Kasabian frontman is disappointed with the Web's impact on music

Kasabian singer Tom Meighan claimed that the Internet was the reason why young musicians couldn't become new rock stars. According to his words, World Wide Web provides too much publicity to them, so artists reveal more information about themselves than necessary.

"It's not like what it used to be like in rock 'n' roll. In the 60s and 70s you had the likes of David Bowie and Marc Bolan. I think - especially in the last three or four years - the Internet's taken a stranglehold and killed off the myth of the rock star now", claimed he.

Singer added: "You know when you used to buy the records and there was the myth behind them? There's too much on blogs now and I think it's killed it off. Nobody's surprised".

Recently Tom Meighan claimed that the band feels very excited to headline upcoming Reading And Leeds festival. Singer said that they "can't wait" till the day of the show comes and promised that the audience will "come alive" once they rise onstage.

Reading And Leeds festival is set to take place on August 25-26. Apart from Kasabian, it will feature Foo Fighters, The Cure, Florence And The Machine, The Vaccines, Enter Shikari and others.