In a December 2003 interview with Alternative Press , Lacey said, “We did something silly like write something about them on a T-shirt, and they took it so personally, going as far as to call our friends and physically threaten us… We wish Taking Back Sunday the best as a…
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On 29 November 2003, May and Taylor performed at the 46664 Concert hosted by Nelson Mandela at Green Point Stadium , Cape Town, to raise awareness of the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
In November 2003, Gunn left the group to pursue solo projects and was replaced by Levin.
In November 2003, Bloc Party had their track “The Marshals Are Dead” featured on a compilation CD called The New Cross released by Angular Recording Corporation .
On 28 October 2003, Anderson made the decision to call it a day. The same day, Suede were booked to perform ” Beautiful Ones ” on V Graham Norton to promote the Singles compilation. Jeremy Allen was the last person to interview the band just before the Norton appearance. Allen…
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Muse’s third album, Absolution , produced by Rich Costey , Paul Reeve and John Cornfield was released on 15 September 2003. It debuted at number one in the UK and produced Muse’s first top-ten hit, ” Time Is Running Out “, and three top-twenty hits: ” Hysteria “, ” Sing…
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In September 2003, Suede played five nights at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, dedicating each night to one of their five albums and performing an entire album per night in chronological order, with B-sides and rarities as encores. In October 2003, Suede released a second compilation album, Singles…
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After going through a variety of names, such as Union, The Angel Range, and Diet, the band settled on Bloc Party in September 2003, a play on block party .
Touring in support of the album started in the U.S. in July 2003, and ran through the end of the year, with a brief European leg of the tour extending out to Europe with the Deftones in September. Lohner, who could not commit to touring on a full-time permanent basis,…
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Deja Entendu was released through Razor & Tie / Triple Crown Records on June 17, 2003.