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Ricky Wilson

February 2022

  • Ricky Wilson

    Honest playlist
    ‘I listened to Shake It Off 15 times a day’: Ricky Wilson’s honest playlist

    The Kaiser Chiefs frontman is always happy to sing along to John Denver and the Waterboys. But there is one song that sparks tears when no one’s around …

February 2020

  • Ricky Wilson, the lead singer of the band Kaiser Chiefs

    The Q&A
    Ricky Wilson: ‘How do I relax? Murder, She Wrote’

    The Kaiser Chiefs frontman on The Voice, corporate gigs and a not-so-secret party

July 2019

  • Ricky Wilson, the lead singer of the band Kaiser Chiefs, photographed in a London Studio in advance of the Kaiser Cheifs new album "Ducks". Ricky Wilson is an English singer-songwriter, and the frontman of five-piece band Kaiser Chiefs. Before the formation of the band, in 2003, Wilson was a member of the band Runston Parva (later known as Parva), which consisted of members of Kaiser Chiefs. On 19 September 2013, Wilson was confirmed as a coach on The Voice UK.[1] He was the winning coach for both the fourth[2] and fifth series of the show,[3][4] being the only coach to win two years consecutively. Wilson left the show after three series,[5][6] following the show's move to ITV.

    The G2 interview
    Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs: ‘People like to see you drinking – so I’d get drunk’

    After finding fame in the noughties, the indie frontman reinvented himself as a judge on The Voice. But escalating anxiety led to an alcohol problem. Now sober, and with a new album, he opens up – between wisecracks – about his struggles

December 2018

  • Pop pickers … musicians Simon Rix and Vijay Mistry select work from the storage rooms of York Art Gallery for their exhibition When All Is Quiet.

    I predict a Riley: Kaiser Chiefs find new employment as art curators

    The band have rocked up to York Art Gallery to mount an exhibition that contrasts paintings they admire with sound art and songs. They explain how it came about

January 2016

  • The Voice (left to right) Ricky Wilson, Paloma Faith, Boy George and will.i.am.

    TV and radio blog
    Can Boy George and Paloma Faith save The Voice?

    The two newcomers should bring enough wit, guts and star-quality eccentricity to give the BBC’s singing contest the edge over The X Factor

September 2015

  • X men: Johnny Vaughan, Ricky Wilson, Chris Moyles, and Vernon Kay.

    Radio X: the radio equivalent of a chunky chocolate bar for men

    Xfm is rebranding as Radio X, a ‘male-focused’ station with a bloke-friendly line-up including Chris Moyles, Johnny Vaughan and Ricky Wilson. Stand by for all the ladbantz you can handle …

April 2015

  • Stevie McCrorie singing on the final of The Voice.

    Scottish firefighter Stevie McCrorie wins The Voice

    Singer, coached by Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, beats off competition from Emmanuel Nwamadi, Lucy O’Byrne and Sasha Simone

January 2015

  • Ricky Wilson at Hixter City

    Life on a plate
    Ricky Wilson: Working on The Voice, I have the same thing for lunch every day

  • And the judges are … Ricky Wilson, Sir Tom Jones, Rita Ora and will.i.am.

    TV review
    The Voice review – it’s the judges, not the singers, who I’m passing judgment on

October 2014

  • e-Golf

    Motoring: On the road
    On the road: Volkswagen e-Golf – car review

    Can Kaiser Chief Ricky Wilson be persuaded of the charms of the silent electric e-Golf? Laura Barton finds out

April 2014

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Kaiser Chiefs score first No 1 album since 2007

    Helped along by Ricky Wilson's popularity on The Voice, the Leeds band narrowly outsold X Factor winner Sam Bailey with Education, Education, Education & War

March 2014

  • Education, Education, Education & War review – can Kaiser Chiefs still convince?

    The first Kaiser Chiefs album since Nick Hodgson left and Ricky Wilson took a seat on The Voice is not as bad as you'd think, writes Kitty Empire

February 2014

  • Kaiser Chiefs album cover and Sturmey Archer bicycle repair kit

    Kaiser Chiefs say album cover is homage to Sturmey Archer, not theft

  • Ricky Wilson and Simon Rix of the Kaiser Chiefs

    Me and you
    Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson and bassist Simon Rix on their musical relationship

January 2014

  • Ricky Wilson … 'I lost the passion; I achieved everything I wanted quite quickly.'

    Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson: 'We lost the anger somewhere along the way'

    He is the first to admit that Kaiser Chiefs got fat and lazy. Now they're back – and with something to prove. But what on earth is he doing moonlighting on The Voice?

September 2013

  • Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs

    The Voice: Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson to join as coach

  • Kaiser Chiefs Perform At The First Direct Arena, Leeds

    Kaiser Chiefs – review

September 2012

  • Gary Barlow

    Gary Barlow to perform on War of the Worlds album remake

    Joss Stone and Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson also among stars appearing on new take of Jeff Wayne's 1970s hit

December 2008

  • Kaiser Chiefs takeover
    Part 1: The making of Kaiser Chiefs' Good Days, Bad Days

    Ever wanted to see Ricky Wilson doing an impression of the Hitcher from The Mighty Boosh? Here's your chance ...

June 2008

  • Ricky Wilson imposes trumpet ban on Mark Ronson

    In the news: It's an Isle of Wight festival special, with Kaiser Chiefs, Sex Pistols and Luke Pritchard slagging off Arctic Monkeys

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