21st Century Breakdown was released on May 15, 2009.
Queen and Paul Rodgers split up on 12 May 2009. Rodgers stated: “My arrangement with [Queen] was similar to my arrangement with Jimmy [Page] in The Firm in that it was never meant to be a permanent arrangement”. Rodgers did not rule out the possibility of working with Queen again.
The DVD Fishbone Live was released on May 10, 2009.
On 21 November the band sent an email to fans on the mailing list offering them a chance to pre-order the new album (along with “exclusive packaging & including at least one bonus track”) to be “shipped within weeks of completion”. All fans who bought the album this way would…
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On 6 May 2009, it was announced that Franz Ferdinand would be the third opening act for the Green Day ‘s 21st Century Breakdown World Tour .
On May 2, 2009, the band performed at Bamboozle Festival at Giants Stadium in New Jersey , the band’s third stint at the festival.
The band appeared on American Idol in May 2009, performing “Detroit Rock City” and “Rock and Roll All Nite” with Adam Lambert .
On December 4, 2008, Drew Parsons was interviewed about the band and its upcoming fourth record. Parsons talked about the struggles with their past two labels; Island Records and Maverick Records. He also pointed out that they had signed with Original Sound records and would be releasing a new record…
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In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010. Shinoda told IGN that the new album would be ‘ genre-busting ,’ while building off of elements in Minutes to Midnight . He also mentioned that the album…
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In 2009, Mudhoney announced a series of live dates. This included an extensive tour of Europe which started in Edinburgh , Scotland with Sub Pop labelmates The Vaselines . The tour ended on October 26. The group performed at the Nelsonville Music Festival in Nelsonville, Ohio , in May 2009.…
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