It's probably a good book for first time readers of Bateman as it does not require any previous knowledge of characters. Ricky Wilson corroborates his story, telling NME in 2014: "When Nick used to DJ at The Cockpit, I used to go along and he'd drive me home. Are his publishers insulting our intelligence or have they discovered an enormous puritanical following?

There’d be girls with no shoes on, so there’s that line: “If it wasn’t for chip fat they’d be frozen. I watched the word ‘die’ being etched into an art bench designed for panelists by a youth group I worked with, a small protest but a stark reminder of the vulnerability and disillusionment already carved into the young. However, thanks to the Kaiser Chiefs' I Predict a Riot, the famous Leeds engineer and the stories behind some of the city's most memorable club nights have been immortalised.

This song refers to closing time (11pm) in pubs in the UK, which means people being very drunk and lots of fights. He was heard playing the 1975 Bay City Rollers song Bye Bye Baby overlaid with the lyrics “bye bye Boris”. David from Leeds, EnglandIm from Leeds and live about 5 mins away from the Grammar school where Ricky went.

After the riots, fourteen people were sentenced including two young people, Judge Michael Stoke QC praised the police force and the force’s dog, Ritchie. Kaiser Chiefs in January 2005: Nick "Peanut" Baines, Andrew "Whitey" White, Ricky Wilson, Nick Hodgson and Simon Rix. While the Kaiser Chiefs performed 'Oh My God' and 'I Predict a Riot', the announcer deliberately omitted the title of this one, presumably in case it caused a disturbance in the crowd.

The verse for I Predict a Riot had already been brought into rehearsals and gone round and round until we were sick of it. And with The Cockpit just a hop skip and a jump from Leeds railway station, Friday night would see revellers travel in from neighbouring towns to indulge in a weekend of excess.

As a thank you for the massive support we've had on the label these past few months we're giving away SiDDALL's I Predict a Riot Bootleg as a Free Download! We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.We’d been going seven years, we’d made an album that never came out, we’d done the toilet circuit, been dropped, started again. Smeaton was John Smeaton, a leading figure in the development of Leeds; an 'Old Leodensian' is someone from Leeds. Like many venues around the UK, The Cockpit closed its doors in 2014 while the Majestic building, which housed its oddly-spelled namesake, was gutted by fire in the same year. Problem is, take Pink Harrison down, and the trouble of the full-scale rioting kind is likely to flare up.

Ricky name drops "Smeaton," in the first verse of the song, who he describes as "an old Leodensian". Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better. The B-52's picked chose the location of their song "Private Idaho" because the state had a reputation for being wacky and mysterious. I Predict a Riot' by the Kaiser Chiefs blasted behind Downing Street as Liz Truss gives final speech as PM". Also, the guitar riff after "who doesn't want to be out there" is overdubbed with Hammond organ, played by Peanut.I talked with police, schools, outreach centres, community activists and individuals in an attempt to piece together a picture of what really happened, and not just what was reported. Truckin'" was written as the Grateful Dead were starting their long, strange trip, settling into a life of constant touring. The one story that really concludes is that of Detective Mellow whilst the other stories are left hanging.