and the record itself, For(N)ever , was released on January 27, 2009.
The album, Tonight was released 26 January 2009 and debuted at No. 2 in the UK Album Chart and No. 9 in the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.
On 26 January 2009, the band released their third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand , which they had been recording in Glasgow since mid-2007. The band recorded the album in a disused building in Glasgow that had been a town hall in the past. Alex Kapranos has stated that “The…
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In the 24 January 2009 issue of Kerrang! magazine, it was stated that the band were currently filming the video for the third single off the album, Rules and Games .
On 22 January, after the festival’s completion, Harvey announced his departure from the band after 25 years, citing “a variety of personal and professional reasons”. Harvey concluded his public statement by stating, “I shall continue working on the Bad Seeds back catalogue re-issues project over the coming year and look…
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On January 21, 2009, Arcade Fire and Jay-Z were the musical guests at the Obama Campaign Staff Ball at the DC Armory, at Obama’s request.
The song ” Ulysses ” was chosen to be the first single and was released on 19 January 2009.
On 17 January 2009, Elbow gave an exclusive performance of their album The Seldom Seen Kid for BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music together with the BBC Concert Orchestra and London-based chamber choir Chantage at Abbey Road Studios (first broadcast on 31 January 2009).
On 15 January 2009, the official Depeche Mode website announced that the band’s twelfth studio album would be called Sounds of the Universe .
On January 7, 2009, Reznor uploaded unedited HD-quality footage from three shows as a download of over 400 GB via BitTorrent . In an immediate response, a fan organization known as This One Is On Us quickly downloaded the data and had begun to assemble the footage alongside its own…
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