the DVD shipping March 31, 2009.
In October 2008, the band announced that they had started recording their third album in Los Angeles with the producer Nick Launay , known for his recent work with Nick Cave and Grinderman . The full track list of the album was announced on 11 March 2009. Quicken the Heart…
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At the beginning of 2009, the band played a small club show at Madame Jojo’s in London , their first in the capital since the NME Big Gig the previous year. During the set, the band featured new songs “Imaginary Pleasures” and “In Silver Forest”, together with the previously aired…
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In February 2009, My Chemical Romance released a new single titled ” Desolation Row “, a cover of the Bob Dylan song. It was recorded to feature as the end credit track for the 2009 film Watchmen , an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name . While…
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In February 2009, Glastonbury Festival announced Franz Ferdinand as the first major band playing at that year’s festival.
On 26 January 2009, the band released their third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand , which they had been recording in Glasgow since mid-2007. The band recorded the album in a disused building in Glasgow that had been a town hall in the past. Alex Kapranos has stated that “The…
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The album, Tonight was released 26 January 2009 and debuted at No. 2 in the UK Album Chart and No. 9 in the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.
On January 21, 2009, Arcade Fire and Jay-Z were the musical guests at the Obama Campaign Staff Ball at the DC Armory, at Obama’s request.
The song ” Ulysses ” was chosen to be the first single and was released on 19 January 2009.
On William Beckett’s Twitter page, it was said The Academy Is… have finished recording their new EP, Lost in Pacific Time: The AP/EP . It was released on September 22, 2009 on iTunes, and was sold on the AP Fall Ball Tour. A limited number were also sold on their…
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