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SR‐71 timeline (EN)

2010
US release of Here We Go Again

On October 22, 2010, Allan, through his Twitter account, revealed that SR-71’s third album, Here We Go Again , would finally be released in the United States. On Thanksgiving Day, 2010, the album was made available as a digital download, with a reordered tracklist. The original album tracks were remastered…
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2009
Baltimore show announced

On October 13, 2009, Mitch Allan announced on his Myspace page that SR-71 will be playing another one-off reunion show at the Bourbon Street in hometown Baltimore, Maryland , on November 25, 2009. Alternative rock act Cinder Road supported them on this date. During the band’s show, drummer John Allen…
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Reunion show in Chicago

On July 25, 2009, the band reunited for a one-off performance at the Wicker Park Bucktown Arts and Music Festival in Chicago, playing a full set on the Center Stage.

John Allen joins Charm City Devils

Also in 2009, drummer John Allen was involved as the lead singer of the new hard rock band Charm City Devils . The band toured as part of Mötley Crüe ‘s Crüe Fest 2 tour in summer 2009. Their first album, Let’s Rock and Roll , included one song co-written…
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Weekly songwriter event launched

In 2009, Allan launched a weekly event in Hollywood where he and other notable songwriters meet up and play covers and original tunes acoustically to small crowds. Allan was then involved, along with former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody in a new contest for finding a teen singer sensation.

2008
Debut solo single release

In January 2008, Mitch Allan released his debut single with a music video on his Myspace page. The song, titled “Make Me High” was a soft remake of an old SR-71 song called “My World”, from their 2002 album Tomorrow . Allan has also said that the SR-71 song “Mosquito”…
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2007
Indefinite hiatus announced

Allan kept playing solo club shows around the Hollywood area through 2007, when the band announced that they will be officially going into an indefinite hiatus after one last show in Henderson, Nevada , on August 18, 2007, at the Sunset Station , along with Vertical Horizon , Nine Days…
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Brit Award win

Also in 2007, SR-71 won the Brit Award for Best International Breakthrough Act and released their second album.

Latin Grammy nomination

While keeping a low profile on performances, Mitch Allan has worked as a songwriter and record producer with many artists including Lindsay Lohan , Lovehammers , Daughtry , Hilary Duff , Faith Hill , Backstreet Boys and more. In 2007, Allan received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for co-writing the…
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2006
Title track re-recorded by JParis

The album’s title track “Here We Go Again” was also re-recorded in 2006, by pop punk band JParis for their album Call It What You Want . Mitch Allan has produced the band’s album and was credited as the writer of this song.