Avery’s surprise return was revealed to have been tentatively in the works since 2020, with Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins helping facilitate phone calls between Farrell and Avery for a possible reunion in honor of Lollapalooza ‘s 30th anniversary in 2021. Farrell envisioned the band becoming a five-piece with then-current…
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In 2020, Social Cues won the band’s second Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards .
On February 6, 2020, ten seconds of a song entitled “Laughing Beats” (also referred to as “Embrace the Darkness”) was played by Dave Navarro’s guitar tech Dan Cleary on Rare Form Radio. The song was recorded with Eric Avery and produced by Trent Reznor in 2009, prompting speculation that the…
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On January 15, 2020 the Official Iron Butterfly website and their booking agent announced the lineup of the band for 2020: Eric Barnett (guitar, vocals), Dave Meros (bass, vocals), Bernie Pershey (drums, percussion), Martin Gerschwitz (keyboards, vocals), with occasional guests or fill in musicians being Ron Bushy (drums, percussion), Ray…
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On February 8, 2020, Jane’s Addiction performed for the first time in over two years at a memorial show for Andrew Burkle, son of billionaire Ronald Burkle , who died in January 2020. The band was joined on stage by John Frusciante for “Mountain Song”. Frusciante was there performing with…
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Gigaton (2020)
It was followed in December 2019 by The Later Years , compiling Pink Floyd’s work after Waters’s departure. It includes a remixed version of A Momentary Lapse of Reason with more contributions by Wright and Mason, and an expanded reissue of the 1988 live album Delicate Sound of Thunder .
In December 2019, Cornell’s widow, Vicky Cornell, sued the surviving members of Soundgarden over seven unreleased recordings Cornell made before his death in 2017, claiming “they have “shamelessly conspired to wrongfully withhold hundreds of thousands of dollars indisputably owed to Chris’ widow and minor children in an unlawful attempt to…
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On October 24, Cage the Elephant released a music video for the song “Social Cues” from their album Social Cues .
In October 2019, Abbey Road returned to number one on the UK Albums Chart.