In celebration of Paul McCartney’s 70th birthday on June 18, 2012, Bonham, Mike Viola and Danish singer Tim Christensen performed the Ram album with The Damn Crystals at Vega in Copenhagen.
The band released a second post-reformation LP, Class Clown Spots a UFO , on June 12, 2012. Generally regarded by fans as the best of the latter-years’ albums, it marked a return in tenor and quality to this line-up’s mid-90s heyday.
The album’s first single, ” She’s So Mean “, was released on June 12, 2012.
On 11 June 2012, Skunk Anansie revealed the title for their 5th studio album: Black Traffic . The band’s follow-up to 2010’s critically acclaimed Wonderlustre was recorded in London and produced by Skunk Anansie and Chris Sheldon and mixed by Jeremy Wheatley and Adrian Bushby.
On June 11, during the Nashville show of their acoustic tour, Stephen Christian announced that the title of the new record would be Vital , calling the record “their most aggressive to date” and also announced a fall release date.
In an April 2012 interview, Bellamy said Muse’s next album would include influences from acts such as French house duo Justice and UK electronic rock group Does It Offend You, Yeah? . On 6 June 2012, Muse released a trailer for their next album, The 2nd Law , with a…
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Kaiser Chiefs released their first compilation album, Souvenir: The Singles 2004–2012 , in the UK on 4 June 2012. The album features all of the singles released by the band from 2004 to 2012, as well as a new track titled “Listen to Your Head”.
In June 2012, Brad Roberts wrote a blog post saying that there is an incomplete new album lying around, but that producer Stewart Lerman is currently too busy with other projects to work on it.
In June 2012, Everclear released their first album of new material in six years, entitled Invisible Stars . In support of the album, Alexakis announced the Summerland Tour , a ’90s nostalgia tour featuring Everclear themselves, Sugar Ray , Lit , Marcy Playground , and the Gin Blossoms . In…
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The band declared their first overseas tour in Start Walking The World on May and June 2012, covering Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. They headlined Rock in Japan Festival on the main stage, as well as Summer Sonic 2012, and additionally, Oga Namahage Rock Festival, Rising Sun Rock Festival,…
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