The band originally planned to record in Nashville , but ended up recording in Calabasas, California , with Cavallo in March 2009.
At the end of March 2009, the band performed a cover of Peter Schilling ‘s ” Major Tom (Coming Home) .” Initially used in a television commercial for the 2010 Lincoln MKZ , the song was released as a single on May 5, 2009. In September, the band covered Blue…
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At the beginning of 2009, the band played a small club show at Madame Jojo’s in London , their first in the capital since the NME Big Gig the previous year. During the set, the band featured new songs “Imaginary Pleasures” and “In Silver Forest”, together with the previously aired…
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On 16 February 2009, J.D. Fortune told Entertainment Tonight Canada that INXS had let him go from the band with a shake of the hand at an airport in Hong Kong.
No Line on the Horizon was released in February 2009, more than four years after How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb , the longest gap between albums of the band’s career to that point. It received generally positive reviews, including their first five-star Rolling Stone review, but critics found it…
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” Wrong ” was the first single from the album, released digitally in February 2009.
In February 2009, the band signed with indie label Jagjaguwar . The band’s first release on the new label was an album titled Farm which was released on June 23, 2009. Murph said the album was recorded at Mascis’s home and marked a return to the heavier, Where You Been…
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In February 2009, the band introduced their Fancorps Street Team as a way for their fans to become more involved with the band. In March, the band released their first animated video for their single, ” Ghost Town. ” The animation was completed by well-known illustrator Glen Hanson.
In February 2009, Devoto and Magazine re-formed for five performances. The line-up included Devoto, Formula, Adamson and Doyle. The Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood , a Magazine fan, declined an offer to fill in for McGeoch. According to the Radiohead collaborator Adam Buxton , Greenwood was “overwhelmed” and too shy to…
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In February 2009, Glastonbury Festival announced Franz Ferdinand as the first major band playing at that year’s festival.