The subsequent Hackney Diamonds Tour took place from 28 April to 21 July 2024 and was generally well received, with the Los Angeles Times calling the band “still as dangerous and vital as ever” with other papers sharing the sentiment, including the Vancouver Sun and The New York Times .
The following day, Dowd revealed that Fisher and Kibby had left the band due to disagreements over songwriting and recording schedules.
On April 25, 2024, Fishbone made a vague post on Facebook indicating a major lineup change for their upcoming live dates.
On 24 April 2024, it was announced the forthcoming release of a new studio album – the first with McBride – whose title =1 and track listing were revealed, and the release date stated as 19 July of that year.
During the band’s second week Coachella performance on 20 April, Albarn said it was probably the band’s final show.
The band’s first week Coachella performance on 13 April drew significant media attention for the lack of crowd interaction during ” Girls & Boys ” and Albarn’s visible frustration.
Blur performed a warm-up sold out show at Pomona Fox Theater supported by Jockstrap on 10 April, the group’s first U.S. show since 2015.
In October 2023, the band announced a new album, and released two singles on the same day, “Playing With Fire” and “ELF”. Black/Red was released on 5 April 2024. It was the band’s first double album , completing a trilogy begun with Torpedo . Nicholas explained of the album: “I…
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The band would then begin streaming There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive on April 5, 2024, via Hopeless Records .
On April 4, 2024, Nine Inch Nails revealed plans to create a project with Epic Games that they described as “something that is not exactly a video game, in the UEFN ecosystem Epic has built around Fortnite “, to develop a TV series with Christopher Storer , and create a…
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