Gontier joined singer and songwriter Martin Sexton on the road during his 2012 “Fall Like Rain” tour, providing opening support as a solo artist.
Being our 5th anniversary — and without a clear direction heading into the future – we have decided it was in the best interest of the band and the music, our staff and supporters, in order to pursue our artistic and personal goals outside the current framework, to stop all…
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The Idler Wheel… , Apple’s fourth studio album, was released on June 19, 2012, in the United States. It became Apple’s most successful album on the Billboard 200 , where it peaked at number three, and received critical acclaim. According to American Songwriter , ” The Idler Wheel isn’t always…
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After the tour, the band started recording in earnest and it was later announced that the album was in the mixing stage. They headlined the PunkSpring Festival in Japan on March 31, 2012, in Tokyo and on April 1, 2012, in Osaka with Sum 41 , New Found Glory ,…
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On February 8, 2012, Van Halen performed a “friends and family” dress rehearsal at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The show featured many classics as well as several new songs from A Different Kind of Truth . Despite Van Halen’s long lay-off between studio albums, A Different Kind of Truth…
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uploaded it to the band’s YouTube channel later in that year.
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 .