In February 2009, Reznor posted his thoughts about the future of Nine Inch Nails on his official website, stating that “I’ve been thinking for some time now it’s time to make NIN disappear for a while.”
The Von Bondies’ third album, Love, Hate and Then There’s You , was released on February 3, 2009. The lineup at the time was Jason Stollsteimer on vocals and lead guitar, Don Blum on drums, Christy Hunt on rhythm guitar, and Leann Banks on bass guitar. The band released a…
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In February 2009, Yauch revealed their forthcoming new album had taken the band’s sound in a “bizarre” new direction, saying “it’s a combination of playing and sampling stuff as we’re playing, and also sampling pretty obscure records”. The tentative title for the record was Tadlock’s Glasses , of which Yauch…
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Homesick was released in February 2009 and placed at number 21 on Billboard ‘ s Top 200 Listings and at number 1 on Top Independent Albums. It was featured in Rolling Stone ‘ s “Top 40 Albums” that month, hitting number 21.
Following a UK tour, A Day to Remember went on a European tour in February 2009, with the German leg of the tour supported by For The Fallen Dreams and Kenai.
In February 2009, it was also announced that Alice in Chains would play at the third annual Rock on the Range festival.
After five years apart, the band appeared on stage together as presenters at the February 2009 Grammy Awards to announce their reunion.
They also joined Thursday , Cancer Bats , Four Year Strong and Pierce the Veil on the North American leg of the 2009 Taste of Chaos tour from February to April after the tour’s organizer Kevin Lyman offered them the slot.
Puzzle was released in June and helped the band to reach their highest UK Albums Chart position ever, hitting No. 2 in the first week of release, also reaching No. 17 in Ireland, and No. 39 in the overall world charts. The album is certified Gold in the UK, having…
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In February 2009, Glastonbury Festival announced Franz Ferdinand as the first major band playing at that year’s festival.