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Kings of Leon's Caleb: "I dressed like an old woman"

The Kings of Leon brothers reminisce in The Independent about the first time the band played a show in Amsterdam.

Speaking just before the band's Amsterdam gig at Ziggo Dome, Nathan Followill admits:

 “I don’t think anyone can remember the first time they played Amsterdam".

However, his brother Caleb recalls that he does remember doing promo for the band's 2003 debut 'Youth and Young Manhood' outside the venue Paradiso. He adds:

"Then when we went on stage I was really high. As a matter of fact I’d been to the Paradiso the night before, just dancing, all messed-up on everything.

“We were there for several days, it was really hot, and I never changed clothes, never showered, and I was dressed like an old woman…”

Now their health regime has changed dramatically from those days, especially when it comes to playing festivals.

Drummer, Nathan Followill, says: "Back in the day we played 186 shows in one year. You can do that when you’re 19 and you’re playing 30-minute sets and you’re the opening band. And you can do that hung over.

"But when you’re doing a two-hour set in a stadium – my trainer says to me: ‘You’re like an athlete, a professional, and you have to keep your body in shape.’ Although,” he says with a smile and an old-habits shrug, “I don’t think David Beckham would be drinking a glass of wine before a football match".

Kings Of Leon play Isle of Wight today (June 15).

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Watch Kings Of Leon be interviewed ahead of their Isle of Wight Festival performance below: