Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma on 9 January 2012, which forced the band to cancel all but two shows ( Download Festival and Lollapalooza Festival) of a previously booked European tour.
On January 4, 2012, the band announced that Howard Jones had left the band. The band did not disclose the reason for this decision out of respect for Jones but simply thanked him for his nine years with the band and wished him well, as well as thanking the fans…
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On May 23, 2012, the surviving members of Mad Season (Mike McCready and Barrett Martin) reunited at the Showbox Theatre in Seattle for Mike’s annual benefit concert for Crohn’s disease . They were joined by Loaded singer Jeff Rouse and The Rockfords bassist Rick Friel.
Continual touring occurred throughout the UK and Europe over the next few years. In 2012, the Damned played South America for the first time, with dates in São Paulo and Buenos Aires . They returned to the Rhythm Festival , one of only four headline acts to return over the…
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The band released its eighth studio album, Away from the World , on September 11, 2012. The album saw the return of producer Steve Lillywhite, who had not worked with the band since their collaboration on the never-released Lillywhite Sessions in 2000. The album debuted at No. 1 on the…
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New Order performed at Hyde Park with Blur and the Specials to celebrate the closing of the 2012 Summer Olympics .
After touring for Welcome to my DNA was completed, Wilson confirmed that with Blackfield, like the majority of his other projects, he himself had no particular plans for the future, but the project was not necessarily over either. However, in January 2012, Geffen announced his intentions to release a fourth…
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On November 26, 2012, the band announced that their sixth studio album would be titled This Is How the Wind Shifts and would be released on February 5, 2013. A few hours later they also released the first single, titled “Stand Amid The Roar”. On March 8, 2013, the band…
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On March 11, 2012, Aerosmith was featured on an episode of 60 Minutes . The show included very candid interviews with the band members, interspersed with live performances from the band’s 2011 tour. Some of the comments the band members said about each other seemed to re-ignite past tensions in…
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and the best of album, Best Hit AKG , was released in January 2012