United Kingdom

2007
Funeral for a Friend The Great Wide Open EP released

The EP, The Great Wide Open was released on 15 October 2007 through Atlantic Records, negating the release of the single itself.

The Police largest gig of the reunion tour

In October 2007, the group played the largest gig of the reunion tour in Dublin in front of 82,000 fans.

Hundred Reasons In October 2007, the band published their fourth album, Quick the

In October 2007, the band published their fourth album, Quick the Word, Sharp the Action . Less than a month later, V2 Records was purchased by Universal Records and left the band without a label once more. They re-released a remastered version of Quick the Word, Sharp the Action in…
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Klaxons On 1 October 2007, the band released A Bugged Out Mix , a double

On 1 October 2007, the band released A Bugged Out Mix , a double album featuring 27 tracks mixed by Reynolds. Klaxons singled out a new song that has strong progressive rock influences as a guide to one possible direction the album may go in, revealed recently NME magazine. Guitarist…
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Oceansize The band’s third album, Frames , was released on 1 October 2007 on

The band’s third album, Frames , was released on 1 October 2007 on Superball Music . Artwork for the album was provided by Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails and Guns N’ Roses . Originally entitled The Frame , the band elected to alter the name slightly after an incidental…
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The Wildhearts “The New Flesh” was released as a single on 1 October 2007. The video

“The New Flesh” was released as a single on 1 October 2007. The video for the song was shot in black and white and featured a number of children, including Ginger’s own son Jake. The band released “Destroy All Monsters” as their next single.

Bloc Party Flux

In October 2007, it was announced that Bloc Party would release a new single, ” Flux “, on 13 November—ahead of their end of year gigs.

Blur (band) October meeting

Though the band members finally met up in October, they posted on their website that they had only “met up for an enjoyable lunch” and that there were no “other music plans for Blur”.

Kaiser Chiefs cover of the Move

In October 2007, the band contributed a cover of the Move ‘s ” Flowers in the Rain ” as the opening track for the covers compilation album Radio 1: Established 1967 , in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the launch of BBC Radio 1 , the Move’s original famously…
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The Police Padovani joined the group on stage

On 29 and 30 September 2007, Padovani joined the group on stage for the final encore of their two shows in Paris, playing the song “Next to You” as a four-piece band.