The trio embarked on a successful reunion tour of North America from July to October 2009
In July 2009 “Betterman” was voted number 47 by the Australian public in Triple J Hottest 100 of all time .
Recording began that July.
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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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.
On 30 June 2009 John Butler announced the new bass and drum musicians of the John Butler Trio to be Byron Luiters as the bassist and Nicky Bomba as the drummer and percussionist. Bomba, Butler’s brother-in-law, had previously been a member of the John Butler Trio.
On June 30, 2009, the song ” A Looking in View ” was made available for purchase via iTunes and Amazon ,
Blur headlined the Glastonbury Festival on 28 June, where they played for the first time since their headline slot in 1998.
Brand New performed at the Glastonbury Festival on June 28, 2009, debuting two new songs tentatively titled “Bride” and “Gasoline” and delaying the release of their album to October.
In addition, the band performed live on Fox & Friends on June 26, 2009.