In November 2015, the band announced Daniel Moilanen as their new drummer and revealed that they were working on a new album to be released in 2016
Europe participated in a major cable television GEICO advertising campaign which started airing September 2015 in the US; in a television commercial, they are featured singing “The Final Countdown” to the background of an office break room, as a microwave oven cooks a burrito.
Europe released the War of Kings Special Edition together with Live Performance from Wacken Open Air Festival which was performed on 29 July 2015. The digital version was released on 27 November 2015 by UDR Records and the Blu-ray & DVD version released in early 2016.
On 3 June 2015, Gustaf Norén and Mando Diao separated. Norén was replaced by Jens Siverstedt on guitar and vocals.
In June 2015, Kent played at three festivals in Scandinavia, Joakim Berg announced at the Bråvalla festival that they were going to record a new album that fall.
The single ” Strövtåg i hembygden ” remained in the Swedish radio top ten charts for 127 weeks in May 2015.
Björn Dixgård and Gustaf Norén, who emphasized the importance of all kinds of art, have supported the annual street art and music festival 164 festivalen by KFUM in Stockholm on 30 April 2015.
The band released another live album, Sanctitude , on 31 March 2015
Europe’s tenth studio album, War of Kings was released on 2 March 2015 by UDR Records. It was produced by Dave Cobb, producer for bands such as Rival Sons . This was followed in March 2015 by a 14-date tour of the UK co-headlining with Black Star Riders , supported…
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With their new song “Leave No Trace” (March 2015) Mando Diao are supporting Låt Östersjön Leva – a project under the patronage of World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF); the issue is the protection of the wildlife and the heavily polluted Baltic Sea.