Kasabian, the Leicester band behind seven consecutive UK number one albums, bring their ninth record, Act III, to The O2 arena with The Vaccines as special guests.
Kasabian, the Leicester band whose last seven studio albums each entered the UK chart at number one, play The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Friday 18 December 2026. The Vaccines join them as special guests.
The band formed in 1997 around the singer Tom Meighan, the guitarist and songwriter Sergio Pizzorno and the bassist Chris Edwards. Their self-titled debut arrived in 2004, followed by Empire, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum and Velociraptor!. The sound was guitar music in the line of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream, cut with electronica and psychedelia.
West Ryder was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2009, and the Brit Awards named them Best British Group in 2010. Their headline set at Glastonbury in 2014 placed them among the country’s major festival bands.
Since Meighan left in 2020, Pizzorno has led the band as singer and producer. Act III, their ninth album, is guitar-driven, psychedelic pop with his vocal at the centre.
The Greenwich date closes their year. In July they played Finsbury Park to 45,000 people, the largest London headline show of their career and the biggest crowd they have drawn in the capital.