The band toured the Americas in 2018
In 2018, a documentary film, The Public Image Is Rotten , was released. Also in 2018, the band released The Public Image is Rotten – Songs from the Heart , a compilation CD/DVD box set to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band. It consists of five CDs and two…
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Jesus Jones released the albums Passages and Voyages in 2018.
This album saw the band’s second Mercury Prize nomination, this time in 2018. They later won Album of the Year (2019) at the Music Producers Guild Awards.
Songs of Experience was released on 1 December 2017. Lyrically, the album reflects the “political and personal apocalypse” that Bono felt in 2016. The first single, ” You’re the Best Thing About Me “, is one of several songs from the record for which Bono wrote the lyrics as letters…
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The band remained in North America until 15 November when they left for Dublin to resume the European leg.
and on 3 November 2017 a “Super Deluxe” version of Humanz , featuring an additional 14 unreleased tracks from the album’s sessions, including alternative versions of previously released songs as well as the single ” Garage Palace ” featuring Little Simz .
In November 2017, Aurora performed a Christmas concert at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim as part of the Olavsfestdagene . The event sold out its tickets in five minutes and was later broadcast on NRK1 . The cathedral administration had initially objected, stating that the concert did not meet the venue’s…
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On 25 October, the band released the single ” Always Ascending ” from their fifth studio album, Always Ascending (2018). They revealed the album’s release date, 9 February 2018, and announced dates for a world tour.
In October 2017, long-time manager Scott Rodger parted ways with the band.