On February 16, 2017, the lead single ” Nimble Bastard ” was released, and it was announced that the new album would be titled 8 , with a projected April 21 release date, with Skrillex contributing to the production and mixing of the album.
Matt Barranti substituted on guitar for Bryan Bassett for a gig at Palace Theater in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 11 February 2017.
On 10 February 2017, the band released And There Will be a Next Time … Live from Detroit , a double live album and concert video.
Despite this, on February 2, 2017, the band announced that Farro would return as the official drummer of the band.
In February 2017, Smith announced that they had begun work on a sixth studio album. Bass had been working on writing 22 separate pieces of music over the course of their 2016 touring, separate from the rest of the band, who wanted to just concentrate on touring. Bass had just…
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In February 2017, DeLonge announced that he would be directing a film, Strange Times , which would be based on his graphic novel series of the same name.
In February 2017, the band revealed a teaser trailer for a documentary entitled Escape from History .
Such plans were confirmed in February 2017, when the band announced The Great Circle Tour
Beginning in early 2017, the band began teasing their new fifth album. They did so by releasing a couple of sneak peeks of songs from the album throughout the year. A sneak peek of a song titled ” Divided States of America ” was released on 5 January 2017. A…
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In 2017, Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the ceremony held on April 7 at the Barclays Center in New York City, Pat Monahan gave the introduction speech. The members included in the induction were all based from their debut album up to when…
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