Kaiser Chiefs have brushed off rumours that they are to take a hiatus to rethink their career.

A tabloid recently reported that due to their last single 'Good Days Bad Days' flopping (it failed to enter the Top 100 UK singles chart), the Leeds group would be taking time off for the foreseeable future.

But now the Kaisers - who are about to embark on a new tour of the UK and Ireland this month - have denied the claims, writing on their website:

"We're not usually ones to defend our patch, we don't need to, but just occasionally a time comes to speak up. What do we have to be devastated about? We're halfway though our most enjoyable and biggest tour of Europe, and couldn't be happier with the way it's going."

"'Off With Their Heads' is our favourite Kaiser Chiefs album to play live, we're proud of it. And it's done well, our third album in the UK to chart in the top two and 'Never Miss A Beat' went top five at a time when British indie bands don't seem able to do that anymore."

"It's sold over half a million albums and is still going, where's the doom and gloom in that? Not here. We thought we owed it to our fans to flag this one up, don't believe all you read!"

The Kaiser Chiefs will play the following shows outlined below and tickets are still on sale here.

February Tour Dates:

Dublin O2 Arena (19)
Belfast Odyssey Arena (20)
Nottingham Trent Fm Arena (22)
Sheffield Arena (23)
Birmingham NIA (24)
Edinburgh Corn Exchange (26)
Aberdeen AECC (27)
Newcastle Metro Arena (28)

March Tour Dates:

Manchester MEN Arena (2)
Liverpool Echo Arena (3)
Cardiff CIA (4)
London Wembley Arena (6)