followed by the “Dead Ends of Europe Tour” with Alcest and Junius in November of the same year
A film of the O2 performance, Celebration Day , premiered on 17 October 2012
On October 5, 2012, the band appeared during Kitchener’s Oktoberfest. The band participated in Rocktoberfest, a series of events that also featured guitar legend David Wilcox.
The band continued their live performances into 2011, including a North American tour that spanned May through August. Notable events included Rock on the Range , Edgefest , Ottawa Bluesfest , Kanrocksas Music Festival, Lollapalooza , a performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre . Freese, who had already committed to…
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the band co-headlined the “Epic Kings Idols Tour” with The Devin Townsend Project , in North America in September
Oceania was released on June 19, 2012, and received generally positive reviews. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Billboard Independent . The album spawned two singles, ” The Celestials ” and ” Panopticon “. The band proceeded to tour in…
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In a September 2012 interview with Discord Magazine, Wilson reiterated his stance with Blackfield, stating:
On 12 August 2012, Queen performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The performance at London’s Olympic Stadium opened with a remastered video clip of Mercury on stage performing his call and response routine during their 1986 concert at Wembley Stadium. Following this, May performed…
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The resulting album, Dead End Kings was released in August in Europe and North America
In August 2012, Fripp announced his planned retirement from the music industry, leaving the future of King Crimson uncertain.