Alice in Chains played their first concert in nearly 10 months and their first concert after Cantrell’s shoulder surgery at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma on August 13, 2011.
The tour was extended with a North American leg from 13 August to 4 October, retaining Parkway Drive and Architects and adding Deez Nuts to the line up.
“Seventeen” was issued as the third single in April 2010, which reached No. 31 and was certified gold by ARIA. During that month the group appeared on TV variety show Hey Hey It’s Saturday ‘ s first episode since the reunion series, for performances of “She’s a Genius” and “Seventeen”.…
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On 6 August 2011, Europe headlined the closing ceremonies of the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Rinkaby , Sweden before an audience of 40,061 Scouts and Guides which included King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden .
By 2011, Great White was touring regularly with Ilous fronting the band, as they continued waiting for Russell to fully recover and return as lead singer. The band appeared to be on good terms with Russell even as late as August 2011, when Kendall stated in an interview that the…
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In an August 2011 interview with Billboard, Halford explained that he and Tipton had “about 12 or 14 tracks completely mapped out” for a new studio album, with four of those tracks already recorded and mixed. The band made a point to take its time with the album, with Halford…
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In August 2011, Hollywood Records scheduled the release of the Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin compilation album, featuring every single from the band’s catalog, including the remix of “Blow Me Away”. A two-disc deluxe edition was released alongside it, with the second disc containing altered versions of b-sides…
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Michael Sweet left the band in August 2011, to focus on Stryper. In 2012, guitarist and vocalist David Victor joined the band, beginning in the studio, where he contributed vocals to several tracks on the album in progress.
The first single from American Capitalist , entitled ” Under and Over It “, was released on July 27, 2011
On 12 July 2011, Europe confirmed that Kevin Shirley would produce their ninth studio album. The recording sessions started on 3 October 2011. On 24 January 2012 the band announced the album title, Bag of Bones . The album was released on 18 April 2012 in Japan by Victor Entertainment…
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