *
Oct 18 – Warfield Theatre / San Francisco *
Oct 20 – Paramount Theatre / Seattle  *
Oct 21 – Schnitzer Hall / Portland  *
Oct 23 – The Fillmore Auditorium / Denver  *
Oct 25 – Austin Music Hall / Austin *
Oct 26 – Bricktown Events Center /  Oklahoma City *
Oct 28 – Verizon Wireless Theater / Houston *
Oct 29 – Palladium Ballroom / Dallas *
Oct 31 – Aragon Ballroom / Chicago *
Nov 01 – Orpheum Theatre / Minneapolis ^
Nov 03 – The Pageant / St. Louis ^
Nov 05 – The Eagles Ballroom / Milwaukee I ^
Nov 07 – Kool Haus / Toronto ^
Nov 08 – The Fillmore / Detroit ^
Nov 10 – DAR Constitution Hall / Washington, DC ^
Nov 12 – Orpheum Theatre / Boston ^
Nov 15 – The Electric Factory / Philadelphia ^
Nov 18 – The Tabernacle / Atlanta ^
Nov 19 – Nashville Municipal Auditorium / Nashville ^

# w/ The Whigs
* w/ We Are Scientists and The Stills
^ w/We Are Scientists and The Whigs

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