On September 9, 2016, Erna confirmed that the band had officially left Universal / Republic , and signed a deal with BMG .
In September 2016, Local H announced a North American club tour supporting Helmet .
Former guitarist Matt Roberts died on August 20, 2016, at the age of 38 from a prescription drug overdose.
Within an hour of pre-order availability, Dark Before Dawn reached No. 1 on the rock albums chart on iTunes and No. 3 on the overall album chart. It sold 135,000 pure album units and 141,000 equivalent album units in its first week, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200,…
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Wasa Open Air in Finland in mid-August
in late August the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth
When the tour stopped at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan , on 15 July, the show was recorded for future release.
The group released their sixth album, Youth Authority , on July 15, 2016, with guest appearances from Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens and Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro .
On the next night, 9 July, the Manics headlined a night at the Cornwall’s Eden Project , and later the band managed to secure a new recording studio near Newport, Wales .
On 8 July the band was at the Cardiff City Stadium to give a home welcome to the Wales football national team after they were knocked out of the UEFA Euro 2016 by Portugal in the semi-finals, the band played a few songs in the stadium including the official theme…
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