rock

2010
Birds of Tokyo In early 2010, Birds of Tokyo returned to the studio to work on their

In early 2010, Birds of Tokyo returned to the studio to work on their eponymous third album. In March 2010, they released the single ” The Saddest Thing I Know ” and announced an Australian tour by the same name, alongside the New Zealand band Midnight Youth . The second…
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My Chemical Romance March 2010 MTV interview

Since Bryar’s departure, My Chemical Romance has not had a full time drummer. In a March 2010 MTV interview about the new album, Way explained, “There’s no title yet … I’m actually kind of excited about that. It’s kind of ‘anything goes’ at this point, but I’m so happy with…
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The Posies The reformed Big Star, which featured Auer and Stringfellow alongside

The reformed Big Star, which featured Auer and Stringfellow alongside musicians Jody Stephens and Alex Chilton, came to an end in March 2010 when Chilton died following a heart attack. In late 2013, the Posies played several shows, performing Amazing Disgrace in its entirety with the line-up from that era.…
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Pink Floyd High Court action over track downloads

In March 2010, Pink Floyd went to the High Court of Justice to prevent EMI selling individual tracks online, arguing that their 1999 contract “prohibits the sale of albums in any configuration other than the original”. The judge ruled in their favour, which the Guardian described as a “triumph for…
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Versailles (band) Methods of Inheritance

They also announced a world tour entitled Methods of Inheritance, which started on February 28, 2010, in Yokohama.

Kent (band) Röd tour started

Kent’s Röd tour started in Stockholm on 25 February 2010, with four shows in Globe Arena Annexet during that week. They did 18 shows in total around the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland) for this tour.

INXS performed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

The band performed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on 24 February 2010 with guest singers J.D. Fortune and Argentine singer Deborah de Corral.

The Script On 9 November the Script received an award at the World Music Awards

On 9 November the Script received an award at the World Music Awards for Best-Selling Irish Act of 2008 and on 19 February 2010, they won Best Live Performance at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards .

Mumford & Sons In their first performance on US network television, the band played

In their first performance on US network television, the band played “Little Lion Man” on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman on 17 February 2010. This appearance was followed by a performance of ” The Cave ” on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on 26 February 2010. Mumford…
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Hole (band) played a full set

On February 17, 2010, they played a full set at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire , with support from Little Fish .