Monday, January 11, 2010
Cream Calendar Kings of Leon to Open for The Features at Exit/In Feb. 5? [Updated]
Posted by Adam Gold on Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:08 AM
Update 10:28 a.m.: The Features camp says the rumor is not true, and that Majestico and Cortney Tidwell will open the show.
If you've played in a local rock band any time in the last decade, then you know that there's no better gig to get in Middle Tennessee than opening for The Features.
If we're to believe the British press, it's a gig so coveted even superstars-on-sabbatical Kings of Leon want in on the action. This weekend, both NME and The Daily Mirror reported that KoL are secretly slated to open The Features' Feb. 5 Exit/In show.
The Kings' label imprint 429 Records, a partnership with Bug Music, is set to release The Features' Some Kind of Salvation in the U.K. next month.
Of course, this isn't the first time rumors of a secret KoL show have made their way around the Internet. Certainly, you remember the side-splitting fallout that ensued after 500 thought-challenged KoL fans were punked into seeing the literate homoerotic electro-cabaret performance art of Spring Hill Spider Party at Mercy Lounge because they didn't have the forethought to check Pollstar and see that the brothers Followill were playing an arena gig in Vancouver that night.
Anyhow, given the sources of this rumor, I'd give the KoL fans much better odds of catching the group this time around. We'll work on confirming this, so check back for updates. Until then, if you'd like to take your chances, you can purchase tickets to the show here. Even if Caleb & Co. end up as no-shows, you're still guaranteed a full set by The Features--I'm fairly certain it won't suck.
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I was told by Rollum yesterday to expect Courtney Tidwell to open. Don't get your hopes up.
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To everyone involved in this show, be careful. BE VERY CAREFUL. No matter how many times you tell people that KOL are not playing…
Last I heard, we are nearly sold out at Exit In for this show. I want to think it is because people are that excited about The Features, but I have a hunch that NME helped us out a bit on this one.
This show is SOLD OUT. What happens when the 450 KOL fans decide not to go? Will the exit in release more tickets or offer a refund? I'm only asking because I don't want to see the Features only play for 50 people.
Who cares? Seeing KOL back at Exit In would be great but so would just seeing the Features and a band I don't know yet. I bought tickets because the worst that can happen is THE FEATURES WILL TURN THE VOLUME UP AND BLOW IT OUT! The Features have plenty of pull in this area so I don't think KOL fans would pull a no-show.
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