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
another North American tour with Opeth on their Heritage tour in 2011
Anberlin supported Thirty Seconds to Mars on their Closer to the Edge Tour with CB7 during April and May 2011.
The band was nominated for six Billboard Awards in 2011 for Top Duo or Group, Best Rock Album for A Thousand Suns , Top Rock Artist, Top Alternative Artist, Top Alternative Song for “Waiting for the End” and Top Alternative Album for A Thousand Suns , but did not win…
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On May 9, 2011 Aiden announced that drummer Jake Davison left the band, for reasons of pursuing a new direction in life. According to William in a blog on Myspace, Davison’s departure and relationship with the rest of the band did not end badly. Aiden recruited Ryan Seaman , the…
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Best International Album at the 2011 BRIT Awards
Def Leppard embarked on a two-month US tour in the summer of 2011 with Heart