Michael Bettell died in September 2003, aged 41, from a brain tumour .
During the Dance of Death Tour 2003–04 , which began in September 2003, Iron Maiden played 53 shows across Europe, North America, Latin America and Japan. The band’s performance at Westfalenhalle , in Dortmund, Germany, was recorded and released in August 2005 as a live album and DVD entitled Death…
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On 28 August 2003, Coldplay performed “The Scientist” at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City and won three awards.
On 21 August 2003, Funeral for a Friend were awarded a Kerrang! Award for “Best British Newcomer”.
In August 2003, after more than ten years with Puressence, guitarist and founder member McDonald left the band and has since gone on to form the band Juno Ashes. He was replaced by Lowell Killen, who is originally from the Isle of Man . He has played in other bands…
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The album saw the band adopt a more ‘commercial’ sound, also incorporating synthesizers. Lyrically, Echo Park contains both a comedic approach, as with “Seven Days in the Sun”, and dark emotions, such as those shown on “Turn”, “Oxygen”, and “Satellite News”. It was during the campaign for Echo Park that…
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The band’s second album Cast of Thousands was released in August 2003.
In August 2003, Funeral for a Friend opened the Concrete Jungle stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals .
After eleven years apart, faced with an ever-growing demand for a reunion, Judas Priest and Rob Halford announced they would reunite in July 2003, to coincide with the release of the Metalogy box set (despite Halford’s earlier insistence that he “would never do it” ). They did a concert tour…
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The band began rehearsing at Yellow Arch Studios in Neepsend , and played its first gig on 13 June 2003 at The Grapes in Sheffield city centre. After a few performances in 2003, the band began to record demos at 2fly studios in Sheffield. 18 songs were demoed in all…
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