recording in the fall

At the Taste of Chicago on July 2, 2010, Thomas said that Matchbox Twenty would be recording in the fall for their fourth studio album. On September 4, 2010, while on VH1’s Top 20 Music Video Countdown, Thomas stated that Matchbox Twenty was planning to start working on their next studio album in mid-September and that he was 80% sure that the album would be released sometime in 2011. Rob Thomas posted on Twitter that he was “heading out next week to start writing the new mb20 record” on September 13, 2010. It was stated on Matchbox Twenty’s web site that the next show they will do together is on January 1, 2011, in Oklahoma. Matchbox Twenty played a one-off live show in Temecula, California , on July 9, 2011, but no new material was played. During the show Rob Thomas stated the show was a “love letter to our fans”. North was released on September 4, 2012. The album’s first single, ” She’s So Mean “, was released on June 12, 2012. In 2012, the band embarked on a worldwide tour, the North Tour , to promote the album. The tour continued as the 2013 Summer Tour , when they co-headlined with the Goo Goo Dolls .