The band announced 22 concerts between May and September 2011, taking place in Europe and Australia. Pulp were one of the surprise special guests at Glastonbury Festival 2011 in June where they played on The Park stage on Saturday evening. They performed at the Sziget Festival in Hungary on 10…
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Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma on 9 January 2012, which forced the band to cancel all but two shows ( Download Festival and Lollapalooza Festival) of a previously booked European tour.
Marc Angel explained in an interview in 2012 how important the name “Wrathchild” was for the band: “I spent my entire youth putting together and propagating the band known the world over as the mighty Wrathchild. Wrathchild as a collective is unique; we forged an entire new glam metal scene…
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In 2012, EMI’s recorded music operations were sold to Universal Music Group . In order for Universal Music to acquire EMI, the European Union , for antitrust reasons, forced EMI to spin off assets including Parlophone. Universal was allowed to keep the Beatles’ recorded music catalogue, managed by Capitol Records…
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In January 2012, Klaxons announced on their Twitter account that they were to begin recording their third album on 30 January. NME reported that the album was “expected to be released later” in the year and that the band were working with James Murphy and The Chemical Brothers . At…
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In Summer 2012’s Kerrang! Awards, the band scooped “Best Live Band” for the second time, along with Rou Reynolds winning ‘Hero of the Year.’ They were also nominated for best album, but lost out to Mastodon .
The entire original Beatles album catalogue was also reissued on vinyl in 2012; available either individually or as a box set.
Suede also performed at the Lokerse Festival in Belgium in 2012.
In late 2012, bassist Chris Batten said that the band would begin working on their fourth studio album after their current touring had finished sometime in 2013. However, Batten also affirmed that the album would not be ready for release in that year.
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (1972–1973) (2012)