In May 2013 the Manics released information about their most recent recording sessions, saying that they had enough material for two albums; the first would be almost exclusively without electric guitars.
Of Monsters and Men played at the first annual Boston Calling Music Festival in May 2013, and the same year, they performed at Glastonbury Festival .
A tour in May 2013 was done to promote the new album, with Miss May I , Darkest Hour , The Word Alive and Affiance as support. As I Lay Dying was originally supposed to be on the tour, but dropped out due to criminal charges against frontman Tim Lambesis…
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On February 28, 2013, they announced the upcoming release of a documentary chronicling the lead singer’s brother Tom Berninger’s journey of touring with the band. The film, titled Mistaken for Strangers , premiered at New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival on April 17. Mistaken for Strangers has been described as…
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In May 2013, when the band toured The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland, they were again joined by their late 1970s era singer John Lawton, who was covering for Bernie Shaw taking time off for a routine medical procedure. Then both Bernie and John fronted the group for their…
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News of Bleachers was first publicly announced in a Facebook post by Brooklyn music studio Mission Sound in May 2013.
In May 2013, the band co-headlined the annual MMRBQ festival with Soundgarden in Camden, New Jersey .
In May 2013, Bastille released their Haunt EP in the US via iTunes.
This was supported by a United Kingdom headline tour with The JCQ , which started on 30 April 2013
To coincide with 29 April release of Sempiternal the band made their first headline tour of the United Kingdom in 18 months with Crossfaith and Empress AD .