Also in 2011, Depeche Mode contributed their cover of the U2 song ” So Cruel ” to the tribute album AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered , honouring the 20th anniversary of the album Achtung Baby . The compilation CD was released with the December 2011 issue of Q .
On February 16, 2011, the band released the single “Answer is Near”, later, from April to June of the same year, they performed the ” Answer is Alive 2011 tour”. After that, One Ok Rock released their first double A-side single ” Re:make/No Scared ” on July 20, 2011. “No…
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In December 2011, Grinderman disbanded immediately following an Australian tour. Their final performance was at the Meredith Music Festival in rural Victoria.
Throughout the 360° Tour, the band worked on multiple projects, including a rock album produced by Danger Mouse , a dance record produced by RedOne and will.i.am , and Songs of Ascent . The latter was not completed to their satisfaction, and by December 2011, Clayton admitted it would not…
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Violent Soho performed at the 2011 Laneway Festival, followed by an Australian tour supporting Australian alternative rock band Jebediah in mid-2011. The band was then chosen by Les Savy Fav to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival that the latter co-curated—together with Caribou and Battles—in December 2011 in…
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Aiden released their fifth studio album Some Kind of Hate on October 25, 2011. It was the last album released on Victory Records, and the second Aiden album released in 2011. A music video for the first single “Broken Bones” was filmed, and premiered on YouTube. In December 2011, the…
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The band was announced as an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in December 2011. They were inducted by Chuck D and LL Cool J on April 14, 2012. Yauch was too sick to attend the ceremony, having been admitted to NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital the same day, therefore…
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On 30 November 2011, the band’s own label PiL Official Limited was registered as a private limited company in the UK.
On 30 November 2011, Coldplay received three Grammy Award nominations for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards
The single, titled “Marching Band”, was released on November 30