Miles Peter Kane was born on 17 March 1986 and is an English singer and musician, best known as a solo artist and the co-frontman of the Last Shadow Puppets.
27 Facts About Miles Kane
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Miles Kane was the former frontman of the Rascals, before the band announced their break-up in August 2009.
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Miles Kane has focused on a solo career since 2011 and remains a member of the Last Shadow Puppets alongside Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner.
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Miles Peter Kane was born in Birkenhead, Wirral and was raised in nearby Meols.
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At age 18, Kane joined The Little Flames as guitarist in December 2004.
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Miles Kane took on the main songwriting duties for the band.
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Whilst promoting the album The Age of the Understatement in 2016 via an interview with Spin Magazine, Miles Kane became embroiled in controversy with Spin journalist Rachel Brodsky.
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In early 2009, after his last tour with the Rascals, Miles Kane left the band to focus on a solo career.
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Miles Kane signed with Columbia Records and began recording his solo album with Dan Carey and Dan the Automator, who had previously worked with Gorillaz and Kasabian.
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Miles Kane then continued solo performances in January and February 2011, before supporting Beady Eye at eight shows in March.
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Miles Kane released another single, "Come Closer" on 20 February 2011, reaching No 85 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Miles Kane supported the Arctic Monkeys at two shows in Sheffield in June 2011, and was their support act on their Australian tour in January 2012.
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On 24 February 2013, Miles Kane released an EP titled Give Up, charting at No 62.
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On 13 March 2013, Miles Kane revealed he would be releasing his second album, entitled Don't Forget Who You Are, in the spring.
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On 30 April 2013, Miles Kane released the single "Don't Forget Who You Are", which features the B-side "Get Right" which was written by Miles Kane and Alex Turner.
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Miles Kane played the opening day of Glastonbury 2013 on the John Peel stage, before joining the Arctic Monkeys in their headline slot, to play on "505".
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In 2015, Miles Kane collaborated with Mark Ronson on the opening track "Johanna" of the soundtrack to the film Mortdecai, contributing vocals.
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In September 2017, Miles Kane sang in a Beatles tribute band named Dr Pepper's Jaded Hearts Club Band.
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In March 2018, Miles Kane told the Evening Standard his new album would tentatively be called Coup de Grace, and would be released in the summer of 2018.
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In June 2018, Miles Kane officially announced that Coup De Grace would be released on 10 August via Virgin EMI.
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In November 2019, Miles Kane supported Liam Gallagher on his UK and Ireland tour.
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Miles Kane was featured on the song "Dealer", released on Lana Del Rey's eighth studio album, Blue Banisters.
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Miles Kane wrote the song with Del Rey in 2017, for a planned collaborative album between him, Del Rey, and Zach Dawes.
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Miles Kane lived in London until August 2015, when he moved to Los Angeles, to work on the second Last Shadow Puppets record.
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Miles Kane began supporting Liverpool FC in 2010, having previously followed Manchester United.
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Miles Kane is a close friend of former Everton and England footballer Leighton Baines.
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Miles Kane had been promoting the latest Last Shadow Puppets album in an interview when he asked the journalist if she wanted to "go upstairs".