alternative rock

2006
My Chemical Romance Things That Make You Go MMM! released

An unauthorized biography DVD, Things That Make You Go MMM! , was also released in June 2006.

Def Leppard toured to promote the album

The band toured to promote the album with Journey from June through November 2006 in Europe, the UK, and the US.

Def Leppard VH1 Rock Honors

The band, along with Queen , Kiss , and Judas Priest , were the inaugural inductees of VH1 Rock Honors on 31 May 2006. During the show, The All-American Rejects paid homage to the band with a cover of “Photograph”.

Def Leppard Yeah!

On 23 May 2006, Def Leppard released an all-covers album titled Yeah! . The disc pays homage to classic rock songs of their childhood, originally recorded by Blondie , The Kinks , Sweet , ELO , and Badfinger among others. Their cover of ” How Does It Feel ” by…
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Angels & Airwaves released their first album

A few days later, on May 23, they released their first album, We Don’t Need to Whisper .

Primal Scream The album’s first single, ” Country Girl “, was released on 22 May

The album’s first single, ” Country Girl “, was released on 22 May 2006, and regular airplay resulted in a chart entry of number 5, their highest ever. It was also used by the BBC in the closing credits of the Grand National 2007 and as the backing track to…
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Angels & Airwaves premature release

However, after a fan email hacked DeLonge and stole four demos, Angels & Airwaves had no other choice but to release ” The Adventure ” as their first single, which was leaked onto radio stations, causing a premature release on May 18, 2006.

Muse (band) Before the release of the new album, Muse made several promotional TV

Before the release of the new album, Muse made several promotional TV appearances starting on 13 May 2006 at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend . The Black Holes and Revelations Tour started before the release of their album and initially consisted mostly of festival appearances, including a headline slot at…
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Fuel (band) officially offer Daughtry

On May 11, 2006, Abercrombie and Bell appeared on the TV show Extra to officially offer Daughtry the job.

Blue October peaked at No. 2

It eventually peaked at No. 2 for the week ending on May 5, 2006.