The Kooks (CANCELLED)

UPDATE: Regrettably, due to illness and acting on medical, we're forced to cancel our shows on June 13 at The Mission Ballroom in Denver and June 14 at The Commonwealth Room in Salt Lake City.This was a difficult decision and we're truly disappointed not to be playing these shows. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and we appreciate your understanding and continued support.All tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase.

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After 18 years as a band, The Kooks decided the only way to move forward was to stop painting over the cracks and finally do a full “renovation” of the band. As they stripped things back, analysing their history of line-up changes, ego battles and sound shifts in the process, they were left with the foundations and the core of the band, described by Hugh Harris as “a shared vision to bring joy and love in music through well played, well-written pop. It’s that simple, almost childlike.”

After a reflective analysis of who The Kooks are and what they want to make, the solution was to return to the spirit of the debut album, not in sound, but in energy and atmosphere. During the creation of their seventh album, Never Know, Pritchard told no one what they were doing, tricking the musicians into believing they were just making demos and capturing the band in a state described by Harris as “complete and utter ease” where there was space for experimentation, fun, and a degree of messiness. “I think we've been hiding from that a little bit and making it a bit too easy,” Pritchard said of their past records but here, carried by the studio’s spontaneous air and a renovated and reengaged dedication to their shared vision, The Kooks got back to their best by going back to basics. In Pritchard’s own words, “I really feel like we've got our swagger back by letting things be and not making everything too perfect.”

lovelytheband translate emotions, anxieties, and feelings into lush, layered, and lively indie pop anthems. When the band was founded by lead singer Mitchy Collins, guitarist Jordan Greenwald and drummer Sam Price in 2017, the trio maintain a lasting connection to listeners by holding nothing back.

“I really believe the importance of songwriting is saying something when someone else doesn’t know how to,” affirms Mitchy. “In the songs, I’m talking about life, trials, tribulations, depression, anxiety, and shit I deal with as well as the headaches that come along with the good and bad days. My problems don’t define me, but we should embrace every side of who we are."

This message immediately resonated among audiences everywhere. A centerpiece of the everything I could never say… EP, the group’s debut single “broken” caught fire as “the longest running #1 track on Alternative Radio thus far in 2018” with six weeks at the top. In under a year, it amassed 25 million total global streams. BuzzFeed summed it up as “So. Damn. Good.”Billboard proclaimed the group among “10 Rock & Alternative Artists to Watch in 2018” as they supported Vance Joy and AWOLNATION on tour. Everything paved the way for the arrival of the band’s first full-length, finding it hard to smile [RED MUSIC]. Produced by “broken” collaborator Christian Medice, these 16 tracks entrance, engage, and enchant with cathartic, compelling, and catchy choruses.