In July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Nick McCarthy would not be involved in the recording and touring of their next album, in order to concentrate on his family and other musical interests.
On June 17, Will Butler hosted a Reddit AMA , where he answered fan questions about the next Arcade Fire album. He stated that the new record might be released in spring 2017 and that the band had ‘no definite schedule though. It’ll be done when it’s done.’
On May 25, 2016, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne performed a surprise set outside the Louvre which included a new song. The pair were invited by the French street artist JR to DJ at the launch of his new exhibition titled JR Au Louvre , but the two decided to…
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In May 2016, New Order released a follow-up remix album, Complete Music , which consists of extended and reworked mixes of each track from Music Complete .
Their eleventh album Chaosmosis was released on 18 March 2016.
On 25 January 2016, Gore announced a projected return to the recording studio in April, with both Gore and Gahan having already written and demoed new songs.
Following Bono’s recuperation, U2 embarked on the Innocence + Experience Tour in May 2015, visiting arenas in North America and Europe from May to December. The group structured their concerts around a loose autobiographical narrative of “innocence” passing into “experience”, with a fixed set of songs for the first half…
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In November 2015, Peter Hook sued Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert.
“Police Encounters”, which was released on 23 October.
The following day, a deluxe edition of the album containing original recordings and five unreleased songs was released.