United Kingdom

2009
Franz Ferdinand (band) Tonight

The album, Tonight was released 26 January 2009 and debuted at No. 2 in the UK Album Chart and No. 9 in the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.

Funeral for a Friend third single video being filmed

In the 24 January 2009 issue of Kerrang! magazine, it was stated that the band were currently filming the video for the third single off the album, Rules and Games .

Napalm Death Time Waits for No Slave released

it was officially released on 23 January 2009.

Iron Maiden On 20 January 2009, the band announced they were planning to release

On 20 January 2009, the band announced they were planning to release a full-length documentary film in select cinemas on 21 April 2009. Entitled Iron Maiden: Flight 666 , it documented the first part of the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour (between February and March 2008). Flight 666 was…
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Franz Ferdinand (band) Ulysses

The song ” Ulysses ” was chosen to be the first single and was released on 19 January 2009.

Elbow (band) Abbey Road Studios performance

On 17 January 2009, Elbow gave an exclusive performance of their album The Seldom Seen Kid for BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music together with the BBC Concert Orchestra and London-based chamber choir Chantage at Abbey Road Studios (first broadcast on 31 January 2009).

Depeche Mode Sounds of the Universe

On 15 January 2009, the official Depeche Mode website announced that the band’s twelfth studio album would be called Sounds of the Universe .

Catatonia (band) Paid Edrych I Lawr and Don’t Look Down

Matthews returned in late 2009 by releasing albums simultaneously in both Welsh and English ( Paid Edrych I Lawr and Don’t Look Down , respectively).

Simian Mobile Disco In January 2009, they announced on their Myspace page that a new

In January 2009, they announced on their Myspace page that a new album would be released in 2009. They released a new track, “Synthesise”, on 12 February, through a music video (directed by Aries Moross and Alex Sushon) that “features live visual accompaniment” for the track. Two days later, a…
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Deep Purple Record sales have been steadily declining

In 2009 Ian Gillan said, “Record sales have been steadily declining, but people are prepared to pay a lot for concert tickets.” In addition, Gillan stated: “I don’t think happiness comes with money.”