On 29 January 2020 the band announced its new project Song Machine . Eschewing the typical album format of releasing music, Song Machine is instead a web series that sees the band releasing one new song a month as “episodes” to the series, with 11 episodes released to comprise the…
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The band stated that work on the album began during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Gahan and Gore said they would send each other ideas for songs, for example Gahan said, “I played guitar and sort of sang on my iPhone”, while Gore “sent it back with his angelic voice.”…
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On 16 December 2019, the documentary Gorillaz: Reject False Icons was screened worldwide on a one-day theatrical release. Filmed and directed by Hewlett’s son Denholm, the documentary showcases a behind-the-scenes look at the production of Humanz and The Now Now as well as the album’s associated tours. One week after…
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In December 2019, Muse released Origin of Muse , a box set comprising remastered versions of Showbiz and Origin of Symmetry plus previously unreleased material. For the 20th anniversary of Origin of Symmetry in June 2021, Muse released a remixed and remastered version, Origin of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX .
In September 2019, the band announced that Spirits in the Forest , a documentary that was partially filmed during these shows by long-time collaborator Anton Corbijn , would be released in theatres for one night only, 21 November 2019.
In July 2019 the performance was released as a live album titled Σ(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So it goes.. (Live at MIF) .
On 24 May 2019 the band released a third compilation album, Maximum Rock’n’Roll: The Singles . The album contains seventeen tracks spanning the period from 1986 till 2016.
Prior to a performance on Later… with Jools Holland , the band added Jessica Greenfield on backing vocals and keyboards to the line-up. In February 2018, the band commenced their Stranded on the Earth World Tour in North America before moving onto Europe and the United Kingdom throughout April and…
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In April 2019, Aurora co-wrote and provided vocals for three tracks—”Eve of Destruction”, “Bango”, and “The Universe Sent Me”—on No Geography , the ninth studio album by The Chemical Brothers . Later that year, she contributed backing vocals to ” Into the Unknown ” from Disney’s Frozen 2 and performed…
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In April 2019 it was announced that Jeremy Pritchard would be joining Foals to play live dates, following the departure of bass player Walter Gervers.