rock

2010
Billy Idol On 16 February 2010, Idol was announced as one of the acts to play at

On 16 February 2010, Idol was announced as one of the acts to play at the Download Festival in Donington Park, England. He stated, “With all of these great heavyweight and cool bands playing Download this year, I’m going to have to come armed with my punk rock attitude, Steve…
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Mumford & Sons In a March 2010 interview, Ray Davies announced that Mumford & Sons

In a March 2010 interview, Ray Davies announced that Mumford & Sons would be appearing on his forthcoming collaborations album. Marcus Mumford confirmed this in an interview the same month, stating, “I am more excited about that than I have been about anything before in my life”. Mumford & Sons…
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Blonde Redhead film release

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released on February 12, 2010;

Arcade Fire Super Bowl telecast

“Wake Up” was played immediately before the Irish rock group U2 started their concerts on their 2005–06 Vertigo Tour ; Arcade Fire subsequently opened three shows for that tour, and at the third in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, appeared on stage during U2’s encore to join in a cover of Joy…
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Asian Kung-Fu Generation New York

In February 2010, the band spent 2 weeks in New York, in which they recorded 2 songs.

Asian Kung-Fu Generation The Tatami Galaxy

In the same month it was announced that the band would provide the opening theme for the anime The Tatami Galaxy , which features character design from Yusuke Nakamura, the same artist who illustrates the Ajikan CD covers. The song was titled ” Maigoinu to Ame no Beat ” (…
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Blur (band) DVD release

and a month later on DVD.

Hole (band) performed on Friday Night

and performed on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in February.

Kaizers Orchestra announced the title of their next album

In February, they announced the title of their next album, which will be a trilogy of albums. The album’s title is Violeta Violeta and its recording sessions will be financed by the income produced by their tour in February 2010. People attending the tour are to be given special edition…
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Killswitch Engage Howard Jones hiatus

In February 2010, Killswitch Engage announced that vocalist Howard Jones would not be performing with Killswitch Engage during their winter tour with The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Tranquillity ; during the time, All That Remains vocalist Philip Labonte was substituting for Jones until he could return.