On 27 July 2016, Elbow announced that their new album would be released on 3 February 2017, and would coincide with a British tour that would take place late February through March of the same year. They later released dates and a pre-order link through their website, with the initial…
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During the band’s second night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on 18 July, Coldplay were joined onstage by Michael J. Fox to recreate a Back to the Future scene. Martin sang ” Earth Angel ” before introducing Fox onstage to join the band in performing the Chuck Berry classic…
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When the tour stopped at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan , on 15 July, the show was recorded for future release.
In 2016, a new line-up of Atomic Rooster played together with permission to use the name offered initially to Steve Bolton and Pete French from Crane’s widow. The first gig was a low-key warm-up in Clitheroe, Lancashire on 14 July 2016. The line-up was Pete French and Steve Bolton, keyboardist…
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Swedish singer Stefan Berggren, from Berggren Kerslake Band (BKB), subbed for Bernie Shaw on lead vocals at the Rosenheim Festival in Germany on 14 July 2016 and again later that same year for a New Year’s Eve festival in Sibiu , Romania , when Shaw had a family commitment.
On the next night, 9 July, the Manics headlined a night at the Cornwall’s Eden Project , and later the band managed to secure a new recording studio near Newport, Wales .
On 8 July the band was at the Cardiff City Stadium to give a home welcome to the Wales football national team after they were knocked out of the UEFA Euro 2016 by Portugal in the semi-finals, the band played a few songs in the stadium including the official theme…
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In July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Nick McCarthy would not be involved in the recording and touring of their next album, in order to concentrate on his family and other musical interests.
On 30 June 2016, Bastille announced the release of the second LP Wild World and embarked on their Wild Wild World Tour in July.
On 24 June 2016, Bastille performed the songs “Good Grief” and “Two Evils” live for the first time at Glastonbury Festival as part of their set on the Other Stage.