On 27 August, the band’s social media accounts shared a montage of pictures and videos of Watts.
On August 25, 2021, the band revealed new music would be “leaked” in rapid succession with their new album to follow soon after.
Watts died on 24 August 2021, at the age of 80, in a London hospital with his family around him.
On 18 August 2021, the third single “Thelma + Louise” was released, with an accompanying music video released on 2 September.
On 12 August 2021, Idol’s music video “Bitter Taste”, directed by Stephen Sebring, was uploaded to YouTube. Idol announced his new EP The Roadside , which was released on 17 September.
On 10 August 2021, Dan Smith confirmed that a fourth album had been finished and already been pressed on CD and vinyl.
The song was digitally released on August 8, 2021
On August 4, 2021, during the Hella Mega Tour, the band announced that they would not be performing at New York’s Citi Field , Boston’s Fenway Park due to one of the band’s team members testing positive for COVID-19.
On August 2, the band announced on their social media their headlining “The Re-Entry Tour” with Asking Alexandria and Point North as supporting acts.
In August 2021, 16 years after its 2005 release, Everything In Transit went gold.