Kings Of Leon = Magicians?

03/03/09 6:50pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Kings Of Leon have been learning magic tricks from British magician Sav so they can impress girls on tour.

According to Scotland's Daily Record newspaper, Kings Of Leon met Sav at an exclusive London, England club, where Sav performed some card tricks for them.

"Caleb [Followill, vocals/guitars] got really engrossed and at one point screamed...

"'Dude, you are going straight to hell for doing shit like that. It's definitely not normal!'" Sav wrote on his blog in September.

"I ended up having to teach them some simple card and bar tricks to impress the girls they meet on tour. (like they really need it!!)"

Kings Of Leon started out as a duo, including Caleb and Nathan Followill. The pair recently told the Daily Record they had to kidnap their cousin, Matthew Followill, to convince him to join the band. They later had to convince their label to let Matthew Followill and their brother, Jared Followill, join the band.

But Matthew Followill had only taken a few guitar lessons and Jared Followill had never even played a bass. So the quartet locked themselves in a basement for a month to hone their chops.

"We kidnapped our cousin from Mississippi, told his mom he was coming for a week and just never let him go home," Nathan Followill told the newspaper.

"My mom would bring us food. At the end of the month, the label people came and we had the songs 'Molly's Chambers,' 'California Waiting,' 'Wicker Chair' and 'Holy Roller Novocaine.'"

You can see Kings Of Leon here:

March 3 Perth, Australia @ Rock-It Festival
March 11 Adelaide, Australia @ Memorial Drive Complex w/The Stills
March 13-14 Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena w/The Stills
March 16 Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre w/The Stills
March 18-19 Sydney, Australia @ Sydney Entertainment Centre w/The Stills
March 21 Sydney, Australia @ Acer Arena w/The Stills
March 22 Broadmeadow, Australia @ Newcastle Entertainment Centre & Showground w/The Stills
March 25 Auckland, New Zealand @ Vector Arena w/The Stills
March 27 Wellington, New Zealand @ TSB Bank Arena w/The Stills
March 29 Christchurch, New Zealand @ Westpac Arena w/The Stills
April 18-19 Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena at Boston University
April 21 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
April 22 Pittsburgh, PA @ A.J. Palumbo Center
April 24 Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
April 25 Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Spectrum
April 27 Norfolk, VA @ Ted Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University
April 28 Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
April 30 Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles Coliseum
May 2 New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz Fest
May 4 St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
May 5 Orlando, FL @ University Of Central Florida Arena
May 7 Miami, FL @ BankUnited Center
May 8 Tampa, FL @ University Of Southern Florida Sun Dome
May 10 Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum
May 12 Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at the Riverbend Music Center
May 13 Cleveland, OH @ Tower City Center
May 17 Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
May 19 Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre
May 21 San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
June 15-16 London, England @ O2 Arena
June 22-23 Manchester, England @ Manchester Evening News Arena
June 30 London, England @ O2 Arena
July 10 Balado, Scotland @ T In The Park festival
July 11 Naas, Ireland @ Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen festival)
July 17 Oropesa, Spain @ Festival Internacional De Benicassim
Aug. 22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum