In a 2024 interview, Tong elaborated that his departure was due to feeling unable to continue working with Okereke, with the breaking point being Okereke’s attempted removal of someone in the band’s touring party whose birthday celebration on their bus involved the aforementioned drugs. Tong claimed he wasn’t present during…
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For the reunion tour, the band were joined by Andrew McKinney on bass, Emma Smith on guitar and violin, and Adam Betts on keyboards, guitar, and percussion. The tour also featured a ten-piece string section called the Elysian Collective. During this tour they also debuted two new songs; “Hymn of…
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In January 2024, Carey mentioned the new album has the possibility of having a shorter track lengths, noting that “we could just go back to doing an Undertow [type of] record. That’s kind of appealing to me.”
In 2024, Gilmour released his fifth solo album, Luck and Strange
Arcade Fire earned headlining slots on 2024 festivals, including all South American Lollapalooza editions, Shaky Knees in Atlanta and Bilbao BBK Live in Bilbao , Spain.
The Will of the People World Tour began in April 2022. Nicholls was replaced by Dan Lancaster on additional keys, percussion and guitar. On 17 November 2023, Muse released a 20th-anniversary reissue of Absolution , featuring bonus tracks, live recordings and demos. Muse appeared on the song “1685” from the…
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On 27 October 2023, Everything Everything announced their seventh album, Mountainhead , which was released on 1 March 2024. They also announced a UK tour in March and April 2024, with support from Divorce . The band toured the UK again in November and December 2024, with support from Prima…
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In October 2023, Tankian announced that he would release his first memoir , Down With the System , on May 14, 2024, via Hachette Books ; the artist wrote on X , “I had a blast working on this accidentally hatched philosophical memoir, as it’s given me the unique opportunity…
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In October 2023, Chancellor reiterated this, and noted he hoped the band would enter the studio to record in 2024 after finishing touring.
Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka on 19 and 20 August.