The Kooks All Over The World Tour at The Anthem
Go To This Because We Asked So Nicely – A Concert Preview
By Amal Qazi
All Over the World Tour Banner; Pier 17
The Kooks are a British indie/alt-rock band now consisting of Luke Pritchard and Hugh Harris, with Jonathan Harvey and Alex Nunez joining as their touring band. Formed in 2004 and quickly gaining popularity with their 2006 debut LP, Inside In/Inside Out, a discussion about the 2000s indie scene would be incomplete without mentioning their success. At a time when indie culture’s biggest acts were coming out of the UK and even more were failing to gain any traction, The Kooks were able to cement their place in the scene amongst bands like Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand. They fit perfectly into the decade’s obsession with British pop culture, with generation-defining shows like Gossip Girl, 90210, The Vampire Diaries, and Shameless all featuring songs from the band in their soundtracks.
With 7 studio album releases throughout their 20 year career, their ongoing All Over the World Tour comes to support their most recent album released just earlier this month, Never/Know. Never/Know is a self proclaimed return to form, with Pritchard saying that him and Harris wanted to go back to the same feeling of creating music with their friends in the early years of the band, simple and fun. On last year’s tour they played the entirety of Inside In/Inside Out at every show, so after giving fans a chance to reconnect with their debut album they’ve come back around North America with a set that’s both entirely fresh and more themselves than they’ve ever been for a victory lap.
The 5 W’s (and a few H’s)
Who: The Kooks with lovelytheband opening
What: Indie/Alternative Britpop/rock
Where: The Anthem, 901 WHARF ST SW, WASHINGTON, DC 20024
When: Wednesday June 4th, doors at 6:30 PM, show at 8:00 PM
Why: 2000s nostalgia and a bloody good time
How you might know them: Famed indie/alternative/pop rock band since the mid 2000s – their song “Naïve” has almost 600 million streams on Spotify.
How to go: Tickets are $57.75 for general admission on Ticketmaster
To keep up with The Kooks you can follow them on Instagram and Twitter @thekooksmusic, check out their website thekooks.com, and listen to them anywhere you stream music.
