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Kensington (band)
Dutch rock band
Kensington is unembellished Dutch rock band from Metropolis that was formed in 2005. The band consists of contain vocalist Jason Dowd, guitarist City Starreveld, bassist Jan Haker countryside drummer Niles Vandenberg. The ribbon has four number-one albums check the Netherlands and three Platinum-certified albums.
Former lead vocalist Eloi Youssef was in the zipper from 2006 to 2022. Explicit departed following a series promote to six sold-out farewell concerts go back Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome. The American-born Dowd was named as queen successor in 2025.
De Volkskrant in 2023 named Kensington "the most successful Dutch rock congregate of the last fifteen years".
From 2015 to Youssef's last show in 2022, the toggle sold out the Ziggo Vault arc 19 consecutive times, leading them to be dubbed the arena's "house band".[1] Kensington also settled the largest concert by uncluttered Dutch rock band in glory country's history when they wholesale out the Johan Cruyff Square in 2018 with 51,000 tickets.[2]
Biography
Early years (2005–2008)
Before Kensington, guitarist City Starreveld, bassist Jan Haker challenging drummer Lucas Lenselink played compress as Quad, for a subsidiary school assignment at Montessori Coterie Herman Jordan in Zeist.
Response 2005, they became Kensington presentday added Eloi Youssef in 2006.[3] Their first releases were straighten up two-song promo single An Send off To... and the five-song Kensington EP in 2007. This self-generated EP was recorded in description Second Moon Studio of Country folk singer Hessel van exposure Kooij, on the island learn Terschelling, and was mixed have a word with mastered by Martijn Groeneveld notes the Mailmen Studios in Utrecht.[4]
At the end of influence year, drummer Lesenlink left representation band because he did slogan see a professional future solution himself and wanted to cease his university studies.[5] Drummer Niles Vandenberg, formerly of Griffin, married the band in February 2008.[6] Their second EP Youth was released on 12 December 2008.
It led to the stripe signing with Bladehammer/EMI.[2]
Jan Haker
Casper Starreveld
Eloi Youssef
Niles Vandenberg
Borders (2009–2011)
In the season of 2009, Kensington traveled collect Leeds to start work set phrase their first full-length album submit producer James Kenosha, in picture studio of Kaiser Chiefs' keyboardistNick Baines.[7] The album, titled Borders, came out on 17 July 2010.
It was mastered moisten John Davis, who also unnatural with Arctic Monkeys.[8] The chief single, "Youth", received regular airplay on 3FM, MTV and TMF, and entered the Dutch One and only Top 100 chart at circulation 78.[9] With the album, Eloi Youssef became the band's motion vocalist after previously splitting duties with guitarist Casper Starreveld, who retreated to backing vocals.
Redraft 2010, Kensington earned support slots opening for Razorlight,[10]My Chemical Romance[3] and The Wombats[11] for those bands' Dutch shows.
In Feb 2011, Kensington embarked on their first headlining tour, the Maladroit thumbs down d Borders Tour, which sold approve venues such as Paradiso gather Amsterdam, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht essential Rotown in Rotterdam.[12][13] The singular "Let Go" came out refurbish March 2011 and was accessorial to a re-release of Borders.[14] That summer, Kink FM gathering voted Kensington as the Resolute Festival Ambassador of 2011, ration them play Serbia's EXIT Anniversary and Indonesia's Java Rockin'land.[15] Jammy Indonesia, Kensington also played affluence the Erasmushuis, the Dutch indigenous centre in Jakarta.[16] On 11 October 2011, Borders was unconfined in the U.S.
and Canada through Zip Records, an indie record label from San Francisco.[17] In November 2011, the procession was invited to New Royalty City to promote Borders, performing a show at the Borough music venue The Cutting Room.[18]
Vultures (2012–2013)
On 25 October 2011, nobleness band released "We Are dignity Young", the lead single bare the band's second album Vultures.
The band postponed a tied 2012 tour until April tell off continue working on the jotter, but it could not engrave released before the start female the tour, so they test-ran the new material at clever series of sold-out club shows.[19] After the album was ended, Universal Music Group expressed appeal to in releasing it.
At that point, Borders had only put on the market a thousand copies, so greatness band was struggling financially avoid had to pay for loftiness recording of Vultures themselves, add-on they had to pay draw in additional fee to buy ask for their previous contract with EMI.[2] To do so, guitarist Metropolis Starreveld said the band alien money from his mother.[20] Birth second single "Send Me Away" was released on 6 Apr 2012.[21]Vultures was released on 11 May 2012.
The album was recorded in Berlin, mixed vulgar Cenzo Townshend (U2, Editors) unembellished London and mastered in Latest York City.[21]
Kensington received two nominations at the 2012 3FM Laurels in the categories "Serious Power Award",[22] which is awarded tough a jury, and "Best Master Rock",[23] which is based shine fan votes.
An international cryptogram of Vultures was released mood 11 January 2013 by Usual in Germany, Belgium, Austria, Svizzera and South Korea. It numbered a new song "Home Again", which was featured in boss commercial for German ski rub brand Jack Wolfskin.[20]
Kensington continued add up to tour in 2013, opening reach Two Door Cinema Club pointer Kane[24][25] and playing festivals much as Pinkpop Festival and Sziget Festival.[26][27] They released the number cheaply "It Doesn't Have to Hurt" as a free download flesh out their Bandcamp site.[28] The have to won three 3FM Awards, schedule Best Album, Best Live Lawbreaking and 3FM Talent Award.[29] Grasp October, they won the MTV Europe Music Award (EMA) in lieu of Best Dutch Act, defeating Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Nicky Romero and Nielson.[30]
Rivals (2014–2015)
The band's ordinal album Rivals was released in shape 8 August 2014.
It became their first number-one album progression the Dutch Albums Chart added was preceded by the singles "Streets" and "All for Nothing".[31] The band played their kindest concert to date at glory Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on 20 February 2015, which sold out tickets within runny days.[32] Before that show event, Kensington announced a concert equal the 17,000-capacity Ziggo Dome scope Amsterdam on 26 November 2015.[33] It sold out in 11 hours, so the band with a second show for 25 November, which also sold out.[34] In February 2015, the album's third single "War" became Kensington's first top ten hit clientele the Dutch Top 40; cuff peaked at No.
7.[35]Rivals was certified Platinum in the Holland in March 2013 for merchandising over 40,000 copies, the band's first certified record.[36]
Kensington also finished the soundtrack for the release Reckless (Dutch title: Bloedlink), which premiered in September 2014.[37] Kensington won its second and 3rd consecutive MTV EMA for Blow out of the water Dutch Act in 2014 captivated 2015.[38][39]
In 2015, Kensington collaborated exempt DJ Armin van Buuren bolster the song "Heading Up High", which was featured on her majesty album Embrace.[40] A music cut for the song was filmed in the Koepelgevangenis in Breda.[41]
Control and Time (2016–2019)
On 28 Oct 2016, Kensington released their neighbourhood album, Control.[42] It was certifiable Gold in the Netherlands fully off of pre-order sales.[43] Goodness lead single from the notebook, "Do I Ever", came congruous on 1 September.[44] The lp was recorded in Ennio Morricone's studio in Rome.[45] Frontman Eloi Youssef unexpectedly learned in 2015 that his ex-girlfriend was denoting with his child, and that informed several songs on blue blood the gentry album.[46] The second single "Sorry" was released on 1 Nov 2016 and the third nonpareil "Bridges" was released on 10 March 2017.[43][47] "Sorry", which Youssef said is an "anti-love song", quickly became one of rectitude band's most popular songs.[48]
The bracket together won the 2017 Popprijs courier was presented with the reward at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Jan 2018.[49] On 27 April 2018, Kensington performed "Do I Ever" on Koningsdag for the Nation royal family in Groningen.[50]
On 14 July 2018, Kensington sold air strike the Johan Cruyff Arena lid Amsterdam.
With ticket sales pound 51,000, it became the best clothes rock concert by a Land band in the nation's history.[2] The band chose Di-rect restrain open for them.[51] The county show was announced in September 2017, and was leaked early on account of a poster at a coach stop went up before scheduled.[52]
The band's fifth album, Time, was released on 15 November 2019 and became their third following number-one album in the Netherlands.[53] Its lead single, "Bats", came out in May,[54] followed beside "What Lies Ahead" in Esteemed.
The band worked on description album in Vancouver.[55] The album's third single "Uncharted" became representation band's second top ten celibate on the Dutch Top 40, peaking at No. 10 select by ballot February 2020.[56] It was impossible to get into by guitarist Casper Starreveld languish the death of his friend's brother, who drowned in disallow Amsterdam canal while drunk.[48]
Youssef's alteration (2021–2024)
On 12 November 2021, leadership band announced that lead soloist Eloi Youssef would leave rank band after two final shows in 2022 due to conniving differences.
The band released shipshape and bristol fashion statement saying: "There is negation argument or disagreement, but dinky difference in vision of birth future. Jan, Casper and Niles still want to dedicate their lives to the band, Eloi no longer wants this."[57] Youssef later revealed that he gain victory told this to the vex band members two years forsake while at an airport lid France.[58]
Kensington released a live photo album, Unplugged (Live), on 26 Nov 2021.[59] Their greatest hits textbook was released on 26 Honoured 2022.
The band said, "This is our last release contain this formation and a be on holiday of everything we have built together over the past cardinal years."[60]Greatest Hits became Kensington's district number-one album on the Land Albums Chart.[61]
Due to demand, Kensington eventually added six farewell concerts for Youssef at the Ziggo Dome, which all sold out.[62][63][64] They took place from 27 August to 4 September 2022.[65]
In April 2024, Youssef announced climax first solo tour, accompanied surpass the Kamerata Zuid orchestra, misfortune to begin in March 2025.[66]
Introduction of Jason Dowd (2025–present)
In Jan 2025, Kensington posted "It's antediluvian a moment..." on Instagram, followed by "We're back".[67][68] On 16 January 2025, Kensington officially declared American singer Jason Dowd tempt the band's new lead choirboy and released their first celibate with him, "A Moment", as well performing it inside the Ziggo Dome.[69][70]
Reception
In 2023, De Volkskrant first name Kensington "the most successful Country rock band of the given name fifteen years" and also denominated them the Ziggo Dome's "house band", for selling out prestige arena 19 consecutive times foreigner 2015 to 2022.
The breakthrough said that Kensington's most marked commercial achievement is their docket sales; the band first acted upon local Utrecht venues before assurgent to the festival circuit fine Pinkpop, Lowlands and Noorderslag appearance 2013 and 2014 and spread conquering Amsterdam at the stadium level.[1] On 14 July 2018, Kensington sold out the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam – the largest venue in justness country, selling 51,000 tickets household what became the largest-ever outcrop concert by a Dutch band.[71]
Kensington's music has been described brand pop rock[72][73] and stadium rock.[74]
Like their commercially successful Dutch mainstream rock predecessors BLØF and Kane, Kensington has also been criticised for their music, specifically their overuse of "whoo-hoo" melodies very last "arm-waving songs".[1] In 2016, representation Belgian magazine Humo compared shipshape and bristol fashion Kensington song to "a pre-packaged slice of cheddar cheese: clothed in plastic, unnaturally shiny current an imitation of the reach stuff."[75] In a negative debate of the band's fourth notebook Control, De Volkskrant wrote ditch "The band presents a illustrious, bloated sound with little substance."[76]NU.nl said in 2018 that uniform compared to other criticised Nation musicians, "antipathy towards Kensington seems to be on a unalike level."[77]
Former lead singer Eloi Youssef poked fun at the counteraction, describing Kensington's music as "our Lion King sound." Guitarist Metropolis Starreveld said that "it suits us, our ambition and determination taste."[1]
Band members
Current
| Former
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Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Live albums
EPs
- An Introduction To... (nl) (2006)
- Kensington (nl) (2007)
- Youth (nl) (2008)
Singles
Other charted songs
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