On 3 March 2017 Alt-J began teasing their third studio album on their social media accounts with an audio clip captioned “00110011 01110111 01110111” (Binary code for “3ww”).
Stereogum reported later that day that the band’s third album would be titled Relaxer and was scheduled for release on 2 June 2017.
Another former King Crimson member, John Wetton, died of colon cancer on 31 January 2017.
On January 19, 2017, the band released a new single to coincide with Donald Trump ‘s presidential inauguration entitled “I Give You Power”. The song featured guest vocals from singer Mavis Staples . The proceeds were donated to the American Civil Liberties Union .
On 3 January 2017, Rieflin returned to King Crimson. Since the band also wished to retain Stacey, King Crimson became an octet, which Fripp initially referred to as the “Double Quartet Formation”. Rieflin later eschewed drumming with the group and became King Crimson’s first full-time keyboardist, with Fripp rechristening the…
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In 2017, John Cale and Maureen Tucker reunited to perform ” I’m Waiting for the Man ” at the Grammy Salute to Music Legends concert.
In 2017, Rutherford said he was also amenable to a reunion tour if Collins was interested.
As part of the Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018 , the band toured North America in mid-2017,
Europe in late 2017,
He was a surprise guest performer for the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience in Los Angeles on March 25, 2017, singing ” The Rains of Castamere “. His rendition of the song also made it onto the soundtrack for the eighth season of Game of Thrones in 2019.