In April 2019, drummer Joey Kramer suffered minor injuries to his shoulder following an unspecified accident, and was forced to stand down from several concerts of the band’s Las Vegas residency. His drum technician John Douglas substituted for him. In November of that same year, Kramer told several news sites…
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with the dates sold out in April.
In April 2019, the band announced headlining shows in Thirroul and Canberra as warm-up shows for their European tour.
On March 30, 2019, the 40th anniversary of the first Hüsker Dü show in St. Paul, Bob Mould played a concert in St. Paul, in which he was supported by the band Porcupine, featuring Greg Norton. To commemorate the occasion, both former Hüsker Dü members paid tribute to their late…
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On March 11, 2019, John Butler Trio announced that Byron Luiters and Grant Gerathy would be leaving the band.
For the 2019 Disney film, Dumbo , Arcade Fire performs an end-credits version of “Baby Mine”, by Frank Churchill and Ned Washington, which was released as a single on March 11, 2019.
Later in the year, Holding Absence announced their debut, self-titled record would be released on 8 March 2019. They released 3 more singles before the album release, “Perish”, “You Are Everything” and “Monochrome”.
Holding Absence was finally released via Sharptone Records on 8 March and was instantly received well critically and commercially.
Episodes 1 and 2, “The One You Know” and “Rainier Fog”, respectively, were released on March 7, 2019.
Blur went on hiatus following the 2015 Magic Whip tour. They briefly reunited in March 2019 for a surprise performance at an Albarn-organized Africa Express event in London.