(New York – October 24, 2016) – Multi-platinum selling rock band KINGS OF LEON has claimed the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 with the release of their seventh studio album WALLS. This marks the band’s first number one album in the U.S. The album also enters at #1 on the Alternative Albums, Rock Albums,Top Albums Sales, and Top Digital Albums Charts. WALLS is also #1 in 5 additional countries including the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Austria, and earns top three entries in more than 10 territories including Germany and Australia.

The album has received amazing critical acclaim with The New York Times calling it “timeless,” Rolling Stone saying it’s “Kings of Leon at their best” and Consequence of Sound calling the album “their best album in years.” The album includes released tracks “Reverend,” “Around The World” and “WALLS” and their hit single “Waste A Moment,” which Stereogum said sounds like “the Kings Of Leon you remember.”  According to Mediabase, the song is currently #1 at AAA radio for the 2nd consecutive week and is continuing to climb the Alternative radio chart, sitting at #5 this week.

The band recently delivered riveting performances of the “Waste a Moment” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and TODAY, where they also performed “Reverend,” and “Use Somebody.”

The Grammy Award winning group will begin their U.S. tour begin January 12th in National Harbor, MD and route through major U.S. cities including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Detroit, and San Francisco, which are already sold out. A small number of tickets remain for the other dates and are on sale at Ticketmaster.

2017 TOUR DATES:

*Non Live Nation promoted event

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For more information, visit:

www.kingsofleon.com

About Kings of Leon: Since their debut in 2003, Kings of Leon (Caleb (guitar/vocals), Nathan (drums), Jared (bass) and Matthew Followill (guitar)) have released six albums (Youth & Young Manhood (2003), Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004), Because of the Times (2007), Only by the Night (2008), Come Around Sundown (2010) and Mechanical Bull (2013)), sold over 18 million albums and over 24 million singles worldwide. The multi-platinum selling band has had five singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, all six of their studio albums on Billboard’s Top 200 list and two singles that reached #1 on Modern Rock radio. In addition, they have had seven Grammy Nominations, four Grammy Award wins, three NME Awards, two Brit Awards and one Juno Award. They have toured all over the world, playing at top venues and headlining major festivals such as Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and Glastonbury. Kings of Leon’s seventh studio album WALLS released October 14th.