rock

2006
Poets of the Fall Having won the NRJ Radio Awards’ “Best Finnish Breakthrough”, POTF

Having won the NRJ Radio Awards’ “Best Finnish Breakthrough”, POTF released their third single, ” Carnival of Rust “, on 22 March 2006 in Finland and on 1 December 2006 in Germany. The single entered the Finnish charts at #2 and features a radio- and an album-edit as well as…
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Asian Kung-Fu Generation third full-length album

On March 15, AKFG released their third full-length album, Fanclub ( ファンクラブ ) .

Alice in Chains Decades Rock Live!

On March 10, 2006, the surviving members performed at VH1 ‘s Decades Rock Live! concert, honoring fellow Seattle musicians Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. They played ” Would? ” with vocalist Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Down and bass player Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver…
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Heart (band) performed with Gretchen Wilson

Heart also performed with Gretchen Wilson on VH-1 ‘s March 10, 2006, tribute to the band, ” Decades Rock Live! “. The special featured Alice in Chains , Phil Anselmo , Dave Navarro , Rufus Wainwright , and Carrie Underwood .

Editors (band) American release of The Back Room

A joint North American tour with Stellastarr* coincided with the American release of The Back Room in March 2006. It was released by Fader label and sold 35,000 albums after 20 weeks.

Editors (band) All Sparks

At the end of March, Editors released ” All Sparks ” as a single in the United Kingdom, achieving a position of 21 in the singles chart.

Limp Bizkit sales fell off quickly

The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) sold over 37,000 copies in its first week of release, and debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200, but due to its lack of advertising sales fell off quickly and only sold 88,000 copies in the United States by March 2006. Following the release…
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Black Sabbath US Hall of Fame induction

the band were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rolling Stones performances in Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand

After performances in Japan, China, Australia, and New Zealand in March and April 2006, the Stones’ tour took a scheduled break before proceeding to Europe.

Thirty Seconds to Mars A Beautiful Lie was released on August 30, 2005, in the United

A Beautiful Lie was released on August 30, 2005, in the United States. It has since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has reached platinum and gold status in several countries, with a sales total of over four million. Its lead single , ”…
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