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In a seemingly egotistical outburst, Kasabian have compared themselves to Radiohead.
Speaking to Gigwise, frontman Tom Meighan put his band on a par with Oxford’s finest, saying they are the only two bands who push the boundaries forward with each release.
He told us: “Look at our single ‘Empire’. We’re possibly the only band apart from Radiohead that changes tempo with a new single we’ve put out and no band dares do it, you know.
“We’re like a futuristic Led Zeppelin man with strings on, and electronic on it.”
Meighan also believes that Kasabian gave Radiohead a good run for their money at the V Festival. Both bands played at the same time on different stages at the event.
He continued: “We just turned up and played and we had a wonderful, amazing show. It was wonderful show and the crowd was huge, god I didn’t expect it to be that big but it was and yeah, we gave them a good shout.
“We gave Radiohead a good run. I mean, you’re talking about a band that’s been around for about ten or twelve years, they’re massive and we just put our next single out.
“That’s all we’ve done and it was incredible. The response was wonderful. It was almost as if we were headlining the whole festival, that’s how we felt and Radiohead are amazing.”
