The Stones played nineteen shows in the US in spring 2013 with various guest stars, including Katy Perry and Taylor Swift , before returning to the UK.
In 2013, Sunrise Avenue released their fourth studio album, Unholy Ground , which was a huge success in Germany, Austria and in Switzerland. So far the album has sold platinum in Germany and in Switzerland, in Austria it has reached the gold limit. “Lifesaver” was the first single and it…
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Then, later in the month, Jona Weinhofen left the band for undisclosed reasons.
In a similar fashion to the “Late Bloomer Series” celebrating the band’s 20th anniversary, the Pillows issued a string of releases over 2013 and 2014 in honor of their 25th anniversary. Entitled “Never Ending Story”, this series of releases comprised a new tribute album (“Rock and Sympathy”), DVDs and Blu-ray’s…
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In 2013, a second volume of BBC recordings, On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 , was released.
Founding keyboardist/guitarist Allen Lanier died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on August 14, 2013.
“The hiatus helped them all kind of figure themselves out”, he explained in 2013. “Especially Joe and Patrick, who were so young. And Pete is a million times better.”
On May 30, 2013, the Pretty Reckless released a teaser trailer for their second studio album Going to Hell , set for release later that year. On June 17, 2013, the Pretty Reckless released a new track titled “Follow Me Down”. On July 1, 2013, Momsen released the song “Burn”,…
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In 2013, Kiss purchased a share of an Arena Football League expansion franchise
On March 14, 2013, Bon Jovi appeared on the results show of American Idol and played one song, “Because We Can”, from What About Now .