On 20 August 2010, Queen’s manager Jim Beach announced that the band had signed a new contract with Universal Music Group after almost 40 years with EMI . On 22 September, May confirmed that the band’s new deal was with Island Records , a subsidiary of Universal. Hollywood Records remained…
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On August 16, 2010, it was announced that the self-titled Bad Books album would be released on October 19, 2010, digitally and on November 9, 2010, on a physical CD.
A United States tour for June/July 2010 was delayed due to immigration problems; the first two dates had to be rescheduled. This resulted in an appearance at B. B. King’s in New York City as being the first date of the tour. Then Uriah Heep performed live on the Progressive…
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On 10 July 2010, Waters and Gilmour performed together at a charity event for the Hoping Foundation. The event, which raised money for Palestinian children, took place at Kiddington Hall in Oxfordshire, England, with an audience of approximately 200.
For their live performances, Muse received the O2 Silver Clef Award in London on 2 July 2010, presented by Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen . Taylor described the trio as “probably the greatest live act in the world today”. On 12 September 2010, Muse won an MTV Video…
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Cog played what many had believed to be their last show at The Tivoli in Brisbane on Saturday 12 June 2010, thanking their various crew members one by one between songs. The band finished with “No Other Way”, the opening track from their second album, Sharing Space . However, the…
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and played at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2010
The band started working on their fourth (and ultimately final) album, Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up in fall 2009. In January 2010, the band embarked upon a UK tour, showcasing new material. According to Mike Vennart’s Twitter , the recording of the album was completed on 17 April,…
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Muse provided the lead single for the film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse , ” Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) “, released on 17 May 2010. In June, Muse headlined Glastonbury Festival for the second time. After U2 canceled their headline slot following their singer Bono ‘s back injury, their…
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would be released on April 20, 2010.