In January 2020, Wire released Mind Hive on their own Pinkflag label. The band appeared on the front cover of Wire magazine (issue 432) published in January 2020; it featured an interview with the band about the new album and discussed the enduring nature of the group.
In 2020, Bo Walsh left Atomic Rooster, and he was replaced by Paul Everett, a drummer originally from Liverpool. Pete French, after successfully reforming Atomic Rooster with Steve Bolton in 2016 and performing with them for seven years, once again stopped performing with the band in November of 2023 as…
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The band stated that work on the album began during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Gahan and Gore said they would send each other ideas for songs, for example Gahan said, “I played guitar and sort of sang on my iPhone”, while Gore “sent it back with his angelic voice.”…
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On 29 October 2019, A-ha started their Hunting High and Low tour in Dublin , Ireland , in which they played the whole of their debut album, in addition to other songs.
On 25 October 2019, Pinch announced his departure after 20 years with the band. His last gig was the Damned’s show at the London Palladium on 27 October 2019.
In 2017, Madden was replaced by Adrian Gautrey and in September 2019 French’s departure due to musical differences was announced, but he then decided to continue with the band.
In September 2019, the band announced that Spirits in the Forest , a documentary that was partially filmed during these shows by long-time collaborator Anton Corbijn , would be released in theatres for one night only, 21 November 2019.
In July 2019 the performance was released as a live album titled Σ(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So it goes.. (Live at MIF) .
On 23 May 2019, the Damned started a tour performing their third studio album, Machine Gun Etiquette (1979), which they had not played in full since its release. The tour included venues such as the House of Blues , Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival and Rebellion Festival .
In April 2019, the band announced headlining shows in Thirroul and Canberra as warm-up shows for their European tour.