In 2011, Gontier created the record label, Sludge Factory Records, and has signed three acts, one of which is fellow Peterborough band, Before the Curtain. Gontier was also featured on the track “Raining” by fellow Canadian band Art of Dying on their album Vices and Virtues .
The premiere date for Tankian and Sater’s Prometheus Bound at the American Repertory Theater was February 25, 2011. Tankian said that collaborating on the show has been a great learning experience for him. “I’ve been using a lot of my archives, a lot of different types of music that I…
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On July 14, 2011 Triumph Lane in Mississauga, ON, was officially dedicated in honour of the band.
Her next album Explorer released in 2011
Kiss spent the summer of 2011 playing venues in the US and Canada, visiting cities they had not played in some time; it was dubbed the “Lost Cities Tour”.
On November 4, 2011, Bennington’s wife, Talinda, revealed that Dead by Sunrise will perform at the 2011 Stars of the Season Gala event, which focused on raising donations for pediatric rehabilitation. The performance ended up being an acoustic show consisting of Chester, Ryan, Amir and Fu and was the final…
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On April 20, 2011, the National played Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. During the show, the band played “About Today”, and dedicated the song in memory of Gerard Smith of TV on the Radio , who had died earlier that day of lung cancer. On December 8, 2011, the…
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The events started in June and ran for 13 shows. On December 16, 2011, the band released one of the concerts as Live in Atlantic City .
Korn was also inducted into the Kerrang! Hall of Fame during the 2011 Kerrang! Awards .
New Found Glory began the new year by participating in the 2011 Soundwave Festival , and were later confirmed for the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August. The band also played a full tribute set to The Ramones with Marky Ramone on drums at The Bamboozle 2011 Festival.