On 29 August, the band confirmed association with the website through posts on its social media profiles.
However, on 24 August, Sykes announced via a statement on his social media that the release was being delayed due to “unforeseen circumstances” which had left the band “unable to complete the record to the standard we’d be happy with”.
Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka on 19 and 20 August.
Flow Festival in Helsinki on 13 August
Way Out West in Gothenburg on 11 August
Øyafestivalen in Oslo on 10 August
the band performed at the Lokerse Feesten in Belgium on 8 August
In August 2023, Happy Mondays opened a three-band bill with Primal Scream and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin, performing a set drawn mainly from Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches . Bez did not perform, and Alfonso Buller took his place as onstage dancer.
In August 2023 Foghat announced plans to release their 17th studio album, Sonic Mojo , with first single being “Drivin’ On,” co-written by Kim Simmonds from Savoy Brown in November 2023. It was released on 10 November, nearly a year after the ailing Simmonds’ death from colon cancer.
until August 2023 when he stated that he was open to performing a one-off show, but expressed that he had “no desire to tour again” with Black Sabbath.