Kasabian have shared the shock new single ‘Hippie Sunshine’ to announce an enormous London Finsbury Park present for summer time 2026 with Razorlight, Miles Kane and extra. Try the tune together with gig particulars and our interview with frontman Serge Pizzorno beneath.
Following on from latest single and Sky Sports activities anthem ‘G.O.A.T’, ‘Hippie Sunshine’ comes as an enormous blast of summer time euphoria at a time when the season is dying a sluggish dying – however Pizzorno stated it was a taster of what’s to come back.
“I suppose it’s for subsequent yr for this large present,” the frontman advised NME. “I don’t give it some thought an excessive amount of, it’s simply what got here out. I used to be watching an Adam Curtis documentary about hyper-individuals and I used to be excited about escapism and the way we’re misplaced on this place the place escape appears to be the one reply.
“It seems like a disgrace that aren’t discovering one thing to convey us all collectively and join us. That’s the place that title comes from.”
The singer additionally stated that he took pleasure within the tune’s huge melodic shift partway by.
“The Lou Reed/Elton John part, I’m very happy with that,” he admitted. “The DNA of the band is about that – I’ve all the time liked somewhat shock. From a correct glam stomp to a gear change like that’s actually thrilling. On the third or fourth hear you possibly can’t look ahead to that bit to occur.
“I actually want I hadn’t listened to it a lot to get that feeling of listening to it once more for the primary time. It’s such a candy expertise while you first hear that tune. It’s like, ‘Woah, what simply occurred there?’ I believe it should work rather well stay as properly.”
The observe is taster of ‘Act III’ – the Leicester indie giants’ ninth album due subsequent yr, and following on from 2024’s acclaimed ‘Happenings‘. Requested about what to anticipate from the report, Pizzorno the lyrics had been dealing in “simply life, actually” and “making an attempt to determine all the things out”. As for the sound: “You positively discover us in guitar world”.
“I’ve fallen for my guitar once more,” he advised NME. “I really feel prefer it’s simply giving me riffs on daily basis, it’s stunning. You’re searching for inspiration within the studio and the guitar is simply the place I’m at proper now. It units the stall out for an ideal guitar report.”
Followers will get the chase to expertise the brand new album when the band play the most important London gig of their profession to this point to 45,000 folks at Finsbury Park on Saturday July 4.
“It’s so thrilling. Dwell now, we’ve bought the present into a spot the place we provide a really distinctive expertise,” stated Pizzorno of what to anticipate. “After so a few years, to be saying our largest present in London is fairly wonderful. We simply hold engaged on this stay present and it’s going to be even higher subsequent yr. I can’t wait, it’s going to be fucking unbelievable.”
He continued: “It’s not that we essentially have something productionwise in thoughts, it’s extra about placing on an occasion – a present that will get burned into folks’s minds for the remainder of their lives. It doesn’t have something to with an aesthetic or a light-weight present, it’s extra a sense, a fucking vibe that you just go to one thing that burns into your soul. ‘That night time after we had been there collectively’, and a band at full throttle like a juggernaut.
“Tune after tune after tune – relentless vitality and bringing London to its knees. You go away considering, ‘That could be a gig that I’ll bear in mind till my dying day’.”
Describing the “great thing about a line-up” that can see them joined by Louis Dunford, Razorlight, Miles Kane, The Okay’s and SOFY, Pizzorno stated: You get bang on your buck, there’s numerous nice music. It’s about pure pleasure, celebration. There might be numerous showmanship.”
Waiting for all that’s to come back, he added: “I’m buzzing, mate. Strap in, that is going to be a wild couple of years.”
Kasabian headline London’s Finsbury Park on Saturday July 4, 2026. An artist pre-sale for tickets begins on Thursday September 25 at 9.30am BST, earlier than happening common sale on Friday September 26 at 9.30am BST. Tickets might be accessible right here.
