Toward the end of 2018, Keane posted a series of cryptic images onto their various social media accounts, hinting that the quartet were in the studio working on material. On 17 January 2019, an article from The Sun revealed that the band are planning “to make a comeback after six…
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Grand Funk Railroad continues to tour, and kicked off its “The American Band Tour 2019”, “Celebrating 50 Years of Funk” tour on January 17, 2019.
The band addressed Denton’s absence by announcing on 3 January 2019 via their Twitter account that Denton was no longer playing with the band. On the same day, Denton responded via his personal account that the position was “complicated” and that his advisers had told him not to discuss the…
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On 3 January 2019, the band released their third single ” Medicine ” and its corresponding music video.
In 2019 Grand Funk’s main hit writer, Mark Farner, was handed a legal victory to tour as “Mark Farner’s American Band”, after his ex-bandmates sued him to prevent him from using that name. Farner revealed that since the 2004 lawsuit, he was constantly sued by Brewer and Schacher over the…
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To celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary, a feature film entitled 王様になれ (“Be the King”) with music and original story by Sawao Yamanaka was released in Japan in the Fall season of 2019. Shûji Okui is responsible for the script and direction. The film stars actor Amane Okayama as Yuusuke, a…
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In January 2019, Counting Crows released a newly recorded version of “August and Everything After” performed with the London Symphony Orchestra at AIR Studios . The song was cut from the band’s first album, which had been named after it. Duritz then revealed in late 2019 that he had begun…
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U2’s Joshua Tree anniversary concert tour visited Oceania and Asia in 2019 , their first time playing Australia and New Zealand since the 360° Tour in 2010, and their first time performing in South Korea, Singapore, India, and the Philippines. The band released the single “Ahimsa” with Indian musician A.R.…
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In 2019, the band headed to Europe for an 18-show spring tour, and in late April once again trekked across the U.S. for their annual summer tour.
In 2019, Idol went on a co headlining tour alongside Bryan Adams .