On January 20, 2012, it was confirmed that the band will reunite (without Martin and MacGregor) and has announced plans to play a reunion show at The Indie Awards in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week .
On January 15, 2012, a Twitter account was opened for the band, with the opening tweet saying “Wow – it’s been a while. Might be time to knock the dust off…”, which led to speculations about the band reuniting, also following Nori’s tweet “Thinking I should probably call Bill, and…
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“N/A OK” was nominated in the Rock category at the 2012 Canadian Radio Music Awards. The third single from Approved , “Damini”, charted on the hits Canadian rock radio chart.
Evans Blue toured throughout the summer of 2012 in support of Graveyard of Empires this time with Columbus, Ohio-based band State Your Cause .
In 2012, they delved deeper into covering songs from popular Canadian singer-songwriter Stan Rogers with their version of ” Barrett’s Privateers ” appearing on their album Westwinds .
On February 1, 2012, lead vocalist Jason Dunn announced he would be leaving the band in order to pursue his solo project, Lights Go Down, recording an album tentatively titled Abandon Progress . On March 11, 2012, in Fresno, California, Dunn performed his final US show with Hawk Nelson.
After Dunn’s departure from the band, Steingard replacing him on vocals marked a shift in the band’s genre from fast-paced pop punk to softer, contemporary alternative and pop rock . On December 11, 2012, Hawk Nelson announced they had signed with Fair Trade Services . Made was released on April…
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In 2012, Helix toured across eight cities in southwestern/southeastern Ontario for a mini Heavy Mental Christmas Tour. Performing classic Christmas songs but with a twist of heavy metal, and they played their hit songs such as “Rock You”, “Heavy Metal Love” and their own song “All I Want for Christmas……
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On December 9, 2012, Evans Blue debuted the song “Halo” on Revolver Magazine ‘s website; the next day, it was released on iTunes and other sites (the lyric video for the song had been released in July). “This Time It’s Different” was a Top 30 rock radio hit nationally and…
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In 2012, the band released their fourth studio album, Transit of Venus and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200.