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Jimmy Eat World timeline (EN)

2014
Announced Futures anniversary tour

In mid-2014, the band announced the “Futures 10 Year Anniversary Tour” in commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the Futures studio album. Vinyl reissues of Futures , Static Prevails and Clarity were released prior to the commencement of the tour, which began in Ventura, California , US Prior to the…
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2013
Posted music video

The band posted a music video for the song “I Will Steal You Back” on their VEVO YouTube page on May 31, 2013. In October 2013, the band announced a series of December 2013 US tour dates that followed a UK/European tour.

Revealed lead single

The official details of the eighth album, entitled Damage , emerged in early April 2013 and on April 10, 2013, a lead single titled ” I Will Steal You Back ” was revealed via the band’s website. The title track “Damage” appears on the 7-inch Damage EP along with a…
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Released Damage in US

The release of Damage also signifies the cessation of Jimmy Eat World’s independent era, as the band signed a recording contract with the Toronto-based record label Dine Alone Records. RCA Records released the eighth album in the US on April 4, 2013 and internationally April 11, 2013. The album was…
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2012
Completed recording eighth album

On October 5, 2012, Jimmy Eat World posted on Twitter that the band had completed recording its eighth album and that the recording was being mixed at that time; the mastering process then commenced after a November 30, 2012, Twitter update indicated that the mixing process had been completed. On…
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2011
Planned next album

In October 2011, Adkins announced that the band would be writing and recording for their next album. Lind stated in a Twitter post that the band will begin recording its next album during the latter part of August 2012 and, on September 5, 2012, another Twitter post stated that recording…
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2010
Announced mixing of new album

On March 22, 2010, the band stated that they were in the process of mixing the next album. The band also revealed that, for the first time since Clarity , the album would contain a song with lead vocals provided by original vocalist Linton. On June 7, 2010, Jimmy Eat…
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2008
Announced seventh album

On June 13, 2008, the band revealed that they would begin work on their seventh album later that year and would also consider, upon the expiration of their contract with Interscope, self-releasing the record. Jimmy Eat World performed a tour in early 2009 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Clarity…
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Re-released as deluxe edition

In 2008, the album was re-released as a deluxe edition and renamed to its original title, Bleed American . This edition contains a total of 32 tracks—the original 11 as well as 21 bonus tracks, which are live recordings, demos and B-sides.

2007
Released Chase This Light

After its tour, Jimmy Eat World headed home to Tempe and started working on material for a sixth album. The band decided to self-produce the album, enlisting Chris Testa ( Dixie Chicks ) and John Fields ( Switchfoot , Mandy Moore ) as co-producers and Butch Vig ( Nirvana ,…
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