Their second album, The Reason , was released in December 2003 and eventually reached No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 album chart.
At that time the band covered the Pretenders ‘ 1983 song ” 2000 Miles ” (which was made available for download on their official website).
In December 2003, readers of Rolling Stone magazine chose Coldplay as the best artist and the best band of the year.
In a December 2003 interview with Alternative Press , Lacey said, “We did something silly like write something about them on a T-shirt, and they took it so personally, going as far as to call our friends and physically threaten us… We wish Taking Back Sunday the best as a…
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The primary impulse behind McMahon’s solo project, Jack’s Mannequin, was a song he recorded in December 2003 titled “Locked Doors”. He felt the song had too different a style from previous Something Corporate material to be one of their songs. He realized that if he ever decided to release it,…
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The Zebra EP was released in December 2003
By December the new album, which was recorded at Southern Tracks Recording Studios in Atlanta , Georgia was recorded live, opposed to recording each instrument at separate times, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien ( Pearl Jam , Soundgarden , Rage Against the Machine , Stone Temple Pilots ) was…
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On 29 November 2003, May and Taylor performed at the 46664 Concert hosted by Nelson Mandela at Green Point Stadium , Cape Town, to raise awareness of the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
On 9 November 2003, the band played their first concert in Hong Kong, as part of the Harbour Fest celebration, in support of its SARS-affected economy.
In November 2003, Universal Music Group agreed to purchase DreamWorks Records from DreamWorks Pictures for roughly $100 million. The label was eventually shut down in January 2005. During 2004, various DreamWorks artists were reassigned to different labels at Universal, including Interscope Records , which is where Jimmy Eat World were…
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