At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 18, 2013, the original members of Heart (the Wilson sisters, Howard Leese , Michael Derosier, Steve Fossen, and Roger Fisher) reunited for the first time in 34 years to play “Crazy on You”. The band was inducted by…
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and an accompanying video for the track premiered through the band’s official VEVO page on 12 April 2013.
On 8 April 2013, Smith stated via his official Twitter account that “the record is being mastered today. it’s finished. done.”
The release date in the UK was pushed back to 18 March 2013 (17 March 2013 on iTunes). The physical release still bore the Mute Records logo, even though the band have now severed ties with their long-standing label. Fletcher mentioned in an interview this was due to their “devotion”…
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On 11 March, Bastille was announced to be playing at the Reading and Leeds Festival in August 2013.
On 4 March 2013, the band returned to the studio to work on their fourteenth album, and continued during the week beginning 23 September. They reconvened 13 to 18 December. On 31 December 2013, the band posted a mixtape curated by John Taylor as a New Year’s “thank you” to…
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Their debut album Bad Blood was released on 4 March 2013, and placed at number one in the UK Albums Chart .
In March, the band announced North American dates to their Delta Machine Tour , starting 22 August from Detroit and ending 8 October in Phoenix .
On November 12, 2012, the band created a Kickstarter page to help in the funding of a career-spanning, feature-length documentary called Song Dynasties . The film consists of footage collected throughout of Montreal’s entire career, including touring and studio sessions, as well as other musicians such as Andrew VanWyngarden of…
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On 7 February 2013 it was announced that Vijay Mistry from the band Club Smith would be joining the Kaiser Chiefs as their new drummer.