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4th August 2006

Empire 10" / DVD

Empire went into the singles chart at #9 last week, from download and CD sales.

The 10" vinyl and DVD single formats come out on August 21st; pre-order the pair together and enter a draw to win tickets to the sold out Brixton Academy show on August 15th. Details here (no purchase necessary to enter draw).

10" vinyl comes in a poster bag, continuing the tradition from previous singles.

NME.com are 10

Kasabian have confirmed they will headline the NME.com 10th birthday party show at Koko in London on September 12th. For details of how you can win tickets to the show, visit www.nme.com (obviously).

Transmission

Kasabian play 2 tracks on tonight's Transmission show, which goes out on Channel 4 at 11.35pm tonight (August 4th). The show was filmed in Belfast last week; the 2 songs performed will be Empire and Shoot The Runner.

Press

Inked words to look out for next week in Dazed & Confused, Mojo, FHM, Rocksound and Elle. At least.

WAP Attack

Sections of kasabian.co.uk, and Kasabian ringtones, are now available on the band's WAP site. If you're familiar with using WAP sites on your mobile phone, go to wap.kasabian.co.uk in your phone's browser.

If not read comprehensive instructions here, or text KASABIAN to 82088 (UK except T Mobile), or KASABIAN to +447797806763 (Rest of World & UK T-Mobile) to have a link sent back by SMS and WAP push.

Accessing the WAP site costs no more than your normal operator's data charge, and the SMS described above will not cost more than your usual rate.

The site includes News and Live info, and also Ringtones, including Empire. When buying ringtones and wallpapers, all costs are clearly stated, and you'll have a variety of ways to pay. Should all work internationally as well as in the UK. Go WAP.

Empire (single)

CD out now
1. Empire
2. Black Whistler

Download from iTunes, Napster, MSN and other services.

DVD released August 21st
1. Empire
2. Ketang
3. Behind-scenes documentary

10" Vinyl released August 21st
A. Empire
B. Empire (Jagz Kooner Remix)
Poster bag