In April 2009, Starr performed three songs with McCartney at a benefit concert held at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and organised by McCartney.
In 2006, the band’s first four records were remastered and compiled with previously unreleased bonus tracks. Several recordings made for the John Peel radio show from 1978 to 1986 were also compiled on the CD Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions . AllMusic described the first session as “a…
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On 26 March 2009 John Butler announced that the current bass and drum musicians of the John Butler Trio, Shannon Birchall and Michael Barker are separating from the band. For purely artistic reasons, John feels that it is necessary to change the line up in an attempt by John to…
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The band’s fifth studio album, Approaching Normal , was released on March 24, 2009. It was distributed via its predecessors, Universal. Approaching Normal was produced by Steve Lillywhite (of U2 , Peter Gabriel and Dave Matthews Band ). The album debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. The…
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After performing the opening set on 14 March 2009 for Sound Relief at the Sydney Cricket Ground , Coldplay headlined a sold-out concert later that same night.
The following day, 14 March they headlined the Sound Relief concert in Melbourne. This event was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to raise money for victims of Victoria’s February bushfire disaster . The event was held simultaneously with a concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground . All proceeds…
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On the evenings of 12 and 13 March 2009 a reformed Midnight Oil, with Garrett, played at the Royal Theatre in Canberra.
On March 11, 2009, Incubus posted an update to their official site detailing the new greatest hits album, Monuments and Melodies .
In a 6 March 2009 interview, Fortune said that after returning to Canada from Hong Kong, he believed there were still two more legs of the INXS 2007 tour to complete.
A Day to Remember toured the U.S. from March to May 2009 with The Devil Wears Prada , Sky Eats Airplane and Emarosa .