After the release of Daisy, Lacey denied rumors about it being the band’s final album, but said “it might be our last full-length record for a little while.” Writing sessions for the band’s fifth album began in 2009, shortly after its predecessor’s release.
The band’s bonus track and B-side ” Live Like We’re Dying ” was re-recorded by American Idol 2009 winner Kris Allen as the first single from his self-titled album.
Kaiser Chiefs headed out on a UK Arena tour between February and March 2009, kicking off in Nottingham and ending in London. The tour visited Sheffield, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff and Dublin. This was the new album tour to promote Off with Their Heads .
The band took a break from performing in 2009 while DeLonge reunited with Blink-182 for a summer tour. During their time off, Atom Willard joined Social Distortion as touring drummer, while Matt Wachter and David Kennedy began work on the upcoming film.
Following the departure from Geffen, the band has continued to tour. During the summer of 2009, they launched the ambitious Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus and Medicine Show tour with longtime Bay Area friend Michael Franti , his band Spearhead, and the band Augustana . Instead of the traditional…
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— John Butler, 2009
In 2009, Bring Me the Horizon attended the 2009 Kerrang! Tour alongside Black Tide , Dir En Grey , In Case of Fire and Mindless Self Indulgence .
” Dirt Room ” was the first single from the album, released on December 23, 2008.
Founding bass guitarist, Les Kaczmarek, died of liver failure on 5 December 2008, aged 53.
On 4 December 2008, Joe Satriani filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Coldplay in the California Central District Court .