On 22 January, after the festival’s completion, Harvey announced his departure from the band after 25 years, citing “a variety of personal and professional reasons”. Harvey concluded his public statement by stating, “I shall continue working on the Bad Seeds back catalogue re-issues project over the coming year and look…
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On January 21, 2009, Arcade Fire and Jay-Z were the musical guests at the Obama Campaign Staff Ball at the DC Armory, at Obama’s request.
The song ” Ulysses ” was chosen to be the first single and was released on 19 January 2009.
On 17 January 2009, Elbow gave an exclusive performance of their album The Seldom Seen Kid for BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music together with the BBC Concert Orchestra and London-based chamber choir Chantage at Abbey Road Studios (first broadcast on 31 January 2009).
On January 14, 2009, it was announced that Metallica would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4, 2009, and that former bassist Jason Newsted—who left the band in 2001—would perform with the band at the ceremony.
On January 7, 2009, Reznor uploaded unedited HD-quality footage from three shows as a download of over 400 GB via BitTorrent . In an immediate response, a fan organization known as This One Is On Us quickly downloaded the data and had begun to assemble the footage alongside its own…
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The album’s final song, “15”, was completed on Manson’s January 5 birthday – hence the name.
and Mute Records commenced work on a series of remastered versions of the Bad Seeds’ back catalogue (some of the remastered albums included documentary footage from Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard ).
In 2009 Kings of Leon founded Serpents and Snakes Records, a record label including such bands as the Features , Snowden , Turbo Fruits , and the Weeks .
Fit for Rivals formed in 2009 when Reneé Phoenix met Thomas Amason while looking for a new guitarist for her band The Explicits. The album Steady Damage by Fit For Rivals features excerpts of Phoenix’s songs from her first album, The Explicits .