Muse revealed the 2nd Law tracklist on 13 July 2012. The second single, ” Madness “, was released on 20 August 2012, with a music video on 5 September. Muse played at the Roundhouse on 30 September as part of the iTunes Festival . The 2nd Law was released worldwide…
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In a June 28 guest appearance on the movie review podcast/website “CinemaJaw,” Lucas claimed that the next album would be out before the upcoming 2012 elections—mainly because so much of the album’s content deals with it directly—expecting it to be released by February 2012. In the same interview, Lucas also…
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In July, the band started to publish images of themselves recording at a ‘Top Secret Studio Location,’ and revealed they were working with producer Terry Date for the recording and production of the album.
In July 2012 Reznor teamed up with video game developer Treyarch to compose the theme music for Call of Duty: Black Ops II .
To promote the release of If Not Now, When? , the band took part in a participatory media exhibit and real-time documentary called Incubus HQ Live that allowed unprecedented fan access and interaction. Footage, music and art from the seven-day event became available as a special edition box set in…
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Live returned from their nearly three-year hiatus on March 12, 2012, with Chris Shinn , formerly of Unified Theory , as their new lead singer. The new lineup performed before an invited audience at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York . They performed with new touring members, including Gracious…
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In 2012, Martin, McCready and McKagan, along with singer Jeff Angell and keyboardist Benjamin Anderson collaborated on an album called Walking Papers . Spurred by this collaboration, Martin, McCready and McKagan revisited the unreleased Mad Season material. In July 2012, Martin confirmed that Mark Lanegan would be singing several songs…
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Percussionist Al Keith (Khalil Al-Rashad) injured his foot in July 2012 at Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California, during the song “Fly”. He was absent from shows until August 2012. The tour was deemed a success, and McGrath initially spoke of the possibility of it becoming a yearly event.
Modest Mouse played a Saturday afternoon set at the inaugural Firefly Music Festival in July 2012. Modest Mouse was one of the main acts in the Good Vibes Festival held in Sepang, Malaysia on August 17, 2013. The lineup featured other internationally renowned bands such as Smashing Pumpkins , Ash…
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Bloc Party released ” Octopus ” that July and later released another single entitled “Day Four”.