The video for “This Is Our Home” was released in September 2017, followed by the Unplugged versions of “The Sun Always Shines on T.V”, “The Living Daylights” and “Take On Me”, the last of which received widespread acclaim for re-imagining the pop classic.
The North America leg of the tour kicked off in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 23 August, at the USANA Amphitheatre.
On 13 July 2017, New Order played a concert at Manchester International Festival with Liam Gillick .
Cooper released his twentieth solo studio album Paranormal in July 2017. It featured contributions from drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 , Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top on guitar and Roger Glover from Deep Purple on bass guitar. Guitarists Tommy Denander and Tommy Henriksen contributed most of the guitars.
On 13 June 2017, Everything Everything announced their fourth album A Fever Dream by releasing the single “Can’t Do”. The album was later released on 18 August 2017 to strong reviews, with The Guardian declaring “if pop culture continues on its dorky course, it will be only a matter of…
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In mid-June 2017, they recorded an MTV Unplugged special in the remote Norwegian island of Giske under close secrecy, with no phones or recording equipment allowed in the studio.
On 19 May 2017, two days prior to the start of their North American tour, Franz Ferdinand announced their new five-piece line-up, with former Yummy Fur and 1990s member Dino Bardot on guitar and Julian Corrie on keyboards, synth and guitar.
The Global Spirit Tour officially kicked off on 5 May 2017 with a performance in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Friends Arena.
On May 3, a second single was released, titled ” Told You So “.
Davis reached a settlement with the band in May 2017.