Work on the album was still in progress when McKinnon updated fans in February 2013
In February 2013, Bastille confirmed the release of the fourth single to be taken from Bad Blood , ” Pompeii “.
They ended rehearsals on January 30 and were prepared to enter the studio to start recording the album.
On January 22, 2013, the band announced that ¡Cuatro! , a documentary about the making of ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! , would premiere on January 26 in Aspen , Colorado as part of the X Games FILM showcase, and would be released on DVD April 9, 2013.
The first single from the album, titled ” Now “, was released online on January 22, 2013
Drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld announced on Twitter that the band started rehearsals for the new album on January 14, 2013.
On 4 January 2013, Bring Me the Horizon released the first single from Sempiternal , ” Shadow Moses “. It was first played by radio presenter Daniel P. Carter on BBC’s Radio 1. Due to popular demand, Epitaph released the music video for the song a week earlier than planned.
In January, the band also saw a change in their line-up. This began early in the month when Jordan Fish , Worship keyboardist and session musician for the band during the writing of Sempiternal , was announced as a full member.
McGrath and Alexakis disagreed on the future direction for the “Summerland” tour, leading to Sugar Ray leaving its 2013 incarnation in favor of starting a rival nostalgia tour called “Under the Sun”, which ran from 2013 to 2015. .
The Stones played nineteen shows in the US in spring 2013 with various guest stars, including Katy Perry and Taylor Swift , before returning to the UK.