While living in Italy , Nic had been invited by Simone Cogo ( p.k.a. the Bloody Beetroots or DJ Bob Rifo) to collaborate on “My Name Is Thunder”. Once Nic’s bandmates were appraised they joined the project, which was issued as a single in July 2017. The track is the…
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In June and July 2017, he was a guest on multiple shows of the Prophets of Rage during System of a Down’s European tour, singing ” Like a Stone ” in memory of his friend, Audioslave ‘s Chris Cornell .
Immediately after the tour, the band went on a nearly year-long unannounced hiatus. O’Donoghue didn’t reveal this information until July 2017 and claimed that the hiatus occurred due to the band wanting some time off to “chill” after making four albums and going on five world tours. Shortly after this…
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In November 2016, Biffy Clyro were announced as the Saturday headliners of the Download Festival 2017. This marked their sixth appearance at the festival and their first headline performance on the main stage. To coincide with these headline performances, a UK arena tour was announced with Brand New as the…
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The lead single ” Brother ” was released on 23 June 2017.
On June 23, Yeah! was released
The band was part of the ‘ Artists for Grenfell ‘ charity single. Including other artists such as Stormzy and Rita Ora , the cover of the Simon & Garfunkel song ” Bridge Over Troubled Water ” was released on 21 June 2017 to raise money for the victims of…
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The title track was premiered on Loudwire on June 14, 2017.
The band started recording their sixth studio album on June 12, 2017.
Shortly afterwards, King Crimson embarked on the first leg of a North American tour, from 11 June until 19 July.