The tour commenced on May 16, 2022, at the Eden Project
On 13 May 2022, Owen Hill left the band on good terms to pursue new goals.
Before the tour began, the band released their first single since reuniting, ” The Foundations of Decay “, on May 12, 2022.
On May 10, it was announced that the band would headline the Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, Texas , during October on the 9th and 16th of the same year, alongside Red Hot Chili Peppers , Pink and Lil Nas X .
They again appeared on Saturday Night Live on May 7, 2022, playing “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)”, “The Lightning I, II”, and “End of The Empire II” over the closing credits. They ended the Mother’s Day performance with Win Butler stating “A woman’s right to choose forever and ever and ever,…
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Following the release of We on May 6, 2022, Arcade Fire announced the “WE” Tour, the group’s first world tour since 2018, starting in August 2022.
On 5 May 2022, the band released a lullaby version of ” The Last Man on Earth ” as a single and announced Blue Lullaby , an EP featuring reworked lullaby versions of five tracks from Blue Weekend , which was subsequently released on 24 June 2022. During the summer…
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In May 2022, record label Trapped Animal announced that they would release a deluxe version of Flood on 7 October 2022, featuring the original album along with an extra disc of outtakes from the Flood sessions and session tracks recorded for the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show .
In May 2022, Richardson announced on their social media page that he will be stepping back from touring because of multiple sclerosis . Pascal Theisen (of Cadet Carter) took over as Richardson’s replacement.
Adkins began writing new music once the band was able to play shows again, which he took inspiration from and the excitement that it brought the band, specifically the When We Were Young festival. In May 2022, the band announced a headlining North American tour named after their new single,…
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