Kings Of Leon performed their track ‘Joe’s Head’ for the first time in 16 years last night (September 3) – check out the video below.
The Nashville band played a headline show at the Scotiabank Saddledome arena in Calgary in Alberta, Canada yesterday as part of the current North American leg of their ‘Can We Please Have Fun’ world tour.
For the ‘Song For The City’ segment of the gig, KOL dusted off ‘Joe’s Head’ from their classic debut album ‘Youth & Young Manhood’ (2003). It marked the track’s first live outing since 2008, per Setlist.FM.
“I think it’s safe to say that no one has heard this song for 15 years,” said frontman Caleb Followill to introduce the performance. “This is your ‘Song For The City’ from our first album ‘Youth & Young Manhood’. It’s ‘Joe’s Head’.
Elsewhere on the tour, Kings Of Leon have recently played ‘Talihina Sky’ for the first time since 2017, and gave ‘Birthday’ its first appearance on the setlist in a decade. You can see the videos below.
The ‘Song For The City’ part of the concert sees KOL perform a special song exclusive to that show and location, at the request of fans.
Kings Of Leon released their ninth studio album, ‘Can We Please Have Fun’, back in May. In a four-star review, NME wrote: “This is easily KOL’s most promising, liberated record for over a decade but still surprisingly restrained in places.
“Can they have fun? Yes it appears, in places, but they could have had a whole lot more.”
The band have since played a huge outdoor show in London as part of this year’s BST Hyde Park series, and taken to the stage for more headline gigs across the UK and Ireland. In July, KOL performed at Silverstone for the F1 British Grand Prix.
Speaking to NME earlier this year, Caleb Followill reflected on his relationship with the group’s huge 2008 hit ‘Sex On Fire’. “I didn’t want it on the album [‘Only By The Night’],” he said. “But I knew it was… good.”
He continued: “I knew it had potential, but I felt like there were other songs… I knew instantly: ‘Everyone’s gonna hear this and they’re not gonna listen to the rest of [the album].”
Drummer Nathan Followill added: “It’s kind of like a nickname. Someone gives you a nickname and you act like you hate it… you are stuck with that for the rest of your life. Ask our cousin, Nacho.”
