Pavement released one last EP, Major Leagues . It features three Malkmus songs, two original Spiral Stairs songs and two covers, ” The Killing Moon ” by Echo & the Bunnymen and “The Classical” by the Fall. Pavement embarked on a six-month world tour for Terror Twilight , during which time relationships within the group frayed, especially between Malkmus and the other members. After their show at the 1999 Coachella Festival , Malkmus told his bandmates he did not want to continue. During the final concert of the tour, at Brixton Academy in London on November 20, 1999, Malkmus had a pair of handcuffs attached to his microphone stand and told the audience: “These symbolize what it’s like being in a band all these years.” About two weeks later, a spokesperson for their record label told NME that Pavement had “retired for the foreseeable future”.
final concert in London
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