Looking back decades later, J wrote in his 2025 autobiography that ever since they achieved their first Tokyo Dome concert in 1995, the members lacked a goal to strive for in unison, and that he personally started to sense the band was coming to its end when they regrouped and…
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On September 9, 2025, the band released a cover of Florence + The Machine’s song, “No Light, No Light”.
In January 2025, a reunion at BottleRock Napa Valley was announced, as well as further dates and confirmation of the existence of an upcoming studio album.
On November 3, 2025, Jimmy Eat World released the single “Failure” and announced the EP Something(s) Loud , which released physically on November 14.
In the summer of 2025 Blue October played a tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary as a band
The albums second single, ” Firefly ” was released on October 10, 2025, with an official lyric video. Wes Scantlin dedicated the song and music video to Layne Staley , Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington .
On May 7, 2025, Brad Arnold announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage IV clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma , a form of kidney cancer that had metastasized to his lungs . The announcement was made via a video message on the band’s official social media platforms. As a result, all…
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They embarked on a brief tour in 2025, with founding guitarist/drummer Chris Molla sitting in on accordion. These shows were billed as including “all original members”, presumably referring to Molla’s presence, although drummer Anthony Guess did not participate.
On May 28, 2025, the band cancelled upcoming shows in the UK and Europe, with Caleb sharing a video explaining he had broken his foot in a ‘freak accident’ and could not tour for eight weeks. The band made their return on July 18, performing three successive nights in support…
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and released their first four albums on vinyl for the first time as a box set entitled “The Collected Series”.