Arcade Fire signed a two album recording contract with Columbia Records in May 2017.
Tell Me I’m Pretty won Best Rock Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12, 2017, marking the band’s first Grammy win. The album has also been certified gold by the RIAA.
On 20 January 2017, Maxïmo Park announced their sixth album Risk to Exist via their website, following the debut of the title track and first single the night before on BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq Show. The band confirmed via Twitter that bassist Archis Tiku, who had not performed with…
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On January 19, 2017, the band released a new single to coincide with Donald Trump ‘s presidential inauguration entitled “I Give You Power”. The song featured guest vocals from singer Mavis Staples . The proceeds were donated to the American Civil Liberties Union .
My Chemical Romance regrouped in 2017
Stay Together was toured across Europe in early 2017.
On May 11, 2017, the single ” The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness ” was released after two days of mysterious teasers. At the same time, a new album was announced, titled Sleep Well Beast , which was released September 8, 2017. The album’s second single, “Guilty Party” was…
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In a discussion of his work on the comic book Doom Patrol , Gerard Way told Billboard in 2017, “I wouldn’t count (a reunion) out, but at the same time everybody’s doing stuff in their lives now that they’re really enjoying.”
the third and final single, “We Stay Together” was released on 9 December 2016.
On 14 October 2016, the band released “Demagogue”, a song protesting and satirising the candidacy of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election of 2016 .