Lottery Winners have released their brand new single ‘Ragdoll’, featuring Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, ahead of the arrival of their album KOKO which is out this Friday 21st March. The band are aiming for another UK No.1 album with KOKO, following up Anxiety Replacement Therapy which topped the charts in 2023.
‘Ragdoll’ is a powerful track written by Lottery Winners’ frontman Thom Rylance, bassist Katie Lloyd who takes lead vocals on the track, and Chad in a dressing room on the finale of a huge UK & EU arena tour that the band supported Nickelback on last year.
On the single, Katie says:
“It’s so surreal to have gone from growing up listening to Nickelback, to getting to play a full arena tour with them last year, and now I’m singing a duet with Chad Kroeger!
This song is about one of those relationships I think we’ve all unfortunately had that isn’t good for you, but you find it difficult to break away from. Luckily, I did, and this song is about that.”
Chad Kroeger adds:
“After I heard the demo, the melody was welded in my head for a few days straight. I knew we could do something fun together and I’m glad we did!”
On the video, which arrives at 7pm tonight (19 March), Katie says:
“The video for Ragdoll has been our most ambitious yet, we had to build a full doll house stage set design, and Chad being in Canada meant we had to be creative with incorporating him into the video too! I’m really proud of what we achieved with it.”
‘Ragdoll’ joins previously released singles from KOKO which has seen the band gain huge airplay including making the BBC Radio 2 playlist twice, and achieving a Record of the Week on the station with their last single ‘Turn Around’.
Previous singles have included ‘Dirt and Gold’ featuring Frank Turner, ‘UFO’, ‘Superpower’, and ‘You Again’ featuring Reverend & The Makers.
The latter, released back in September, was heard on the radio by none other than Robbie Williams, who got in touch via Instagram to praise it.
Following this, Thom and Robbie quickly struck up a friendship, and within a month it was announced that Lottery Winners will be supporting Robbie at huge venues including the Emirates Stadium in London, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium, Bath’s Royal Crescent, and the Co-Op Arena in Manchester, as well as across Europe.
When Lottery Winners’ third album, Anxiety Replacement Therapy reached No. 1 two years ago, it marked a culmination of success achieved in the old-school way. Beating major artists like The National, Nines, and Jessie Ware to the top, the Leigh quartet's success was a surprise to many—though not to their devoted fanbase, who have long supported one of Britain’s most extravagantly entertaining and hard-working bands.
‘Getting a No. 1 record was an amazing feeling of euphoria, but the comedown was almost immediate,’ admits Thom. ‘I had an existential crisis, thinking: ‘Is this the best thing we’re ever going to do? How do we follow this up?’ It was an exciting time, but a real anxiety crept in.’
The solution ultimately proved simple: “keep on keeping on”. KOKO sees Lottery Winners stepping up even further. It is their adventurous album yet, while also home to their most infectious songs.
The band will celebrate their release week with a pop-up shop in Leigh Spinners Mill, and also an out-store tour through April.
The band will be there every day of release week, happily signing purchases, chatting about the album, and playing some tunes each day. They have also asked a few of their friends to come play some songs too!
Check out their socials for full timings and line ups.
Tracklisting1. Superpower
2. You Again (feat. Reverend and the Makers)
3. Panic Attack
4. UFO
5. Ragdoll (feat. Chad Kroeger)
6. Struggling
7. Turn Around
8. Monaco
9. Three Wishes
10. Dirt and Gold (feat. Frank Turner)
11. The Ceiling (feat. Shed Seven)
12. Keep On Keeping On
TOUR DATES
Out-Store Tour30 March Carlisle Old Fire Station
2 April Bury Met
3 April Nantwich Civic Hall
4 April Sheffield Foundry
5 April Nottingham Rough Trade
6 April Scunthorpe Café Indie
18 April Brentwood Theatre
19 April Brighton Resident
20 April Oxford Bullingdon
Supporting Robbie WilliamsMay
31 Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, UK
June
6 Emirates Stadium, London, UK
7 Emirates Stadium, London, UK
10 Co-op Live, Manchester, UK
11 Co-op Live, Manchester, UK
13 Royal Crescent, Bath, UK
14 Royal Crescent, Bath, UK
19 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
25 VELTINS-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
28 Werchter TW Classic, Belgium
30 Heinz von Heiden Arena, Hanover, Germany
July
2 La Défense Arena, Paris, France
5 RCDE Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
9 Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany
12 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
17 Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy
21 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
22 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
26 Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany
August
1 Darius and Girenas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania
3 Mezaparks, Riga, Latvia
7 Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden
10 Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany
13 Forus Travbane, Stavanger, Norway
16 Granåsen, Trondheim, Norway
23 Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
September
7 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
9 Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland
12 MVM Dome, Budapest, Hungary
20 Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland
