Festival Voices - Kasabian: "Going to see a great band outdoors when you’re a kid, they’re the kind of things that can change your life"

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Kasabian

Big festival events where you can get 80,000 people in a field together – that’s the culture surrounding bands: unity and creating these amazing memories that last forever.

Going to see a great band outdoors when you’re a kid, they’re the kind of things that can change your life. From that day on, your life can take a new path. So I look forward to those summers because you get those memories – those things that are just laser beamed onto your brain that you never forget. You never forget that show where the sun’s out, people are on shoulders, the mosh pits are going. It’s the one.

That’s what’s so special about music. I hear people talking about it like content, and you know, it’s so disrespectful to just be like, “Oh, you listen to it for 30 seconds and move on.” I’m not having that. A song, when you need it, a song can literally transform every cell in your body.

Especially at an outdoor show now, more than ever, because of the screen situation and the disconnect we have being around people. I think gigs snap people out of that for an-hour-and-a-half, and the more we can do that, the better.

I’m buzzing for the summer. I just found out the Fairview Park gig we’re doing is in a tent. Kasabian in a tent is one of the wonders of the world. That’s going to be so good. It just keeps all that vibe in the condensed air. That’s going to be something else, that show.

It’ll have an era-defining setlist. Music from all the albums, and full-throttle, high-energy rock and roll – a joyous occasion where everyone comes together and has an unbelievable night. We always try to make sure everyone leaves having been entertained to the maximum.

• Kasabian play Fairview Park June 16