The Kings of Leon treated a lucky crowd in Nashville, on May 9, to nearly a half dozen new tunes and from their latest record Can We Please Have Fun. as well as hits from their deep catalogue to kick off their new tour.
The band livestreamed a private concert in one of the prettiest Tennessee barns you'll ever see and played for over an hour, delivering six tunes from their first record with their new label, Capitol.
Performing a bunch of new songs, mixed with the hits in a small space with hay bales just out of view? I think it's nice.

The Kings of Leon are comprised of brothers Caleb, Jared and Nathan Followill, and their cousin Matthew.
This year the four time Grammy-winners who have a Record of the Year under their belts, celebrate their 25th year together with this new record and world tour.
The album was produced by the British wunderkind, Kid Harpoon, who not only can brag about being born on 4/20, but he also has Grammys including co-producing both a Record of the Year (Miley's "Flowers") and an Album of the Year (Harry's As It Was).

The Followill boys gave live debuts at Copperline Ranch of "Nothing to Do," "Ballerina Radio," "Nowhere to Run," "Split Screen," and "Seen;" in the perfect order.
They kicked off the gig with "Nothing To Do," the single they released on 4/19 (so close) and whose video dropped not long after. When you see a video like this, of which we should see more of, it means every band should have 3-4 videos from the singles of their album. They don't need to cost much, and YouTube is a great way to get a song out.
Was that even edited? Is it one shot? Sure looks like one shot. Genius.
A little preparation, maybe a dry run, then roll. If that thing cost more than $100 to make I'd be shocked. Doesn't even look color corrected. Bless their souls.
In the middle of the set they placed their new single "Nowhere to Run" and they closed out the set with another live debut, "Seen."
If I'm at a live stream in partnership with Amazon, in a barn, that you too can rent out, apparently, I don't mind hearing 6 new songs spread out real nice. In fact, what a better way to first hear a new record from a veteran band of brothers raised by a preacher and named after their grampa?
"It's that voice. It's impossible to hear that voice and not say, 'oh yay, this is what I want to hear," Darkness singer Justin Hawkins said while watching the video of their first video, "Mustang."
Even though this is their first album on Capitol, it was recorded when they were in between labels, so they had absolutely no pressure or eyeballs or label people with notes looking over their shoulder.
The webcast shot last week was not Grampa Leon's grandsons' first time doing an unusual streaming event.
In 2013, a year before David Letterman retired from his late night show on CBS, KOL were musical guests and played their song at the time. But when the show was over, they did 45 minutes of more songs for the fans for Dave's website.
It was the Ed Sullivan Theater, after all, where both the Beatles and Elvis did their thing. Why not rock out in that history?
Kings of Leon are going to look at the tape, examine the high and low parts, make adjustments and then start rocking in Europe in a few weeks, home of actual kings, then in August they return to the States for their North American leg of the tour - which includes two stops at the music hall at Fenway in Boston because the first date in September sold out.
Get tickets on the Kings of Leon website.