On February 2, 2011, Disguises was released on March 29, 2011. The first single released was “Walk Among the Dead” on iTunes. A music video for “Hysteria” was released in April, and a music video for “A Portrait of the Artist” was released the last week in June.
Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards
In 2011, former member, Josh Farro, formed Novel American, with Zac Farro later joining the band.
In early 2011, rumors started spreading that Boys Like Girls had disbanded. Drummer John Keefe quickly denied these rumors. However, the band’s members began working on individual projects. Johnson moved to Nashville, Tennessee , writing with other musicians and creating demos. Bassist Donahue continued focusing with his side project Early…
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The premiere date for Tankian and Sater’s Prometheus Bound at the American Repertory Theater was February 25, 2011. Tankian said that collaborating on the show has been a great learning experience for him. “I’ve been using a lot of my archives, a lot of different types of music that I…
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A greatest hits compilation titled Anthology was released in 2011.
That year, Cage the Elephant and Manchester Orchestra embarked on a co-headlining tour with Sleeper Agent as the opening band.
Alongside Wasting Light ‘ s release, the Foo Fighters released a rockumentary, directed by Academy Award-winner James Moll . The film, titled Back and Forth , chronicles the band’s career. Then current and past members, and producer Butch Vig, tell the story of the band through interviews. After debuting on…
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In 2011 the National was nominated for a Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act and an MTV Performing Woodie. Two of its songs, “Start a War” (from Boxer ) and “About Today”, were featured in the film Warrior . On March 9, 2011, the National released a music video for…
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Against the Current was formed in early 2011 by Dan Gow, Will Ferri, and Jeremy Rompala