{"id":1647,"date":"2024-02-22T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/?post_type=music-news&#038;p=1647"},"modified":"2024-04-10T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:46:10","slug":"kings-of-leon-announce-new-album","status":"publish","type":"music-news","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-news\/kings-of-leon-announce-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"KINGS\u00a0OF\u00a0LEON announce brand NEW ALBUM"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[604,603],"category_post":[],"acf":{"intro_copy":"","smudge":false,"section_news":[{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Kings Of Leon\u00a0 Announce new album &#8216;Can We Please Have Fun&#8217; <\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Out May 10<sup>TH<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Can We Please Have Fun<\/span><\/i><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">, as its title suggests, is a document\u00a0<span class=\"markaxex8c0p9\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0one\u00a0<span class=\"markaxex8c0p9\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0this era\u2019s great rock &amp; roll bands cutting loose, trying new things, and, yes, having some fun. 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