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2019
Blackfield band’s Facebook page

On 13 May 2019, a picture of Geffen and Wilson working in a recording studio was posted on the band’s Facebook page with the caption “Blackfield 6th, recording session, here we go again !”

King Crimson proceed as a Seven-Headed Beast

Although Travis joined the band for rehearsals, Fripp said on 2 May that the band had decided that it was no longer possible to have other musicians deputising for Rieflin and for this reason would “proceed as a Seven-Headed Beast” without Travis.

King Crimson Rieflin would take another break

On 6 April 2019, it was announced at a press conference that Rieflin would take another break from King Crimson to attend to family matters; his place on keyboards for the 2019 50th anniversary tour was set to be taken by Theo Travis of Soft Machine , an occasional duo…
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Everything Everything Pritchard to join Foals

In April 2019 it was announced that Jeremy Pritchard would be joining Foals to play live dates, following the departure of bass player Walter Gervers.

Queen (band) Tour dates sold out

with the dates sold out in April.

Arcade Fire Baby Mine single

For the 2019 Disney film, Dumbo , Arcade Fire performs an end-credits version of “Baby Mine”, by Frank Churchill and Ned Washington, which was released as a single on March 11, 2019.

Blur (band) Africa Express event

Blur went on hiatus following the 2015 Magic Whip tour. They briefly reunited in March 2019 for a surprise performance at an Albarn-organized Africa Express event in London.

Queen (band) Academy Awards opening

On 24 February 2019, Queen + Adam Lambert opened the 91st Academy Awards ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Serj Tankian Tankian composed music for I Am Not Alone , a 2019 documentary film

Tankian composed music for I Am Not Alone , a 2019 documentary film about the 2018 Armenian revolution . He was also an executive producer of the film.

Modest Mouse Throughout 2019, the band released three standalone singles; “Poison

Throughout 2019, the band released three standalone singles; “Poison the Well” on March 29, “I’m Still Here” on April 18, and “Ice Cream Party” on November 15.