synth-pop

2012
Kaiser Chiefs Start The Revolution Without Me

On 6 March 2012, the album was re-released under the title Start The Revolution Without Me for the US market. The track list differs significantly from the initial release, including the track “On The Run”, which is exclusive to the US album and served as its lead single in early…
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Gorillaz DoYaThing

On 23 February 2012 Gorillaz released ” DoYaThing “, a single to promote a Gorillaz-branded collection of Converse shoes which were released shortly after. The song was a part of Converse’s “Three Artists, One Song” project, with the two additional collaborators being James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and André 3000…
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Klaxons In January 2012, Klaxons announced on their Twitter account that they

In January 2012, Klaxons announced on their Twitter account that they were to begin recording their third album on 30 January. NME reported that the album was “expected to be released later” in the year and that the band were working with James Murphy and The Chemical Brothers . At…
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Gorillaz entered a multiyear hiatus

Following the release of “DoYaThing” and the making public of Albarn and Hewlett’s fall-out in 2012, Gorillaz entered a multiyear hiatus.

New Order (band) performed at Hyde Park

New Order performed at Hyde Park with Blur and the Specials to celebrate the closing of the 2012 Summer Olympics .

New Order (band) short tour of New Zealand and Australia

They continued to tour throughout 2012, including a short tour of New Zealand and Australia in February/March and several festival appearances in 2012.

A-ha Out of My Hands

After A-ha’s break-up, Harket released two studio albums, Out of My Hands (2012)

A-ha became a mentor

In 2012, Furuholmen became a mentor on the show The Voice – Norges beste stemme .

Kaiser Chiefs 20 date tour

In early 2012, Kaiser Chiefs played a 20 date tour of the United Kingdom, followed by a tour of North America.

2011
Bastille (band) signed a contract with Virgin Records

In December 2011, Smith signed a contract with Virgin Records. The group subsequently secured a few support slots and later performed at major UK festivals including Glastonbury , the Isle of Wight , Redfest , Reading and Leeds Festival and Blissfields . The band also recorded and released two parts…
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