In January 2021, Hale announced that they had begun recording their next studio album, with a “socially distant” studio process. On August 18, 2021, the first song from the new album, ” Back from the Dead “, was released. The album Back from the Dead was released on May 6,…
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Just hours before the band was set to begin their annual three-night Labor Day weekend run at The Gorge Amphitheatre on September 3, 2021, the band’s Twitter account tweeted that due to COVID-19 protocols, the weekend’s shows would take place in an “alternate format”. Later that evening, Matthews announced onstage…
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Because the band was unable to tour the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic , much of their activity was put on hold. Adkins revealed that, during this time, he chose not to write new music, as he felt burnt out from very recently writing and recording Surviving ,…
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Shortly before the last two shows of 2021, which were to take place at Madison Square Garden with Dumpstaphunk opening for both shows, it was announced that saxophonist Jeff Coffin had tested positive for COVID-19. Ben Golder-Novick, otherwise known as “Ben the Sax Guy” and original saxophonist for Scott Bradlee’s…
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New Radicals reunited on January 20, 2021, to perform “You Get What You Give” as part of the Inauguration of Joe Biden . The song was used by Vice President Kamala Harris ‘s husband, Doug Emhoff , during 2020 campaign rallies, and was referred to by Joe Biden in his…
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After playing a series of smaller outdoor acoustic shows in Texas during the summer of 2021
The Living Tombstone has also contributed music for video games. In 2021, the band created the soundtrack for the indie horror game In Sound Mind from Israeli game studio We Create Stuff. Their contributions to the soundtrack were praised alongside the game, with several outlets noting that the poignant and…
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Hoppus was declared cancer-free later that year, but would continue screening every six months.
The Pretty Reckless became the first female-fronted band to have five singles reach the top of the Mainstream Rock chart when ” Death by Rock and Roll ” rose to its top spot. The Halloween-themed “Broomsticks” was released in late October, and “25” was released on November 13. On January…
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For the band’s 30th anniversary in 2021, a partnership with Japanese TV-broadcasting station WOWOW was made.