In January 2018, Christopher Dowd made a guest appearance with the band onstage and decided to rejoin, thus replacing both trombonist Jay Armant and keyboardist Paul Hampton.
In 2018, 311 and the Offspring toured together on the Never-Ending Summer tour. That summer, the Offspring released a cover of 311’s ” Down ” and 311 released a “reggaefied” cover of the Offspring’s ” Self Esteem “. Hexum states that 311 had “the bulk of an album written” and…
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On February 19, 2018, the band announced on their Facebook page that Jordan Burns is no longer the drummer. Soon after it was revealed that RJ Shankle of the band Runaway Kids was selected to be the new drummer of Strung Out. Daniel Blume was tapped to fill in for…
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Mason said in 2018 that, while he remained close to Gilmour and Waters, the two remained “at loggerheads”.
In January 2018, the band announced they would be releasing their first full-length album in more than 13 years. The new album, titled Sparrow , was released on Friday, September 14, 2018. The first single off Sparrow, “Hand on My Heartache”, was released as a lyric video via the website…
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On January 25, 2018, Lynyrd Skynyrd announced their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour , which started on May 4, 2018. Supporting acts included Kid Rock , Hank Williams Jr. , Bad Company , the Charlie Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker Band , .38 Special , Cheap Trick ,…
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On November 11, 2018, founding bassist Greg K. was fired from the Offspring. He was replaced on the band’s headline Australian and Japan tours by No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal . After the tours ended, touring rhythm guitarist Todd Morse became a full-time member, replacing Kriesel.
and again in 2018 on the group’s Christmas Party
In 2018 54-40 performed with fiddler Daniel Lapp , both locally and also as the opening band at Ottawa’s CityFolk Festival .
The band’s single “The Middle” was released in 2018, making it their first new music in ten years.