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Kings of Leon: Come Around Sundown

Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 18 October 2010

IN THE RUN-UP to Kings of Leon's fifth album, frontman Caleb Followill fretted publicly over his band's swelling popularity. Sorry, dude: That horse left the barn a while ago. The Kings' last album, 2008's Only by the Night, sold 6.5 million copies worldwide, they now headline arenas all over, and the Grammy-grabbing 'Use Somebody' has been covered by everyone from Paramore to Trey Songz.

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