In 2016, Draper released his first solo single,
2016 saw the band gain a new member in Sam Eigen and the return of Cooke. Eigen is a long-time friend of both Steve Harwell and Paul De Lisle, and has played with Alanis Morissette , Janet Jackson , and John Fogerty . He can also be heard playing guitar…
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They performed at the Day for Night music festival in Houston, Texas, which ran December 17–18, 2016.
On May 12, 2016, the band announced their album Afraid of Heights ; it was released on July 29, 2016. On the same day, the band aired their first single from the new album, ” Afraid of Heights “. On June 3, 2016, the band released a second single from…
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The band reunited in 2016 for two festival dates across late August and early September in Sweden.
In 2016, it was announced that Ward had joined the band Counting Days.
Following their New Year’s Eve show in Nashville, Nathan Followill said that the band was aiming to release its seventh album in 2016: “We’ve already started pre-production in our studio for the next record, but the main thing on the calendar for 2016 is getting the record finished. And then…
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On June 20, 2016, the band announced that it was cancelling many dates of its summer headlining tour so it could serve as the opening band for the Prophets of Rage tour. This announcement was met with consternation and upset by many of the band’s fans, many of whom took…
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In early 2016, the band announced the European tour of Everything Must Go , they played across Europe, in Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany.
Smash Mouth performed at the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival on August 28, 2016; Harwell passed out in the middle of the set and was taken to a nearby hospital, but the band continued their set and performed the song without him. Harwell made a full recovery and they continued touring.