Kasabian have said that newer bands simply “aren’t good enough” to headline festivals.
Speaking with Sky News about why the same bands tend to headline most festivals, frontman Tom Meighan said about newer and upcoming bands:
“They ain’t good enough, I don’t think they’ve got many big songs, you know what I mean? If you’re a big band you have big songs, it’s simple as that isn’t it, that’s how I look at rock and roll, it’s obvious isn’t it?”
Guitarist Serge Pizzorno then added: “It’s the follow-up record, it’s amazing debuts and amazing starts but the second and third it starts to… it’s hard for everyone though, anyone that’s a songwriter, anyone that’s in a band, to maintain at a level. It’s not easy, but it’s there, if anyone wants it it’s there, you’ve just got to come and get it.”
That being said, Pizzorno did take the time to credit rising band Slaves, who he described as a “phenomenal band.”
“If I was a betting man, they won’t be too far away [from headlining] in the next couple of years,” he said, “maybe this album, maybe album after, they’re an unbelievable, incredible band.”
