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The British Indie rock band is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its first album, Inside In / Inside Out with a special tour that includes a concert at the La Riviera Hall on 25 January 2023. At this concert, it will perform all of the songs on the album and will review some of its greatest hits.

The group got together in 2004 in Brighton, England, and the band’s line-up remained unchanged until 2008, when the bass player, Maz Rafferty, left and Peter Denton joined, until he left in January 2019. At the beginning of 2010, the departure of the drummer, Paul Garred, was announced.  The band is now made up of the leader, vocalist and guitarist, Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris on the guitar, keyboards, bass and chorus, and Alexis Nuñez on the drums and percussion. For tours and recordings, they have additional members.

Considered to be a reference of international pop rock, The Kooks released its first album, Inside In / Inside Out in 2006.  Winning four platinum discs, it soon became the album for a whole generation thanks to hymns like Naive, She Moves In Her Own Way, Ooh La and You Don’t Love Me.

Following the success of its debut, the second album, Konk, was released in 2008 which was also a hit with the public and critics alike, with songs like Always Where I Need to Be, Do You Wanna and Shine On. They went on to release the albums, Junk of the Heart (2011), Listen (2015) and the remix album, Hello, What's your Name? (2015) and Let's Go Sunshine (2018), the most recent album to date.

Throughout its career, the band has experimented with different genres, including rock, Britpop, pop, reggae and ska, and more recently, funk and hip-hop. Its songs have become extremely popular and have been heard in TV adverts and hit series, such as The O.C. and Gossip Girl.

On this special tour, The Kooks celebrates the 15th anniversary of its first album, one of the most outstanding British Indie albums, which sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.   The Scottish group, The Snuts, will be the support group for the tour, presenting its album, W.L., Number 1 on the British charts.