Kasabian Give New Album Crazy Title

Kasabian have revealed that their new album is set to be called 'West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum'.

The tongue twisting moniker relates to the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, a hospital for mental patients based near Wakefield and opened in 1818.

The album is expected to be released this June and as previously reported on Gigwise is influenced by a range of other bands including The Rolling Stones and Daft Punk.

Kasabian will preview the album with a number of live appearances before June including shows at The Great Escape and for The Teenage Cancer Trust.

They will also play a short UK tour of intimate shows later this month, the dates are:

Margate, Winter Garden – March 23
Preston, 53 Degrees – 24
Leeds, Academy – 25