In July 2025, the band announced they would be releasing an album titled Lo-files on 11 July 2025, consisting of lo-fi reworks of 23 songs from throughout the band’s discography.
On June 30, the band released a detailed timeline of events, including messages between Daiki and the fan, as well as messages exchanged with Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke . They also issued a public apology and announced the indefinite suspension of all band activities.
On June 28, 2025, Crossfaith announced that guitarist Daiki Koide had been dismissed from the band following confirmed reports of inappropriate communication with an underage fan.
In June 2025, a full-length documentary about Idol premiered at the Tribeca Festival in New York. The film, titled “Billy Idol Should Be Dead,” chronicles Idol’s rise to fame from his early days with Chelsea and Generation X, his struggles with drug addiction, and his family life from childhood through…
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In 2018, Wire released multi-disc special editions of their first three albums. Each album was housed in a book containing lyrics and other information about the album. The three releases collected non-LP singles and the demo sessions from this era along with remastered versions of the original albums. Also in…
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In 2025, Idol was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the first time. Idol said Steve Stevens is nominated with him, and they will both be inducted into the Hall should Idol be selected for induction. On 26 February, Idol announced his first studio…
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In March, during an interview with the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles , Albarn said he was finishing a new Gorillaz album.
During the band’s 25 February 2025 show in Osaka , they played ” State of the Nation ” live for the first time since 1987.
For the 50th anniversary celebrations for Saturday Night Live on February 14, Novoselic, Grohl and Smear reunited to perform “Smells Like Teen Spirit” with Post Malone .
In February 2025, Chancellor stated that Tool would “dedicate the next three months” in the studio to “organizing [their] ideas” for new music.