Kasabian's Tom Meighan: I Had A Mental Breakdown

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has revealed he suffered a mental breakdown after the excesses of touring over the past few years.

Meighan said things came to a head when he returned home after their lengthy US jaunt with Oasis in 2005.

The 24-year-old said: “I had a ****ing mental breakdown after coming back home. I was scratching at the walls. I didn’t know what to do.

“I was like a caged lion. It was horrible. All that partying and touring took a massive toll on my mind.”  

In the candid interview with The Star, he continued that a break was essential to getting his head back in shape.

He added: “We needed a break to be honest. That last tour around America with Oasis was intense.

“It was ****ing horrible coming back down to earth. We did so many shows over the last three years. We were like walking corpses, I don’t think we could have pushed ourselves any further.

“It was really time to take a break and re-gear our brains. It was good to have a breather but I had forgotten how to do normal things. I didn’t know how to sit down and watch Eastenders.”