In an interview with the BBC’s Newsbeat programme, McVeigh stated that due to the nature of the band’s songwriting techniques clashing with their difficult touring schedules, there will be no new White Lies material until 2010. Despite this, McVeigh has mentioned that the ambitious recording of “Nothing to Give” and “The Price of Love” (from To Lose My Life… ) act as a taster of the different sound to come on their sophomore release. In September 2009, the band released “Taxidermy” as a digital download through iTunes for the first time. A live favourite amongst fans, the track had previously only been released on the (now deleted) vinyl release of “To Lose My Life”. During the same month, the band supported Kings of Leon’s tour of the United States, and Coldplay ‘s tour of the United Kingdom. As well as this, the band played their own headline tour across Europe during October—November 2009, including some of their biggest shows to date in the UK. A number of the tour dates were later cancelled, due to McVeigh falling ill during their concert in Munich , Germany. Having fully recovered in time for the beginning of their UK dates, the tour continued as normal, with cancelled dates being rescheduled for February 2010.
Released ‘Taxidermy’ as digital download
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