On July 21, 2009, Hawk Nelson released their second single from their fourth album Live Life Loud called “The Meaning of Life”, and on August 8, the song “Alive” began to be played on Christian Radio. They released their fourth album, Live Life Loud on September 22, 2009. The title…
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In early 2009 they toured with Waking Eyes across Canada. Arkells were featured on Aux.tv ‘s Alt Sessions where they performed their full EP. In October, 2009, Arkells won a favourite new artist CASBY Award (short for Canadian Artists Selected by You) from Toronto radio station 102.1 The Edge at…
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Thornley toured extensively, including a performance at the Paralympics in Vancouver on March 12, 2010.
The quartet recorded All in Good Time with Wojewoda. Released in March 2010, it was the first Barenaked Ladies album without Page and featured songwriting and lead vocals from all four members. The album’s lead single, “You Run Away”, addressed the aftermath of the separation.
Billy Talent kicked off their 2009 European tour on October 19, commenting before the tour that they “can’t wait to come over to Europe and the U.K.”. They followed the European tour with a Canadian tour in March 2010, with Against Me! , Alexisonfire and Cancer Bats supporting. On February…
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“Wake Up” was played immediately before the Irish rock group U2 started their concerts on their 2005–06 Vertigo Tour ; Arcade Fire subsequently opened three shows for that tour, and at the third in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, appeared on stage during U2’s encore to join in a cover of Joy…
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In January and February 2010, the band toured the US supporting Anti-Flag . Following that tour they joined fellow Canadians Billy Talent, Alexisonfire and the American band Against Me! on a tour across Canada throughout March. Cancer Bats released their third album Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones on April 12…
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McNevan also posted on his Twitter account on February 5, 2010, that he is in the process of finishing new songs for FM Static, which will appear on a new record. He stated originally that the album’s title would be 4 , but he later mentioned on his personal Facebook…
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In 2010, Thornley and Brian Doherty, a founding member of Big Wreck, rekindled their friendship which led to the latter filling in for a Thornley show, and then joining the band as they naturally reconnected as musicians.
On February 21, 2010, the band performed at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics awards ceremony.