Kings Of Leon premiered tracks from their new album ‘O My Beloved’ last night (November 10) for a one-off UK show in London. Check out concert footage, photos, the setlist and what went down below.
The Tennessee rockers performed their only 2026 show on this side of the pond at the brand new British Airways ARC, a 3,800-capacity music venue at Olympia London. So far the likes of Self Esteem, Puscifer, Van Morrison and The Black Keys have played at the venue since it opened in June.
Tonight it was KOL’s turn as they showcased four tracks from their 10th studio album which was released last Friday, including recent singles ‘My Whole World’, ‘Cold Blue Dawn’ and live album track debuts for ‘Rose’ and ‘KOYSAR’. You can view footage below.
“Hello everyone it’s good to be back in London,” frontman Caleb Followill declared early on. “Are you all having a good time?”
Ahead of ‘Cold Blue Dawn’, he added: “We arrived yesterday and we haven’t sound checked and we haven’t rehearsed. We’re gonna play you a bunch of stuff, we’re gonna give you some old and new songs.”
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Along with performing some of their most famous bangers (‘Closer’, ‘Use Somebody’ and ‘The Bucket’) they took time to dip into several tracks from ‘Because Of The Times’, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, including ‘On Call’, ‘Black Thumbnail’, ‘Arizona’, ‘Knocked Up’ and ‘Fans’.
Ahead of the latter, Caleb spoke about the love the band received when they first came to the UK. “In fact you were so great to us that we went home after we toured and we wrote this song just for you,” he shared.
The biggest surprise of the night came when the band broke out early hit ‘Wasted Time’ for the first time since 2014. “We haven’t played this in a long time,” Caleb admitted.
Kings Of Leon give a rare outing to ‘Wasted Time’ @British_Airways ARC pic.twitter.com/vZRiFGo9o3
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As the band wrapped up their show with ‘Knocked Up’ and their stadium slaying Number One hit ‘Sex On Fire’, guitarist Matthew Followill conducted the crowd during the former as they sang back the song’s catchy refrain: “Ooh, whoa oh, whoa, oh, oh.”
Caleb then got the whole the whole crowd to wave their arms to the classic fan favourite.
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As KOL ended the show with a rampant ‘Sex On Fire’, Caleb left the audience to sing the chorus unassisted at times.
Kings Of Leon played:
‘Comeback Story’
‘Rose’
‘Find Me’
‘On Call’
‘Manhattan’
‘Cold Blue Dawn’
‘Use Somebody’
‘Waste A Moment’
‘My Whole World’
‘Pickup Truck’
‘Wasted Time’
‘My Party’
‘Razz’
‘Closer’
‘Fans’
‘Back Down South’
‘KOYSAR’
‘Wait For Me’
‘Arizona’
‘Pyro’
‘Seen’
‘Black Thumbnail’
‘The Bucket’
‘Knocked Up’
‘Sex On Fire’
After the performance, drummer Nathan Followill took to X, to write: “Thank you London for an amazing night. My smile will last longer than my sweat. That was a proper 25 song rock show. See you soon.”
Thank you London for an amazing night. My smile will last longer than my sweat. That was a proper 25 song rock show. See you soon.
— nathan followill (@doctorfollowill) November 10, 2026
The show comes after the band wrapped up a huge 2026 UK tour earlier this summer, where they were joined by The Snuts, The Lathums and The Royston Club. They also headlined Mad Cool 2026 in Madrid, kicked off the inaugural State Fayre festival with a hits-packed headline set, and played an intimate Nashville show where they performed ‘My Whole World’ live for the first time.
As for 2027, they have two huge shows at London’s The O2 on the way next summer – celebrating the venue turning 20 – and they are also set to headline Isle Of Wight 2027 alongside Fatboy Slim and Robbie Williams. Find any remaining tickets here.
