Razorlight are an English indie rock band, formed in 2002 in London by lead singer and guitarist Johnny Borrell.

Along with Borrell, the current line-up of the band is composed of founding members Björn Ågren on guitar and bassist Carl Delemo, as well as drummer Andy Burrows.

The band was formed in 2002 by Johnny Borrell, after having performed across London with the likes of The Libertines as a solo acoustic singer-songwriter.

Former NME journalist Roger Morton, who had been managing the band from the beginning, began looking to get the band into a recording studio and a session was booked at Liam Watson's Toe Rag Studios to record early versions of the tracks Rip It Up, Rock 'n' Roll Lies and In the City.

In the midst of their first American headlining tour in support of Up All Night, Razorlight created a stir in Denver, Colorado, when they stormed off stage five songs into their set during a show at the Larimer Lounge.

[10] Razorlight debuted several new songs from their forthcoming second album live on 30 March 2006 at the Albert Hall in London, as part of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts, organised by Roger Daltrey.

The band went on to play on the beach opposite Brighton's West Pier on 12 July in a free concert as part of a Vodafone TBA event broadcast on Channel 4.

The band played their biggest tour to date in October–November 2006 and also supported Richard Ashcroft at the Lancashire County Cricket Club on 17 June.

They also played the Main Stage on 19 May in Preston for Radio 1's Big Weekend alongside bands such as Kasabian and Kaiser Chiefs.

On 7 July 2007, Razorlight performed at both the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London and T in the Park.

Their British Airways return flight from Moscow was a scheduled route used by Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.

The songs I wrote came from this place of total mental breakdown and they were shoe-horned into a pop album, which just didn't work.

Johnny Borrell stated that although "over the last two albums and five years Andy has been an integral part of Razorlight and we will miss him", the band would continue.

[17] Following Burrows' departure, the band enlisted David 'Skully' Sullivan Kaplan as a temporary replacement to fulfil live commitments, and soon became an official member.

[19][non-primary source needed] In December 2009, Borrell revealed that the band were working with Steve Lillywhite and Dave McCracken on a new album and that they were eager to get the new songs out "soon".

[22] On 26 January 2011 it was officially announced that Dalemo and Ågren had left the band, having "agreed on an amicable parting following unproductive early recording sessions for a new album late last year".

The duo were replaced by guitarist Gus Robertson and bassist Freddie Stitz[23] The new line-up was officially revealed on 26 January 2011 via a new press photo.

[18] However, on 27 March 2013, Borrell announced that Razorlight was to be put on hold whilst he prepared to release solo material.

[31] Borrell later revealed that Mercury refused to release the album, stating that the band "really felt we had a record that we wanted to put out, but my label was very fractured and it was very hard to communicate with them.

[41] The song Good Night was previously played live in 2013 prior to the hiatus with Kaplan receiving a songwriting credit.

Borrell met Chambers at a David A. Stewart birthday gig and asked him if he'd like to play on the new album.

[44] In November 2019, it was announced that original guitarist Björn Ågren had rejoined the band and would be taking part in the December 2019 tour.

The duo were joined by keyboardist Reni Lane, bassist Ben Ellis and drummer Mat Hector.

[1] In an August 2021 interview, Carl Dalemo told local Swedish newspaper Nya Lidköpings-Tidningen that the band had been working on new music since April.

[47] With the reformed lineup, Razorlight released a greatest hits album with two newly-recorded tracks in 2022 and underwent a UK tour in spring 2023, culminating with a show at Hammersmith Odeon in London.

[48] The show was relocated from Brixton Academy after the venue was closed due to the fatal concert crush in December.