In January 2023, the band announced they would be reuniting for the first tour in eighteen years.
Cooper’s twenty-second studio album Road was released on August 25, 2023.
In the fall of 2023, Cooper co-headlined the Freaks on Parade tour with Rob Zombie , with Filter and Ministry acting as the opening acts. The tour spanned one month, lasting from August 24, 2023, until September 24, 2023, visiting 19 venues across the United States and Canada.
On October 19, 2023, during a concert at KT Zepp Yokohama that was exclusively for members of Buck-Tick’s fan club, Sakurai was rushed to a hospital due to sudden signs of illness, abruptly ending the performance after only three songs. He died from a brainstem hemorrhage at the hospital later…
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In 2023, in celebration of 65 years of the Hot 100, Billboard staff listed the 500 Best Pop Songs of All Time that graced the chart since 1958, with “Take on Me” at No. 26.
a year later, on 22 December 2022, an album named 12_22 , was released on platforms.
On December 8, 2022, the band released the second single, ” The News “.
On 11 November 2022, a month before the 20th anniversary of Strummer’s death, founding member Keith Levene died in Norfolk , England.
In November 2022, the band changed the album cover for their 2013 self-titled album to a picture of Hayley Williams from behind.
After releasing his memoir in November 2022, Bono embarked on a book tour that month called “Stories of Surrender”, initially consisting of 14 dates across North America and Europe. During the shows, Bono performed U2 songs in stripped-down arrangements mirroring those from Songs of Surrender . The record was released…
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