During 2009 and 2010, band members worked on side projects during the down time. Troy Van Leeuwen started up a new band, Sweethead . Joey Castillo played for Eagles of Death Metal on their Heart On tour. Bassist Michael Shuman continued his work as drummer and vocalist with Mini Mansions…
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For their 2009 reunion tour, the band frequently played a newly written song called “10”.
In 2009, Blonde Redhead collaborated with Devestations on “When the Road Runs Out” for the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization .
Kaiser Chiefs headed out on a UK Arena tour between February and March 2009, kicking off in Nottingham and ending in London. The tour visited Sheffield, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff and Dublin. This was the new album tour to promote Off with Their Heads .
The penultimate track, “Into the Fire”, portrays the vocalist’s mental state on Christmas Day, wherein he attempted to contact Wood 158 times, cutting himself with a razorblade on the face or hands for each corresponding attempt.
On 23 December 2008, Kent released a new song, “På drift?”. “Kent wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year by offering a brand new song for free,” the band writes on their website (kent.nu). It was made available for download on their official website for a…
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Kamijo announced at the December 23, 2008 C.C. Lemon Hall one-man live that Versailles would be signing to major record label Warner Music Japan in June 2009, for distribution both in Japan and internationally.
The songs were recorded on December 23, 2008, at their Chateau de Versailles tour final at C.C. Lemon Hall, the same concert that appears on the Chateau de Versailles DVD.
It was made available to pre-order on December 15, 2008, with the digital version available to download immediately
On 4 December 2008, Joe Satriani filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Coldplay in the California Central District Court .