In May 2009, the band embarked on a concert tour in support of the album, called Tour of the Universe
In May 2009, Philip Sneed (aka Moon Valjean) and Ryan Phillips (both from Story of the Year) joined with Johnny Venus and Mark Joseph Roth (both from Maybe Today) to start performing as the band Greek Fire. While their first official show was on May 16, 2009, the band’s short…
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On 23 April 2009, Depeche Mode performed for the television program Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the famed corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street , drawing more than 12,000 fans, which was the largest audience the program had seen since its 2003 premiere, with a performance by Coldplay .
The album was released on 14 April 2009, also made available through an iTunes Pass, where the buyer received individual tracks in the weeks leading up to the official release date.
Nine Inch Nails Revenge , an iPhone / iPod Touch -exclusive rhythm game developed by Tapulous , was released on March 8, 2009 (five months after the company announced the development of the game). This installment in the Tap Tap video game franchise was themed after Nine Inch Nails, and…
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During the Taste of Chaos tour in March of that year, guitarist Curtis Ward left the band.
The Big Pink signed with British record label 4AD in February 2009. On 25 February 2009, The Big Pink won the prestigious Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act at the NME Shockwave Awards . The duo were presented the award by James Allan and Caroline McKay of Glasvegas…
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They also joined Thursday , Cancer Bats , Four Year Strong and Pierce the Veil on the North American leg of the 2009 Taste of Chaos tour from February to April after the tour’s organizer Kevin Lyman offered them the slot.
” Wrong ” was the first single from the album, released digitally in February 2009.
In February 2009, Reznor posted his thoughts about the future of Nine Inch Nails on his official website, stating that “I’ve been thinking for some time now it’s time to make NIN disappear for a while.”