In November 2012 the band announced the launch of their own beer “Sssnakepit”, a 5% lager brewed in conjunction with Signature Brew, which was launched in Manchester and sold on the “A Flash Flood of Christmas” tour at venues across the UK.
In November 2012 the band were announced as the winners of the Mercury Prize for their album.
After continued writing and sporadic recording in 2012, in November the band started recording the follow-up to Different Gear, Still Speeding with musician and producer Dave Sitek .
In November 2012, the band performed at Hong Kong’s Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival, their first outside of Europe.
The band started recording the album in November 2012, with Turner telling Q magazine that the new album would be “experimental”: “We’ve been going very left-field with things. We are trying out new things”.
The film was made available in the 20th Anniversary Edition of Generation Terrorists , issued in November.
In November 2012, the Who released Live at Hull , an album of the band’s performance the night after the Live at Leeds gig.
The Quadrophenia and More tour started in November 2012 in Ottawa with keyboardists John Corey, Loren Gold and Frank Simes , the last of whom was also musical director.
In November 2012, the band played some US dates with Weezer and went on to headline their own shows on the East Coast. They played at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in 2013, along with seven other US cities, and supported the Smashing Pumpkins at Wembley Arena. Despite having…
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In November 2012, the Stones began their 50 & Counting… tour at London’s O 2 Arena, where they were joined by Jeff Beck.