Kaiser Chiefs to headline Belladrum
The Kaiser Chiefs have been announced to headline the Saturday night of this year’s Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
It will be band's first ever appearance at any Highland festival which takes place this year from August 6 to 8.
The Leeds indie band formed in 2003 features Ricky Wilson, currently a coach on BBC Television’s ‘The Voice UK,’ as was last year’s headliner Sir Tom Jones.
Kaiser Chiefs have enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success with a raft of best-selling albums and singles, three Brit awards including best British group, a NME award for best album, and a Mercury Prize nomination.
The band’s only gigs in the Highlands were during a mini-tour in 2008 when they sold out two nights in Strathpeffer Pavilion in ten minutes. Songs such as ‘Ruby.’ ‘I Predict A Riot,’ and ‘Never Miss A Beat’ have brought the band fame worldwide.
The Proclaimers have already been announced as the headliner of the festival’s new third day main stage evening programme on the Thursday.
Friday headliners will be announced in due course, together with up to 100 other acts.
“The Kaisers 2008 gig at Strathpeffer has gone down in Highland lore as one of those epic ‘I was there’ moments."Much to my disappointment, I wasn’t, so I’m really delighted to be able to bring the band back to the Highlands for their first ever festival here,” said Belladrum promoter Joe Gibbs.Belladrum has also announced that its fancy dress theme this year will be ‘Superheroes'.
