Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino was nominated for the 2018 Mercury Prize , an annual prize awarded to the year’s best British or Irish album. This became the band’s fourth nomination for the award: the second most nominations received by any act. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music…
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On Easter Sunday, 2018, Cooper performed as Herod in NBC’s live performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert . Reviews were positive, with The New York Times ‘ critic Noel Murray praising “Alice Cooper’s magnificently scenery-chewing performance” as a “startling moment of clarity,” and Lorraine…
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In 2018, Mason formed a new band, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets , to perform Pink Floyd’s early material. It includes Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet and the longtime Pink Floyd collaborator Guy Pratt .
Mason said in 2018 that, while he remained close to Gilmour and Waters, the two remained “at loggerheads”.
The Dayglo lineup of Love Battery (Nine, Whitworth, Tillman, and Finn) reunited in 2018 to play the Dayglo album in its entirety at several Seattle shows. In late 2022, a Love Battery album got remastered for the first time as Jackpot Records handled the Dayglo reissue on vinyl. The Dayglo…
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In a 2018 interview, Liam blamed a lack of coverage for Beady Eye’s disbandment, as well as the diminishing size of crowds and the second album’s failure to gain popularity in the United States, resulting in the band not touring there. He stated that if their third album had not…
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On Air , a collection of 18 recordings the band performed on the BBC between 1963 and 1965, was released in December 2017. The album featured eight songs the band had never recorded or released commercially.
On September 12, 2017, they announced the album, Wrong Creatures , would be released on January 12, 2018. The announcement was accompanied by the release of the first track, “Little Thing Gone Wild”.
In 2015, Cooper premiered Hollywood Vampires , a supergroup featuring Johnny Depp and Joe Perry with a new studio album of rock covers, featuring many guest artists including Paul McCartney , and live dates at L.A.’s Roxy Theatre and at Brazil’s Rock in Rio festival in September. In 2016, Cooper…
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In September 2017, drummer Matt Cameron told Billboard that he and the other surviving members of Soundgarden had yet to make a decision about the future of the band following Cornell’s death. He was quoted as saying, “I don’t think we’re ready to say anything other than … Kim and…
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