Kaiser Chiefs announce homecoming ‘Employment’ 20th anniversary show with Razorlight, The Cribs and more

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Kaiser Chiefs have announced a homecoming ‘Employment’ 20th anniversary show with Razorlight, The Cribs and more celebrating their own anniversaries on the stacked lineup.The Leeds indie legends will play their biggest show in their hometown to date at Temple Newsam Park on May 31, 2025, where they will celebrate 20 years of their debut album ‘Employment’.The album remains the biggest-ever selling record from a Leeds act, and is responsible for classics like ‘I Predict A Riot’ and ‘Oh My God’.

The record went on to be awarded seven times platinum, with other musicians like Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor hailing the debut as “really, really good and super legit.”Joining Kaiser Chiefs are Razorlight, who will also celebrate 20 years of their own debut ‘Up All Night’.

The Cribs, who also recently celebrated 20 years of their sophomore ‘The New Fellas’ will also support, with The Coral and We Are Scientists (who will commemorate the 20th anniversary of major label debut ‘With Love And Squalor’ at the gig) completing the line-up so far.On top of that, former NME Cover stars HotWax will be joining the line-up to open alongside West Yorkshire up-and-comer Ellur.Pre-sales are open now here, with general admission to commence at 9am on October 11 – get your tickets here.Speaking about the upcoming show, Kaiser Chiefs said in a statement: “very excited to announce our biggest Leeds gig ever.

Twenty years since ‘Employment’ and twenty-three years since we last played at Temple Newsam we are delighted to be back.“Last time we played there (in Parva) we joked we were on after Guns n Roses who had played the previous night so it’s been a long wait to finally actually headline the Park.