then went on an eight stop Japanese tour in November
In November 2012 the band were announced as the winners of the Mercury Prize for their album.
In November 2012, the band performed at Hong Kong’s Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival, their first outside of Europe.
The band started recording the album in November 2012, with Turner telling Q magazine that the new album would be “experimental”: “We’ve been going very left-field with things. We are trying out new things”.
In November 2012, Mudvayne bassist Ryan Martinie toured Korn as a temporary replacement for Reginald Arvizu, who stayed at home during his wife’s pregnancy.
On 28 October 2012, the world premiere was broadcast as a live cinema event – Mando Diao live på bio in theaters and cinemas in Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
Infectious Magazine reported on October 26, 2012, that the band had already “made a lot of headway writing for the next record”.
The album was officially released on iTunes on October 26, 2012.
the BBC Radio 1 ‘s Radio 1 Rocks show on 22 October, where they played a six-song set supporting Bullet for My Valentine ,
A documentary about their album Generation Terrorists was screened on Saturday 20 October 2012 at Chapter Arts Centre as part of the Sŵn Festival, with all profits donated to Young Promoters Network.