Empire Tour

Kasabian performing at Teenage Cancer Trust 2007

From May 2006 to December 2007 Kasabian toured in support of their second album, Empire.

Background

The Empire tour started on 20 May 2006 in Mexico City and ended with Kasabian's Hogmanay gig in Edinburgh on New Year's Eve 2007, covering 21 countries in between, including the band's first ever performances in New Zealand, Turkey, Serbia, Mexico and Brazil.

In August 2006 Kasabian supported The Rolling Stones in Zurich and Nice, and Faithless in Dublin.

Songs performed

From Kasabian Club Foot Cutt Off I.D. L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever) Processed Beats Reason Is Treason Test Transmission

From Empire Apnoea British Legion By My Side Empire Last Trip (In Flight) Me Plus One Seek & Destroy Shoot The Runner Stuntman Sun Rise Light Flies The Doberman

From West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Fast Fuse

B-Sides Stay Away From The Brown Acid (Part 1)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
America
20 May 2006	Mexico City	Mexico	Nokia Trends Mexico
Europe
3 June 2006	Lisbon	Portugal	Rock in Rio Lisboa
7 July 2006	Dublin	Ireland	Spirit
8 July 2006	Naas		Oxegen Festival
9 July 2006	Kinross	Scotland	T in the Park
26 July 2006	London	England	Maida Vale Studios
3 August 2006			MTV Studios
5 August 2006	Zurich	Switzerland	Airfield Dübendorf
8 August 2006	Nice	France	Stade Charles-Ehrmann
11 August 2006	Ibiza Town	Spain	Ibiza Rocks
12 August 2006
14 August 2006	Edinburgh	Scotland	Corn Exchange
15 August 2006	London	England	O2 Academy Brixton
17 August 2006	Dublin	Ireland	Marlay Park
19 August 2006	Chelmsford	England	V Festival
20 August 2006	Stafford
25 August 2006	Saint-Cloud	France	Rock en Seine
30 August 2006	London	England	HMV Oxford Street
31 August 2006	Wolverhampton		Civic Bar
2 September 2006	Istanbul	Turkey	Rock'n Coke
4 September 2006	Leicester	England	Leicester University Union
8 September 2006	Paris	France	La Maroquinerie
11 September 2006	London	England	Hospital Club
12 September 2006			Koko
America
17 September 2006	Boston, MA	USA	Paradise Rock Club
18 September 2006	Providence, RI		Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
20 September 2006	New York City, NY		Webster Hall
21 September 2006	Philadelphia, PA		Theatre of Living Arts
23 September 2006	Baltimore, MD		Virgin Festival
24 September 2006	Cleveland, OH		Grog Shop
26 September 2006	Montreal, QC	Canada	La Tulipe
27 September 2006	Toronto, ON		Phoenix Concert Theatre
29 September 2006	Detroit, MI	USA	Saint Andrew's Hall
30 September 2006	Cincinnati, OH		Bogart's
2 October 2006	Chicago, IL		Metro
3 October 2006	Lawrence, KS		The Bottleneck
5 October 2006	Minneapolis, MN		Fine Line Music Cafe
7 October 2006	Englewood, CO		Gothic Theatre
10 October 2006	San Diego, CA		House of Blues
11 October 2006	Los Angeles, CA		Henry Fonda Theatre
13 October 2006	San Francisco, CA		The Independent
15 October 2006	Vancouver, BC	Canada	Commodore Ballroom
16 October 2006	Seattle, WA	USA	Neumo's
Europe
21 October 2006	London	England	Koko
28 October 2006			Roundhouse
America
13 November 2006	Millvale, PA	USA	Mr. Small's Theatre
15 November 2006	Atlanta, GA		The Loft
16 November 2006	St. Petersburg, FL		State Theater
17 November 2006	Orlando, FL		The Social
19 November 2006	Houston, TX		The Engine Room
20 November 2006	Austin, TX		La Zona Rosa
21 November 2006	Dallas, TX		Gyspy Tea Room
Europe
26 November 2006	London	England	Union Chapel
5 December 2006	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
6 December 2006
7 December 2006	Glasgow	Scotland	S.E.C.C.
9 December 2006	London	England	O2 Academy Brixton
10 December 2006	Leeds		Leeds Metropolitan University
11 December 2006	Manchester		MEN Arena
12 December 2006	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena
14 December 2006	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
15 December 2006	Nottingham		Nottingham Arena
16 December 2006	Brighton		Brighton Centre
18 December 2006	Bournemouth		BIC
19 December 2006	London		Earls Court
21 December 2006	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
Asia
6 January 2007	Nagoya	Japan	Zepp Nagoya
7 January 2007	Osaka		Namba Hatch
8 January 2007			Zepp Osaka
10 January 2007	Fukuoka		Zepp Fukuoka
12 January 2007	Tokyo		Kokusai Forum
13 January 2007	Yokohama		Yokohama Blitz
14 January 2007	Tokyo		Zepp Tokyo
Australasia
18 January 2007	Auckland	New Zealand	The Studio
19 January 2007			Big Day Out Auckland
21 January 2007	Southport	Australia	Big Day Out Gold Coast
24 January 2007	Brisbane		The Arena
25 January 2007	Sydney		Big Day Out Sydney
26 January 2007			Enmore Theatre
28 January 2007	Melbourne		Big Day Out Melbourne
1 February 2007			Palace Theatre
2 February 2007	Adelaide		Big Day Out Adelaide
4 February 2007	Perth		Big Day Out Perth
Europe
13 February 2007	London	England	Hammersmith Palais
14 February 2007	Brussels	Belgium	Ancienne Belgique
16 February 2007	Zurich	Switzerland	Rohstofflager
17 February 2007	Munich	Germany	Backstage
18 February 2007	Frankfurt		Mousonturm
20 February 2007	Hamburg		Markthalle
21 February 2007	Berlin		Kesselhaus
23 February 2007	Paris	France	Le Bataclan
24 February 2007	Lille		Zénith Aréna
26 February 2007	Amsterdam	The Netherlands	Paradiso
27 February 2007	Strasbourg	France	La Laiterie
28 February 2007	Lyon		Ninkasi
3 March 2007	Madrid	Spain	La Riviera
4 March 2007	Barcelona		Razzmatazz
7 March 2007	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
29 March 2007	London		Royal Albert Hall
4 May 2007	Limerick	Ireland	Dolan's Warehouse
5 May 2007	Dublin		Green Energy Festival
19 May 2007	Preston	England	Radio 1's Big Weekend
24 May 2007	Inverness	Scotland	The Ironworks
25 May 2007	Broadford		Isle of Skye Music Festival
8 June 2007	Portsmouth	England	Wedgewood Rooms
9 June 2007	Newport		Isle of Wight Festival
12 June 2007	Madrid	Spain	PepeWorld Festival
21 June 2007	Newport	Wales	Newport Centre
22 June 2007	Pilton	England	Glastonbury Festival
26 June 2007	Indija	Serbia	Green Fest
28 June 2007	Budapest	Hungary	Petőfi Csarnok
29 June 2007	Bucharest	Romania	Romexpo
7 July 2007	London	England	Wembley Stadium
8 July 2007	Kinross	Scotland	T in the Park
13 July 2007	London	England	Somerset House
16 July 2007	Ibiza Town	Spain	Ibiza Rocks
17 July 2007
22 July 2007	Carhaix-Plouguer	France	Festival des Vieilles Charrues
26 July 2007	Leicester	England	Athena
31 July 2007	London		iTunes Festival
Asia
11 August 2007	Osaka	Japan	Summer Sonic Osaka
12 August 2007	Tokyo		Summer Sonic Tokyo
Europe
17 August 2007	Biddinghuizen	The Netherlands	Lowlands Festival
18 August 2007	Stafford	England	V Festival
19 August 2007	Chelmsford
22 August 2007	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Tennent's Vital
31 August 2007	Winterthur	Switzerland	Musikfestwochen
2 September 2007	Trinity	Jersey	Jersey Live
4 September 2007	Norwich	England	Norwich U.E.A.
5 September 2007	Grimsby		Grimsby Auditorium
6 September 2007	Glasgow	Scotland	ABC
America
10 November 2007	São Paulo	Brazil	Planeta Terra
Europe
31 December 2007	Edinburgh	Scotland	Hogmanay

Opening acts

• Kharma 45
• The Fratellis
• Mew
• One Thousand Pictures
• Blue October
• Guillemots
• Men Women & Children
• The Temper Trap
• The Enemy
• The Hours
• Black Daniel
• The Bees
• The Lea Shores
• The Blizzards
• Future Kings Of Spain
• Underground Heroes

Trivia

• Starting from 20 May 2006, Jay Mehler permanently joined the band as a touring guitarist, replacing Chris Karloff
• On 12 September 2006 at NME.com's 10th Birthday and at the Hogmanay gig in Edinburgh on 31 December 2007, Noel Gallagher joined Kasabian for a few songs
• On 26 July 2007 in Leicester, Fast Fuse was performed live for the first time

Tour book

The official Empire tour programme contains an interview with Kasabian and handwritten messages to the fans by all four band members, as well as previously unseen photographs, some of them from personal collections. It also includes lyrics to all the songs on Empire, though not all of them correct. The programme was still available for purchase in the band's online shop until December 2009.