On 1 April 2011, A-ha released the DVD as well as the box-set containing both the DVD and the CD of their last concert, Ending on a High Note – The Final Concert .
On 26 March 2011, Editors performed their first tour date of the year at the Royal Albert Hall as the headline act for the penultimate show in the 2011 Teenage Cancer Trust , during which they showcased two new songs, “Two Hearted Spider” and “The Sting”.
In March 2011 the band embarked on a world tour in support of the album. After a warm-up show in London, the tour officially began 16 March 2011 in Austin, Texas . On 23 March, the band performed live at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles as the start of…
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In March 2011, Arcade Fire was honoured at the Juno Awards of 2011 . They won Group of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for ” Ready to Start “, “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”, and “We Used to Wait”, all off The Suburbs . The Suburbs also won…
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On 25 February 2011, while in Milan, Duran Duran received a Style Icons of the 20th Century Award and a key to the city, presented by the city’s mayor Letizia Moratti .
After the end of Mt. Desolation Tour (alternative project by Tim and Jesse), Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin joined the other two members of the band to work on the pre-production of Strangeland . It was announced on 3 February 2011 on the band’s official website that Quin had become…
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Arcade Fire performed at the 53rd Grammy Awards in February 2011. The band was nominated for Grammy Awards in three categories: Album of the Year , Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal , and Best Alternative Music Album (for The Suburbs ). Out of the three…
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Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards
In 2011, Armageddon Dildos signed with Alfa Matrix and released their first album in six years: Untergrund . On Untergrund , Kanka worked with producer Mattias Black, as well as musicians Rene Nowotny and Ulf Häusgen and Kanka’s daughter Denise (aka Malin) on guest vocals.
Best International Album at the 2011 BRIT Awards