In June 2019, John Humphrey revealed that recording had commenced for their upcoming eighth studio album. On 24 June 2020, the band announced their eighth studio album, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum , set for release on 28 August 2020 through Fantasy Records. They also released the first single of…
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After finishing their 1994 US tour, the band regrouped to begin recording the follow-up to Diary . While the events surrounding the sessions have not been publicly discussed, the band was clearly enduring internal conflict. Rumors abounded that the root cause was Enigk’s sudden conversion to Christianity . In early…
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On May 19, 2020, the band announced the cancellation of the tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
In May 2020, the band released a new single, ” The Shift “. On July 10, they released another song, “The Unknown”, and announced their newest album, Violent Allies , which was released on September 18.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph in 2018, Daniel Johns expressed his love for the band—and appreciation of what the band had produced—but said he had no desire to reform the band. In May 2020, a picture of Johns playing electric guitar appeared online, leading to the Newcastle Herald speculating that…
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In May 2020, the band’s seventh studio album, Shadow Work , was announced. It released the following July, though it failed to chart in the US Billboard 200 chart, selling only 600 copies in its first week, an 87% drop from their prior studio album, DNA , in 2016. That…
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LIFERS was released on April 10, 2020.
On April 8, 2020, the band released a music video for the song ” Unforgettable “. The band invited 400 aspiring musicians from middle school students across New England to take part in the video. The video, directed by Noah Berlow, again sent the song to the top of the…
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On April 2, 2020, Benji and Joel Madden did a Good Charlotte performance livestream via Veeps , a livestreaming company owned by Joel Madden, with all proceeds going to “charitable efforts in our community in the COVID-19 pandemic “.
On September 17, 2019, Evanescence and symphonic metal band Within Temptation announced a seven-city joint European tour titled Worlds Collide originally scheduled for April 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the tour was postponed for September 2020. It was then pushed back a second time to take place…
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