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Kasabian’s ‘Happenings’ Takes Lead for U.K. No. 1 Album


Kasabian's album is outselling its closest competitor, Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department," by a margin of 2:1.

The Leicester-formed rock band, consisting of Sergio Pizzorno, Chris Edwards, Ian Matthews, and Tim Carter, has taken an early lead in the race to top this week’s U.K. Official Albums Chart. At the midweek mark, Happenings, the band’s eighth studio album, is outselling its closest competitor, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, by a margin of 2:1. Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian performs onstage during day 2 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 2) at The Empire Polo Club on April 18, 2015 in Indio, California.

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