Founding keyboardist/guitarist Allen Lanier died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on August 14, 2013.
The band continued to show a willingness to tour despite obstacles. During the 2013 tour, the organisers of the Harvest festival in Australia decided to abandon the multi-city event, of which BRMC were one of the lead acts, only a few months ahead of the performances. BRMC was the first…
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In January, the band also saw a change in their line-up. This began early in the month when Jordan Fish , Worship keyboardist and session musician for the band during the writing of Sempiternal , was announced as a full member.
Then, later in the month, Jona Weinhofen left the band for undisclosed reasons.
After the success of these first shows, the band announced several more shows across Europe with stops in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy among other countries. The last announced show was at the Austin Psych Fest on April 26, 2013.
Following Dorman’s death, Iron Butterfly dissolved once more. Charlie Marinkovich revealed in 2013 that he had departed the band altogether and that Ron Bushy was very ill, shrouding the band’s future in doubt. At times during his recovery in 2014, Ron Bushy entertained the idea of putting a new Iron…
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In 2013, a second volume of BBC recordings, On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 , was released.
In 2013, Waters said he regretted the lawsuit and had failed to appreciate that the Pink Floyd name had commercial value independent of the band members.
In an interview with iHeartRadio during Lollapalooza 2013 , Matt Shultz revealed the title of the upcoming album.
After finishing up touring in support of The Great Escape Artist , the band remained active with several subsequent tours, releases and band-related projects. They released their second live album, Live in NYC , on July 8, 2013, recorded during their “Theatre of Escapists” tour. On August 8, 2013, they…
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