During the week of the album’s release, manager Phil Harvey quit the band, having struggled with the pressure that came with the band’s early success, and went on to travel across South America and study in Australia.
The album was released in August 2002 and spawned several successful singles, including “In My Place”, ” Clocks “, and the ballad ” The Scientist “, which was inspired by George Harrison ‘s 1970 song ” All Things Must Pass “.
The album achieved platinum status on July 17, 2002, selling over 1.3 million copies in the US
Blood and Aphorisms was released in July 2002, at local venue Backstreet Blues.
On 1 July 2002 a remix album titled Laika Come Home was released, containing most of the tracks from Gorillaz remixed in dub and reggae style by the DJ group Spacemonkeyz .
Butler, his manager Phil Stevens and fellow Western Australian folk artists the Waifs , founded Jarrah Records in July 2002.
Coldplay toured from 19 June 2002 to 8 September 2003 for the Rush of Blood to the Head Tour .
On June 11, 2002, Korn re-emerged into the media with their fifth album Untouchables . It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 434,000 in sales. The band has blamed music piracy for the drop in sales, as an unmastered version of the album had leaked three months…
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playing the Weenie Roast on June 8 for KROQ
Lavigne released Let Go in June 2002 in the US, where it reached number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, and the UK—this made Lavigne, at 17 years old, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album on the UK…
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