On January 27, 2004, Elektra/Asylum/Rhino Records released Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings , a two-CD set compilation, with 31 digitally remastered songs, four of them demos and one unreleased. The second disc contained B-sides and outtakes throughout the band’s career up to that point, including many covers.…
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The song was also a No. 1 hit for former Australian Idol contestant Cosima De Vito in 2004
Their second album, So Glad You Made It , saw the band attempt an international crossover, with releases in various European countries. They issued the title track as the lead single, together with a video that had to be censored on MTV for partial nudity. The album’s third single, “Rain…
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In 2004, the Who released “Old Red Wine” and “Real Good Looking Boy” (with Palladino and Greg Lake , respectively, on bass guitar) on a singles anthology, The Who: Then and Now , and went on an 18-date tour of Japan, Australia, the UK and the US, including a return…
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R.E.M. released Around the Sun in 2004. During production of the album in 2002, Stipe said, “[The album] sounds like it’s taking off from the last couple of records into unchartered R.E.M. territory. Kind of primitive and howling”. After the album’s release, Mills said, “I think, honestly, it turned out…
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He won the seat of Kingsford Smith at the 2004 General Election for the Australian Labor Party and was selected as Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts.
Barenaked for the Holidays (2004) was the band’s first independent album since The Yellow Tape and the first recorded at Page’s Fresh Baked Woods studio. It was issued through the band’s Desperation Records label. In 2005, the members composed and recorded music for the Stratford Festival production of Shakespeare’s As…
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The band joined the Warped Tour for five dates in the summer of 2004, and on one date the band had only performed three songs when the stage collapsed due to the large crowd.
With the release of their first major single, Keane began to achieve recognition in the United Kingdom and the United States. In January 2004, Keane was named the band most likely to achieve success in the coming year in the BBC’s Sound of 2004 poll; additionally, this year is popularly…
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Later that year, Rolling Stone ranked the Who No. 29 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time .