The next month, on July 1, 2009, Boyd stated to North County Times , “We are definitely going to be writing … in hopes of putting out a record sometime in 2010. That’s the hope. We can never force anything. I definitely have the suspicion that we’re going to get…
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On 30 June 2009 John Butler announced the new bass and drum musicians of the John Butler Trio to be Byron Luiters as the bassist and Nicky Bomba as the drummer and percussionist. Bomba, Butler’s brother-in-law, had previously been a member of the John Butler Trio.
Blur headlined the Glastonbury Festival on 28 June, where they played for the first time since their headline slot in 1998.
Brand New performed at the Glastonbury Festival on June 28, 2009, debuting two new songs tentatively titled “Bride” and “Gasoline” and delaying the release of their album to October.
On June 17, 2009, seven years after Hole’s disbandment, NME reported that Love was re-forming the band with guitarist Micko Larkin for an upcoming album, on which Melissa Auf der Maur would be providing backup vocals. Days later, Melissa Auf der Maur stated in an interview that she was unaware…
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with the album coming two months later on June 16, 2009.
On June 16, 2009, Monuments and Melodies was released to the public, and opened at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Monuments and Melodies was the band’s fourth album to reach the top 5 on the Billboard 200.
This was released as a DVD on 16 June 2009 exclusively at Wal-Mart.
The band released their second greatest hits album Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur on 15 June 2009.
The band played at the Cheerios Childline concert, headlined by Enrique Iglesias and Anastacia , on the opening night of Dublin’s The O2 in 2008. The Script supported Take That at their concert at Croke Park on 13 June 2009. On 27 July, the band supported U2 on their third…
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