The first four songs from La Futura debuted on June 5, 2012, on an EP called Texicali .
Kaiser Chiefs released their first compilation album, Souvenir: The Singles 2004–2012 , in the UK on 4 June 2012. The album features all of the singles released by the band from 2004 to 2012, as well as a new track titled “Listen to Your Head”.
Later that month, the band started recording an album.
In June 2012, Everclear released their first album of new material in six years, entitled Invisible Stars . In support of the album, Alexakis announced the Summerland Tour , a ’90s nostalgia tour featuring Everclear themselves, Sugar Ray , Lit , Marcy Playground , and the Gin Blossoms . In…
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A career-spanning box-set titled Strange Euphoria was released in June 2012, containing many of the band’s biggest hits, unreleased demos and rare live cuts.
While promoting The Idler Wheel , Apple said in a June 2012 interview that she had briefly married an unnamed French photographer, later revealed to be Lionel Deluy , “for complicated reasons” and had a passing liaison with a younger woman. In July she gave an in-depth interview on Marc…
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The band declared their first overseas tour in Start Walking The World on May and June 2012, covering Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. They headlined Rock in Japan Festival on the main stage, as well as Summer Sonic 2012, and additionally, Oga Namahage Rock Festival, Rising Sun Rock Festival,…
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The group’s first released tracks, a double A-side in June 2012, were “Flying to Berlin” and “Husbands” on the Pop Noire label. The Guardian wrote: “Husbands makes us dream of what it must have been like to have been around to hear, in real time, the debut releases by Public…
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In June 2012, the band announced that bassist Rudy Sarzo was leaving the band and was being replaced by former Utopia bassist Kasim Sulton .
Last Rites , released on April 12, 2011, featured the studio return of Griffin after more than 15 years. Turley and Tomaselli also played on the album. In June 2012, Pentagram announced that drummer Sean Saley had joined the band. At the end of that year, they announced an amicable…
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