Tennessee bad boys ascend to rock royalty

Kings of Leon deliver their fearsome noise to an adoring UK crowd, cementing their position as album bestsellers of 2009What a difference a year, and Glastonbury Festival, makes. In 2008 Jay-Z's turn on Saturday night might have stolen the headlines but the act that benefited most, in terms of reputation and subsequent record sales, topped the bill the previous evening. Twelve months ago, Nashville's Kings of Leon - three sons of a lapsed pentecostal preacher and their cousin - were a medium-siz...

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