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2025
Arcade Fire debuted new songs from their forthcoming album

In March 2025, members of Arcade Fire performed at Luck Reunion, outside of Austin, where they debuted new songs from their forthcoming album. These tracks included “Pink Elephant”, “Ride or Die”, and “Year of the Snake”.

Kaiser Chiefs should have disbanded

Hodgson later opined in a February 2025 retrospective interview with the Daily Mirror that the band should have disbanded instead of replacing him.

Franz Ferdinand (band) performed at Aviva Studios

On 18 January 2025, Franz Ferdinand performed at Aviva Studios in Manchester for the Amazon Music City Sessions, and had guitarist Johnny Marr for 3 songs, the band’s own “Build It Up” and ” Do You Want To ” and a song from Marr’s old group The Smiths , “…
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Cage the Elephant opened for Oasis Live ’25 reunion tour

From late August to early September 2025 Cage The Elephant opened for all stops of the North American leg of the Oasis Live ’25 reunion tour.

Cage the Elephant nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance

Neon Pill was nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in 2025.

Bloc Party 2025 interview

In a 2025 interview, Moakes said Tong’s departure prompted his own decision to also quit after finishing that tour, since he felt that Tong “was the heartbeat of the band” and that he did not wish to continue in Bloc Party without Tong.

Bloc Party world tour

Following a world tour in 2025, celebrating 20 years of Silent Alarm and 25 years as a band,

The Academy Is… In late 2025, the band embarked on a tour to celebrate the 20th

In late 2025, the band embarked on a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Almost Here . During the tour, they announced they would be releasing a new album in 2026, and debuted new songs to concertgoers.

2024
Bloc Party re-released

The compilation was ultimately re-released on 20 December 2024.

Bloc Party removed the album from streaming

The same day, the band removed the album from streaming, stemming from audio quality concerns.