On 13 March 2016, the band posted a cryptic video titled “Då Som Nu För Alltid” on their YouTube channel where the video ends with the text “Last album, last tour”.
On 7 March 2016, the band announced that the final ten dates of the Rock or Bust World Tour would be rescheduled as Johnson’s doctors had ordered him to stop touring immediately; he risked complete deafness if he persisted. The ten cancelled dates were to be rescheduled, “likely with a…
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It was announced on 6 March 2016, that drummer Richard Jupp would be leaving the group and their forthcoming album would go ahead without him.
On 4 March 2016, Iommi discussed future re-releases of the Tony Martin -era catalogue:
On 3 March 2016, former guitarist John Thomas died at the age of 63 after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. The news of his death was confirmed by drummer Steve Williams on Facebook: “My friend and fellow BUDGIE band member John Thomas sadly passed away last night. My thoughts…
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In March 2016, Davis was involved in a legal battle with Paramore, claiming to be eligible to enjoy the benefits of a business partnership with Hayley Williams as a co-owner of the band.
In response to growing rumors of a breakup, the Foo Fighters released a mockumentary video in March 2016 portraying Grohl leaving the band to pursue electronic music and Nick Lachey (formerly of 98 Degrees ) becoming the group’s new singer, ending with: “For the millionth time, we’re not breaking up.…
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In February and March 2016, Glassjaw opened for Coheed and Cambria on their The Color Before the Sun tour in the United Kingdom and in the United States. During this tour, the band played “New White Extremity” and “Shira”. Also during this tour, they played 7 small headlining shows in…
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In March 2016, R.E.M. signed a publishing administration deal with Universal Music Publishing Group . In March 2017, R.E.M. left Broadcast Music, Inc. , who had represented their performance rights for their entire career, and joined SESAC . The first release under SESAC was the 2018 box set R.E.M. at…
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In March 2016, they released live DVD and Blu-ray, Eizo Sakuhin Shu Vol.12 that contains their tour concert in Tokyo International Forum .