Album officially released

When Your Heart Stops Beating was officially released November 13, 2006. In the United States, the album debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 , with approximately 66,000 copies sold in its first week. The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics. The New York Times described it as “zippier and catchier” than Angels & Airwaves ‘ debut studio album We Don’t Need to Whisper , but concluded that neither band was as good as Blink-182. As of September 2011, the album sold over 274,000 copies in the US. +44’s first show took place at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, on September 7, 2006, with a second appearance following at the London Astoria . The band embarked on a promotional tour in the United Kingdom shortly thereafter. Barker was in constant pain but soldiered through the performances, altering his kit set-up to accommodate. A doctor informed Barker he had broken a bone in his arm during the band’s video shoot, and was instructed to immediately rest and not take part in the band’s upcoming live dates, including early 2007 jaunts to Australia and Europe . Barker nevertheless took part, but after an excruciating Amsterdam gig, the band drafted Gil Sharone , then of The Dillinger Escape Plan , to fill-in for him.