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An engraving of noted English civil engineer and physicist John Smeaton, Leeds, England, circa 1785. But, while the city boasted a thriving alternative music scene with the opportunity to discover new bands and listen to the latest indie tunes the likes of The Faversham, Mint, and The HiFi Club, it was also a student town; a hub of super-clubs and cheap nights out. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. This made Leeds both an exciting and frightening place to be on a night out, depending on which side of the fence you were on... and how much alcohol you'd consumed.

Kaiser Chiefs emerged in the mid-2000s as one of the major players in the Post-Punk Revival movement. After a slight false start with their first album, 22 (released under the name “Parva”), the band achieved considerable commercial success with their first two major-label studio albums, Employment (2005) and Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007). The latter also spawned the single, “Ruby”, which scored the band their first UK #1 in 2007. The group gained recognition for their Britpop and Punk-influenced sound, which made them stand out among their contemporaries. NH: We've got a very special cover that we're going to play. But I don't want to give away the gold. DA: I think that's a line of criticism where people criticise something for what it's not rather than what it is, and that always disturbs me – it's a bit like criticising Coca-Cola for not being wine. Sometimes I want one and sometimes the other. So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started. Faking it everyday" He could be faking his feelings for this new person because they like him and if he fakes it long enough he will fall for them and get what he wants?DA: We didn't just think: "We'll get Paul Weller and Bryan Ferry and get them to do a duet." The thing that concerns me is that there are vast swathes of contemporary audiences that have never really seen great musicians playing – not famous ones, but people who can really rip stuff up and really play. RW: At the first rehearsal last week, I was so impressed. I liked the sheet music score with "Oh My God" written at the top of it, with different arrangements for the orchestra. It's good that people take us seriously. Five years ago, you couldn't have got David Arnold to spend all his available free time – and non-free time – to score all this and get 40 musicians in.

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The songs start with an initial idea by me on the guitar or piano, but what comes out in the end is a team effort. We don't have a dominating figure who dictates what people play. I think this might explain why we still get along." DA: The main thing I got from it is a great sense of inclusiveness, an audience that's being performed with and not at. Kaiser Chiefs via David Arnold, Roundhouse, London NW1 (0870 389 1846; www.roundhouse.org.uk), tonight. The Electric Proms continue to Sunday (www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms)