In April 2014, they toured the UK and Europe playing Hours in its entirety. During these shows, they also performed a new song titled “1%” from their forthcoming seventh album.
In April 2014, the band released a cover of the Cardiacs ‘ song “To Go Off and Things” via Bandcamp .
The band’s fifth studio album, titled Education, Education, Education & War was released on 31 March 2014.
During the period when the band wrote and toured Night Thoughts, they also commemorated some of their earlier releases. Once again, the band performed as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity at the Royal Albert Hall on 30 March 2014. This time, the band performed Dog Man Star in…
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On 28 March 2014, the band announced their upcoming studio album would be called Distant Satellites . The album came out on 9 June 2014 on the Kscope label, and was produced by Christer-André Cederberg in Oslo, Norway. Several tracks were mixed by Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree ). Different…
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On 17 March 2014 at the Ronnie James Dio Awards in Los Angeles, Halford announced that the band’s 17th studio album was finished. On 28 April, the band released the album’s title track “Redeemer of Souls” for streaming on their official website. On 14 May 2014, the band’s original guitarist…
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On 17 March, Jagger’s long-time partner L’Wren Scott died suddenly, resulting in the cancellation and rescheduling of the opening tour dates to October.
The album was released on 10 March 2014 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart , becoming the group’s first chart-topper.
The final gig of the tour took place in Moscow, Russia on 7 March 2014, at Olimpiski venue.
In early March 2014, it was announced that the band’s sixth album, Ghost Stories , would be released 19 May 2014.