On 7 August 2019, Elbow announced their eighth studio album Giants of All Sizes for release on 11 October 2019.
On August 2, the band released a brand new song from The Nothing called ” Cold “.
On August 2, 2019, Tool’s discography (with the exception of Salival ) became available on music streaming platforms. Tool was one of the last major holdouts to release their music digitally, as their record deal was signed before the rise in streaming and not revisited until before Fear Inoculum .…
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Lead singer Neil Osborne began playing shows with his daughter, singer-songwriter Kandle , billing themselves as A Family Curse, self-described as “pure folk-art worked from found objects (something old, something new).” A Toronto show took place May 8, 2019 at the intimate and tiny 20-capacity Radical Road Brewing Co. The…
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On 1 August 2019, Elbow released the track “Dexter & Sinister” on their official YouTube channel.
News of a follow-up to the album began circulating as early as August 2019 when frontman Sully Erna revealed in an interview with Canada’s iHeartRadio that the band has been preparing to begin the songwriting process for the album.
In August 2019, Greg K. filed a lawsuit against Holland and Wasserman following an alleged decision by the two in November 2018 to ban Kriesel from the band’s activities, including studio recordings and live performances. Holland and Noodles later sued Kriesel back, stating that “Kriesel’s arguments have no basis in…
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In an interview with The Guardian in August 2019, Grohl stated: “It’s still hard to accept that I got to play in a band with [John Paul Jones]. Technically we’re still a band. […] We practice once every decade, and we’re coming up on another decade aren’t we? I don’t…
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In August 2019, Funeral for a Friend announced two special reunion concerts, with the proceedings going to the family of a terminally ill friend of the band. The two shows were set to be on 28 and 29 October at The Globe in Cardiff and O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in…
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The band signed with their original label Polydor Records for their seventh studio album, Duck , which released on 26 July 2019.