In the summer of 2014 Kent held their own festival called Kentfest in Gothenburg and Stockholm.
In 2014, the band conducted an anthology tour dubbed the “Past Live” tour, in which they performed all eight studio albums in their entirety over four consecutive shows in several cities.
In early 2014, the band toured a few U.S. cities, with Donelly opening for the East Coast dates.
After bringing on Charlie Rolfe as their vocalist, the band self-released their debut EP Jekyll & Hyde in 2014
The band later announced that the concept album would instead be released as 2 EPs called Lost and Found respectively. The Lost EP was released on May 13, 2014.
In 2014, during a break from Mondo Generator, Oliveri released a solo album under the name Nick Oliveri’s Uncontrollable, entitled Leave Me Alone , on which he sang, played all instruments and featured guest guitar solos on each track. For live shows he recruited Mondo Generator and You Know Who…
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Hewlett described the moment when he and Albarn agreed to continue Gorillaz at an afterparty after one of Albarn’s solo shows in 2014: “We’d had a bit to drink, and he said, ‘Do you want to do another one?’ And I said, ‘Do you?’ and he said, ‘Do you?’ And…
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In January 2014, Homme told Rolling Stone magazine the band would start recording a new album when they finished their tour for …Like Clockwork . In June 2014, Homme performed a solo acoustic show at James Lavelle’s Meltdown festival, featuring guest performances from Troy Van Leeuwen and Mark Lanegan. During…
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Education, Education, Education & War was toured across Europe and the Americas throughout 2014 and 2015.
In 2014, after the band reunited, Inoran claimed that at the time “we promised to each other that we would all go out into the world while we were in our 30s, absorb things and regroup.”