Miles Peter Kane (born 17 March 1986) is an English singer and musician, best known as a solo artist and the co-frontman of the Last Shadow Puppets.
[2] He has focused on a solo career since 2011 and remains a member of the Last Shadow Puppets (2007-present) alongside Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner.
His cousins, James and Ian Skelly, two founding members of The Coral, had a great influence on his music taste while he was growing up.
Despite this, they were noted as a band to watch, championed in particular by NME, following a well-received support slot on the Arctic Monkeys' 2007 tour.
Whilst touring with the Arctic Monkeys, Kane and front man Alex Turner began to experiment together backstage, which resulted in the composition of new tracks.
The duo decided to travel to the West Coast of France with producer James Ford where they recorded their debut album The Age of the Understatement in just two weeks.
On 19 October 2015 Owen Pallett, who contributed the string arrangements on The Age of the Understatement, confirmed work on a second The Last Shadow Puppets album.
[17][18] One track, "My Fantasy" features backing vocals from Noel Gallagher,[19] while another, "Happenstance" is a duet between Kane and French actress Clémence Poésy.
It was produced by Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds, and features two tracks co-written with Paul Weller ("Fire in My Heart" and "You're Gonna Get It").
In 2015, Kane collaborated with Mark Ronson on the opening track "Johanna" of the soundtrack to the film Mortdecai, contributing vocals.
[25] In March 2018, Kane told the Evening Standard his new album would tentatively be called Coup de Grace, and would be released in the summer of 2018.
Zach Dawes, Tyler Parkford, and Loren Humphrey, who are live members of The Last Shadow Puppets, play on the majority of the album and also co-wrote 3 tracks with Kane.
[31] Kane was featured on the song "Dealer", released on Lana Del Rey's eighth studio album, Blue Banisters.
This album marks his first collaboration with his cousins Ian and James Skelly; the former played drums and the latter produced the record.
[32] His current live band consists of Jennifer Walinetski (drums), Nathan Sudders (bass) and Ben Rose (guitar).
Writer Rachel Brodsky met the pair in a hotel lobby in New York to discuss their return but was left feeling uncomfortable by Kane’s behaviour.
[47] In 2024 Kane released a special edition football shirt with Camden store Modfather Clothing and Admiral Sports in line with Euro 2024.
Note: This only includes artist's solo career, not other projects such as the Last Shadow Puppets, the Rascals, The Little Flames or The Jaded Hearts Club.