alternative rock

2009
Franz Ferdinand (band) Can’t Stop Feeling

” Can’t Stop Feeling ” was released on 6 July as the third single from the album

Elbow (band) Roskilde Festival

The next day, Elbow played for approximately 15,000 at Roskilde Festival, Denmark; on stage, Garvey remarked that “last time we played in Denmark, 7 people came.”

Skunk Anansie On 3 July 2009, the music video for “Tear the Place Up” was presented

On 3 July 2009, the music video for “Tear the Place Up” was presented exclusively on Myspace, and on 10 August 2009, a new video for “Because of You” was presented exclusively on Kerrang.com. It was released 14 September 2009 in the UK and was the first single to be…
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Elbow (band) Rock Werchter

On 3 July 2009, Elbow played to an audience of 80,000 at Rock Werchter.

Crash Test Dummies Work continued in 2008 on songs for an album which was tentatively

Work continued in 2008 on songs for an album which was tentatively titled Toys . In July 2009, the title of the album was renamed from Toys to Oooh La La .

Blink-182 Reunion tour of North America

The trio embarked on a successful reunion tour of North America from July to October 2009

John Butler Trio voted number 47

In July 2009 “Betterman” was voted number 47 by the Australian public in Triple J Hottest 100 of all time .

Alkaline Trio recording begins in July

Recording began that July.

Live (band) After a concert in July 2009, Live announced that the band would take

After a concert in July 2009, Live announced that the band would take a two-year hiatus to work on other projects. Kowalczyk recorded his solo album Alive , and the other band members formed a group with Kevin Martin and Sean Hennesy of Candlebox , called The Gracious Few .…
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Asian Kung-Fu Generation Nano-Mugen Festival

In July 2009, Asian Kung–Fu Generation held their annual Nano-Mugen festival. This was accompanied by Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009 , which featured a new track, “Yoru no Call” ( 夜のコール , Call of the Night ) , and tracks from each of the other 16 bands that partook in the festival.