In October 2014 the band announced that their dates in the UK and Europe through October/November and Japan/South America in January 2015 would be their “last headline tour”. The band’s publicist was unable to confirm whether this meant the band were splitting up or not.
The stage name “Billy Idol” was coined after a chemistry teacher, Bill Price, described Idol as “idle” on his school report card. Idol has stated that he had hated chemistry and underachieved in it. In a 1983 interview, he said of the name, “It was a bit of a goof,…
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Muse began writing their seventh album soon after the Rome concert. The band felt that the electronic side of their music was becoming too dominant, and wanted to return to a simpler rock sound. After self-producing their previous two albums, the band hired producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange so they…
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On 9 September 2014, U2 appeared at an Apple product launch event to make a surprise announcement of their thirteenth studio album, Songs of Innocence . They released it digitally the same day to all iTunes Store customers at no cost, making it available to over 500 million people in…
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On 2 September the band signed to Mute Records .
Former guitarist Robert “Throb” Young died in September 2014.
The album was recognized as one of The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far, a list published by Pitchfork in August 2014.
Jon “Fat” Beast died on 27 July 2014.
In July, the group toured North America, where they debuted another song, “Plastic”.
The band headlined the 2014 Glastonbury Festival on June 27.