In 2002, Muse released the first live DVD, Hullabaloo , featuring footage recorded during Muse’s two gigs at Le Zenith in Paris in 2001, and a documentary film of the band on tour. A double album, Hullabaloo Soundtrack , was released at the same time, containing a compilation of B-sides…
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In 2002, Muse threatened Celine Dion with legal action when she planned to name her Las Vegas show “Muse”, as Muse had worldwide performing rights to the name. Muse refused an offer from Dion of $50,000 for the rights, as they feared it could harm their chances of breaking into…
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In 2002, Universal Music kicked off the band’s remastered back catalogue by releasing The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees . In April, Siouxsie, Severin, Budgie and Chandler reunited briefly for the Seven Year Itch tour, which spawned The Seven Year Itch live album and DVD. The day after their…
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Early in 2002, Blur recorded a song that would be played by European Space Agency ‘s Beagle 2 lander once it touched down; however, attempts to locate the probe after it landed on Mars were fruitless.
The Who played concerts in the UK in early 2002 in preparation for a full US tour.
In April, the band’s mainstream breakthrough came when they won a national competition called Pick Me, using their demo of “Tomorrow”. The competition was conducted by the SBS TV show Nomad and Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) alternative radio station Triple J . As part of the prize, Triple J recorded…
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The initial Montreal structure of the band began to dissolve in the summer of 2002, when they travelled to Butler’s family farm on Mount Desert Island, Maine to record their self-titled EP . Tension between Butler and bassist Myles Broscoe led the latter to exit the band following the recording…
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To combat bootlegging , in 2002 the band began to release the Encore Series of official soundboard recordings via themusic.com. An official statement read: “to satisfy this demand they have agreed to release their own official recordings to benefit worthy causes”.
Genesis briefly performed at Gabriel’s wedding in 2002.
Early in December, the first single, ” The Greatest View “, was released to Australian radio networks. Its physical release in January 2002 coincided with the band’s appearance on the Big Day Out tour. Early in 2002, Johns was diagnosed with reactive arthritis , which made it difficult for him…
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