On 23 and 24 May 2014, Arctic Monkeys held one of their biggest shows to date, playing to approximately 80,000 across two days shows at Finsbury Park with the support act by Tame Impala , Miles Kane and Royal Blood . Arctic Monkeys also headlined the Reading and Leeds Festival…
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Drummer Kevin Fennell was replaced by Kevin March for the sixth reunion album, Cool Planet , which was released on May 13, 2014.
It aired on 9 February, the exact date of – and at the same time and on the same network as – the original broadcast of the Beatles’ first US television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show , 50 years earlier.
The following day, The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles television special was taped in the Los Angeles Convention Center ‘s West Hall.
On 26 January 2014, McCartney and Starr performed together at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards , held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
When Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, Novoselic thanked Silver during his speech for “introducing them to the music industry properly”.
In 2014, Cobain, Novoselic, and Grohl were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . At the induction ceremony, Novoselic, Grohl and Smear performed a four-song set with guest vocalists Joan Jett , Kim Gordon , St. Vincent and Lorde . Novoselic, Grohl and Smear then performed a…
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In 2014, Smash Mouth was part of the second “Under the Sun” tour with Uncle Kracker , Blues Traveler , and Sugar Ray.
The Endless River was released in the following year. Though it received mixed reviews, it became the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon UK and debuted at number one in several countries. The vinyl edition was the fastest-selling UK vinyl release of 2014 and the fastest-selling since 1997.…
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On October 6, 2014, Smash Mouth composed two songs for the English version of the South Korean animated film Pororo, The Racing Adventure , including “Beside Myself”, and “Everything Just Crazy” which plays at the end credits.