In February 2025, the band announced appearances at Welcome to Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida , Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio , and MMR*B*Q, a festival hosted by WMMR in Camden, New Jersey , alongside three other headlining performances with Chained Saint, a thrash metal band from Florida.
Hodgson later opined in a February 2025 retrospective interview with the Daily Mirror that the band should have disbanded instead of replacing him.
On 31 January 2025, the Pillows announced they had officially disbanded following their concert at KT Zepp Yokohama earlier that day. They apologized for the sudden announcement and explained that, although they hesitated to use the word “disbanded”, they did so in order to not “leave room for expectations of…
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On 31 January 2025, preceding the release of Critical Thinking , an extended play was released, titled Brushstrokes of Reunion , comprising the songs “Brushstrokes of Reunion”, “People Ruin Paintings”, “Hiding in Plain Sight” and “Decline and Fall” from Critical Thinking .
On 30 January 2025, the band announced their 13th studio album Make ‘Em Laugh, Make ‘Em Cry, Make ‘Em Wait which would be released on 25 April.
The same day, they released their first single from that album, “There’s Always Gonna Be Something”, which peaked at 100 on the UK Official Singles Downloads Chart.
Green Day opened for the FireAid benefit concert on January 30, 2025; it was hosted by both Intuit Dome , and the Kia Forum . The band opened with a duet of ” Last Night on Earth ” with Billie Eilish , followed by ” Still Breathing “, and ”…
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On January 30, 2025, Novoselic, Grohl and Smear reunited for the first time in five years to perform at the Fire Aid benefit concert in Los Angeles. They were joined by St. Vincent for “Breed”, Kim Gordon for “School”, Joan Jett for “Territorial Pissings”, and Violet Grohl for “All Apologies”.
To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Gorillaz released a video on 29 January 2025 titled Nostalgiaz , featuring clips from their music videos set to “Pirate’s Progress” from Plastic Beach .
On 29 January 2025, the band released two singles exclusively on Spotify; a cover of ” Wonderwall ” by Oasis , and a remix of their own song titled, ” Youtopia (Earthcore Remix)”.