The band was able to recommence live shows in March 2021 and began by touring Queensland, Australia. The band was caught in the middle of a COVID-19 outbreak in Brisbane at the time and was forced to return to Melbourne to quarantine, requiring the rescheduling of the rest of their…
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The EP, set for release on 26 February 2021, features remixes of tracks primarily lifted from their 2019 album Alien . The sole exception to this is a remix of “Ohm”, which comes from the band’s 2015 album Node .
On 21 February, the band announced a five-track remix EP, entitled 5G .
On 15 February 2021, Live at the Roundhouse was made available to stream on YouTube, due to the show being pirated on the internet.
On 5 February 2021 the band’s lead singer, Jacob Charlton, featured on the single “Year of the Rat” (featuring Jacob Charlton) by Void of Vision, a rework of the band’s original song from their 2019 album Hyperdaze .
On 5 February 2021, it was announced that Silverchair’s music would be distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Australia.
In February 2021, Loma Vista Recordings announced they would not promote or participate in the distribution of any future recordings released by the band, following former girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood and various other accusations that the band’s vocalist sexually and psychologically abused them .
Tankian had planned to release the EP in October. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , he released it in February 2021 instead.
In February 2021, Smith announced that the band had started working on a seventh studio album, with the goal of releasing it in the second half of 2021. The band released a film for their sixth album, Attention Attention . The film was directed by Bill Yukich and was released…
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In February 2021, Vicky Cornell filed another lawsuit claiming that the remaining members of Soundgarden had undervalued her share of the band, offering her “the villainously low figure of less than $300,000.” Vicky claimed the band offered her $300,000 despite receiving a $16 million offer from another investor for the…
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