Kings of Leon’s hit song “Sex on Fire” is about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The American rockers have joked their worldwide smash was inspired by one of them getting a nasty illness after sleeping with a girl. When asked if the track - which includes the lyrics “hot as a fever, rattling bones” - was about great sex, one band member quipped: “Actually it’s about STDs, that was the (more…)

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has expressed interest in writing the score for the forthcoming movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Director Chris Weitz told that Kings of Leon had also been approached about contributing to the soundtrack. The film, which stars Robert Pattinson, is due to be released in November. “The criterion will still always be what’s right for the movie at that given moment, but Thom Yorke is interested,” Weitz said. ”We might, if we’re very lucky, get Kings of Leon to do something.” However, Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill told EW that the band were to busy to contribute to the score at the moment. “I would have to write a song in my hotel room, which I think we might could do, but I don’t know,” he said. “As of right now I’m more focused on getting some rest and writing another album.” New Moon is the second part of the four-part Twilight Saga, which tells the story of a vampire who falls in love with an ordinary schoolgirl. The soundtrack to the first film featured songs by Muse, Paramore and Pattinson.

KINGS OF LEON had a screaming row among themselves after their T In The Park performance this weekend. The US rockers got so angry with each other after their set at the Scottish festival on Friday night that they threatened to cancel their appearance at Dublin’s Oxegen festival the next night. The row was sparked by some sound difficulties during their set which put frontman Caleb Followill in a foul mood which he then took out on his bandmates. The band’s manager had to drag him away from bandmates — brothers Nathan and Jared and cousin Matthew before things got physical. Before he was led away, he trashed his beloved Gibson 325 axe which smashed into smitheens on stage before he threw the broken frame into the crowd. But he regretted his decision to destroy the guitar which he plays it on almost all the Kings’ hits. A source said: ‘He was livid about the sound and took out his anger on stage without considering the consequences. ‘His guitar is now ruined. The crowd were oblivious to the sound difficulties but the Kings want every show to be perfect. ‘When they came off stage, tempers flared and they were effing and blinding at each other. It was really nasty before their tour manager stepped in. They were even threatening to pull out of Oxegen.’