On March 25, 2018, Barenaked Ladies was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards in Vancouver. Page, who was included in the induction, performed with the group for the first time since 2009; Andy Creeggan also joined the performance but was not inducted.
In fall 2018, the band tweeted that they would do a “Back from the Dead! One Night Only!” show at The Pageant in St. Louis on Oct. 27 to celebrate 15 years of the band and the 10-year anniversary of You’re Awful, I Love You . Dubbed “HalLUDOween” , the…
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The band again played on the Vans Warped Tour in 2018.
In a 2018 interview, Liam blamed a lack of coverage for Beady Eye’s disbandment, as well as the diminishing size of crowds and the second album’s failure to gain popularity in the United States, resulting in the band not touring there. He stated that if their third album had not…
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In 2018 Brewer and Schacher sued Farner for filing a trademark for the name “Mark Farner’s American Band”. The lawsuit stated that Farner had violated a 2004 agreement, which called for, among other things: that Farner’s first and last names appear in capital letters before a reference to Grand Funk…
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In January 2018, Manic Street Preachers signed a publishing contract with Warner/Chappell Music , leaving their longtime home Sony/ATV Music Publishing .
The Manics launched their first single from Resistance Is Futile , ” International Blue “, as a download on 8 December 2017.
In December 2017, the band played three more shows in the Twin Cities to commemorate the approaching 20th anniversary of their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine , performing the album in its entirety. In 2018, Feeling Strangely Fine was given a re-release for the album’s twentieth anniversary, including its first…
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Songs of Experience was released on 1 December 2017. Lyrically, the album reflects the “political and personal apocalypse” that Bono felt in 2016. The first single, ” You’re the Best Thing About Me “, is one of several songs from the record for which Bono wrote the lyrics as letters…
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On Air , a collection of 18 recordings the band performed on the BBC between 1963 and 1965, was released in December 2017. The album featured eight songs the band had never recorded or released commercially.