Later in 2019, bass player Inez left Heart rejoining the reformed Alice in Chains.
In early 2019, Tegan and Sara announced they were working on their next record for release later that year. On July 9, 2019, they announced via Instagram that their ninth album would be called Hey, I’m Just Like You and would consist of 12 re-recorded songs they initially wrote as…
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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 .
Buendia’s record label Offshore Music reissued the band’s first three albums, which were remastered by Bernie Grundman . They were later released on vinyl. Meanwhile, Marasigan, Zabala, and Adoro formed the band Ultracombo in 2019. Adoro left the band shortly after.
Lavigne’s sixth album Head Above Water was released on February 15, 2019, through BMG . The album reached the top ten in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and peaked at number thirteen on the US Billboard 200. It was preceded by three singles: ”…
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