alternative rock

2010
Creed (band) released as a concert film

and subsequently released on December 8, 2010, as a concert film titled Creed Live , the band’s first live recording.

Mumford & Sons On 7 December 2010, in collaboration with Dharohar Project and Laura

On 7 December 2010, in collaboration with Dharohar Project and Laura Marling , Mumford & Sons released an EP album recorded in Delhi, India. The album was recorded in a makeshift studio with traditional Rajasthani musicians and features four collaborations, including multicultural mash-ups of Marling’s “Devil’s Spoke” and Mumford &…
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Paramore Announced South American tour dates

the band announced, on December 2, 2010, the official dates for a South American tour to take place during February and March 2011.

Bring Me the Horizon joined Bullet for My Valentine as the main support band

Matt Nicholls describes the lyrical themes of There Is a Hell … as being “repercussions of everything we were singing about on our last CD [Suicide Season],” calling the music and lyrics a lot moodier and darker. Five singles were released from the album including: ” It Never Ends “,…
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Dead by Sunrise Brandon Belsky left the band during the summer of 2010. He had left

Brandon Belsky left the band during the summer of 2010. He had left Julien-K at that time because of creative differences. On April 20, 2011, during a Love and Death concert played at an event by The Whosoevers , Elias Andra announced that in December 2010, he had left the…
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Vendetta Red In December 2010, it was announced that Vendetta Red would reunite

In December 2010, it was announced that Vendetta Red would reunite for a one-off show at El Corazon in Seattle on March 5, 2011. This turned out to be an extended reunion. The band members later announced they had also begun working on new material and had enlisted the noted…
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Coldplay Christmas Lights

” Christmas Lights ” was released four months later.

Green Day sold 1,005,000 copies

As of December 2010, 21st Century Breakdown has sold 1,005,000 copies in the US.

Luna Sea transferred record companies

Before the last shows, in December, they transferred record companies to Avex Group ‘s HPQ label.

System of a Down reuniting for a string of large European festival dates

On November 29, 2010, following several weeks of Internet rumors, System of a Down officially announced that they would be reuniting for a string of large European festival dates in June 2011. Among the announced tour dates included UK’s Download Festival , Switzerland’s Greenfield Festival , Germany’s Rock am Ring/Rock…
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