On 15 October 2009, Lydon registered the private limited company PIL Twin Limited as his new music publishing company in the UK.
A re-recorded version of the band’s song “Wake Up” from their 2004 debut album, Funeral , was used for the trailer of the Spike Jonze film Where the Wild Things Are , which was released in October 2009.
In September 2009 it was announced that PiL would reform for five UK shows, their first live appearance in 17 years. Lydon financed the reunion using money he earned doing a UK TV commercial for Country Life butter. “The money that I earned from that has now gone completely –…
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The Resistance Tour began with A Seaside Rendezvous in Muse’s hometown of Teignmouth, Devon, in September 2009. It included headline slots the following year at festivals including Coachella, Glastonbury, Oxegen , Hovefestivalen, T in the Park , Austin City Limits and the Australian Big Day Out . Between September and…
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The Resistance was released in September 2009, the first album produced by Muse, with engineering by Adrian Bushby and mixing by Mark Stent . It topped album charts in 19 countries, became the band’s third number one album in the UK, and reached number three on the Billboard 200 .…
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and on 28 August, “What She Came For” was released as the 4th single in the form of a remix single.
The band performed “What She Came For” on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien on Wednesday, 26 August 2009.
They played 8–26 August 2009, and they followed Kaiser Chiefs and The Bravery .
On 12 July 2009, rumours began to spread that Noel Gallagher intended to go solo, but these appear to have had no foundation. Two months later, a fight between the Gallagher brothers took place in a backstage area, reportedly resulting in Noel’s guitar being smashed by Liam, and Noel subsequently…
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” Can’t Stop Feeling ” was released on 6 July as the third single from the album