Drummer Erik Donner joined on drums in June, while Enuff Z’Nuff continued touring as a 3-piece.
On May 4, 2012, Yauch died from cancer at the age of 47. Mike D told Rolling Stone that the Beastie Boys had recorded new music in late 2011, but did not say if these recordings would be released. He also said that the Beastie Boys would likely disband, though…
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Yauch’s will forbids the use of Beastie Boys music in advertisements. In June 2014, the Beastie Boys won a lawsuit against Monster Energy for using portions of “Sabotage”, “So What’cha Want”, “Make Some Noise” and “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun” in a commercial without permission. They were awarded…
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In early June 2014, Alt-J announced a 2014 tour to take place in North America over October and November.
In June 2014, the band agreed to play a show in Richmond, Virginia , that was entirely crowd-funded by fans on the website Tilt.com . The show took place on September 17 before 1,500 fans. The band played 23 songs over the course of two and a half hours. The…
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It was preceded by the single “No More Honey” that appeared in June.
For the production of their ninth studio album, Shihad worked with Jaz Coleman , of English post-punk band Killing Joke . Coleman produced Shihad’s debut album, Churn , but a disagreement with the band occurred after the release of the album. Following a 15-year period in which Coleman and Shihad…
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The new album was originally planned to be an EP, but the set-list increased to 15 songs by June 2014.
Promotion for Trouble Will Find Me included the band making their debut performance on Saturday Night Live , as well as several festival appearances, including headlining The Boston Calling Music Festival and Bonaroo. The band performed “Graceless” and “I Need My Girl” on the March 8, 2014 episode of Saturday…
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In late June 2014, New Noise Magazine reported that Hungry Ghost had reached the sixth position on the Australian album chart and the band had signed with American record label SideOneDummy for a September 2014 release of the album in the US. In a July 2014 interview, Boerdam replied to…
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