On May 4, 2020, the band announced that all of its 2020 summer dates would be moved to 2021 in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic .
On May 26, 2020, the band announced that they had postponed all of their 2020 summer Deep Dive tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with many dates being rescheduled.
Throughout 2020, Matthews performed on various mutual aid livestreams from his homes in Seattle and Charlottesville, seen by over 400,000 live viewers. The band’s YouTube channel broadcast weekly “DMB Drive-In” livestreams as a virtual summer tour, replaying many concerts from the band’s history.
On August 8, 2020, the band performed at the 2020 Sturgis Rally and vocalist Harwell said things such as “fuck that COVID shit” during the performance. A report from the IZA Institute of Labor Economics later cited the event as being a superspreading event .
In 2020, Noisemakers released a third Eraserheads tribute album, Pop Machine the Album , featuring covers by Lola Amour , Oh, Flamingo! , and Reese Lansangan .
The group has two studio albums; Zero One , released on September 4, 2020, and Rust , released on May 30, 2025. For Zero One , music videos were released for the three singles that supported the album, including a CG-based music video for their song “Chosen” created by animation…
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The promotional cycle for NINE was stunted by the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020; a planned tour with the Used was shelved, with live concerts considered unsafe.
On January 17, 2020, American Authors released a new single titled “Microphone”. On February 28, they published a song with Seeb , titled “Best I Can”. On September 18, 2020, they released the EP Counting Down .
Part way through the tour in January, the remaining dates were rescheduled after DeLonge was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection.
On August 28, 2020, the song “Carry On” was released by The Score featuring Awolnation. Bruno and The Score appear in the official music video for this song which released just a few days later on October 2, 2020. They performed this song together on an episode of The Late…
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