In November 2009, WIZO announced a new album and a reunion tour for 2010 on their official Homepage. In the new line-up, bassist Jörn Genserowski was replaced by Thorsten Schwämmle.
In November 2009, Lydon said PiL might re-enter the studio if they could raise enough money from their December tour or from a record company.
In November 2009, Anti-Flag showed their support to the protesting students in Vienna, Austria by giving a speech at the main building of the University of Vienna . They also had one of the student representatives speak at their two shows in Vienna.
The band performed their first show overseas on October 31, 2009, at the Nordic Festival in Oslo, Norway.
On 15 October 2009, Lydon registered the private limited company PIL Twin Limited as his new music publishing company in the UK.
Rumors and misquotes led to confusion as to what such a break truly meant. Wentz preferred to not refer to the break as a “hiatus”, instead explaining that the band was just “decompressing”. Fall Out Boy played its last show at Madison Square Garden on October 4, 2009. Near the…
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the band announced on 4 September 2009, they would be calling it quits
In 2008, the band recorded a new album with Novoselic, On May 19, 2009, Flipper released a “twin album” featuring one album, titled Love , of new studio material, and a second live album, titled Fight featuring both old and new songs. Both of these albums were produced by Seattle…
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In September 2009, Jones and Headon reunited to re-record the 1970s Clash B-side “Jail Guitar Doors” with Billy Bragg , who founded an eponymous charity that gives musical instruments and lessons to prison inmates.
In September 2009 it was announced that PiL would reform for five UK shows, their first live appearance in 17 years. Lydon financed the reunion using money he earned doing a UK TV commercial for Country Life butter. “The money that I earned from that has now gone completely –…
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