On 24 May 2017 Alt-J released ” Adeline “, the third single from Relaxer .
“Matter” on 22 May
On 19 May 2017, two days prior to the start of their North American tour, Franz Ferdinand announced their new five-piece line-up, with former Yummy Fur and 1990s member Dino Bardot on guitar and Julian Corrie on keyboards, synth and guitar.
However, on May 18, 2017, three months after making that statement, Cornell was found deceased in his Detroit hotel room, ending the possibility of any future Audioslave reunions with their original lead vocalist.
On 18 May 2017, Sirius XM Radio launched a 24/7 radio channel, The Beatles Channel.
In support for the album, Deep Purple embarked on 13 May 2017 in Bucharest, Romania on The Long Goodbye Tour .
On 12 May 2017, Mando Diao released their eighth studio album, Good Times .
The band released a 10th Anniversary Edition of Send Away the Tigers on 12 May 2017, with the Manics saying it was “a very important album” in their career. The special edition featured a remastered album as well as B-sides and rarities spread over two discs, plus a DVD which…
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The album was not released in February 2017, and instead a long series of cryptic videos were posted to Marilyn Manson’s personal Instagram account over the course of just under 2 months, before Manson revealed on May 9 that the album had been named Heaven Upside Down .
On May 3, a second single was released, titled ” Told You So “.