The band, whose new album ‘Come Around Sundown’ was released last year, say they became sick of themselves and agreed with recent critics’ responses.

"We were all sick of Kings of Leon! We couldn't go 10 minutes without hearing one of our songs, and we'd been on the road for two years. It definitely got annoying after a while," guitarist Matthew Followill told Spinner.

He added: "Once we've finally made it up there and we hear our songs three times every hour, it's hard to leave that. We just can't leave it behind; we've got something too good and big here."

Meanwhile, Kings Of Leon had to postpone their concert at London’s O2 Arena last month, due to a fire.

(by Holly Frith)