THE York Racecourse Music Showcase Weekend will be under starter's orders with Kaiser Chiefs after evening racing on July 22, ahead of the October 7 release of the Leeds band's sixth studio album, Stay Together.

The BRIT Award winners, whose last album was 2014's chart-topping Education, Education, Education & War, originally emerged from the northern indie scene.

They grew into a crowd-pleasing, anthemic rock band with I Predict A Riot, Everyday I Love You Less And Less and Ruby and now return with a dance flavour, after working with Xenomania's Brian Higgins, a pop producer with Girls Aloud, Sugababes, New Order and Texas among his credits.

Ricky Wilson promises "big, expansive choruses that make the crowd go wild" on the new record, as heard on the June 14 single Parachute, one of the new tracks aired at Kaiser Chiefs' first North Yorkshire open-air concert of 2016, in the Sunday night rain at Dalby Forest, only a few weeks ago on June 26.

“We can’t wait to headline York Racecourse on July 22. Playing to a racing crowd is always a lot of fun,” says Wilson, who did so on the Knavesmire track in July 2013, when the Kaisers drew a then record crowd for any racing and music evening in Britain.

To book tickets for the Music Showcase Weekend race days featuring Kaiser Chiefs on Friday night and The Corrs on Saturday late-afternoon,, visit yorkracecourse.co.uk. Each day's tickets cover the racing and the concert. Accompanied under 18s are admitted free of charge; car parking is free; no fees apply when booking.