In 2003 the band signed to Fierce Panda Records , releasing two EPs: Act Your Rage and New Revolutionaries . The former reached the 80th spot on the UK Singles Chart on 10 May 2003. As of November 2004, Civil Disobedients and Pound for the Sound have sold more than…
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Following months of speculation, the band’s split was officially announced on 2 May 2003, with the press release stating that the band decided to call it a day after realising that “the life of the group had come to an end”. Chad commented on the split, that “there’s nothing sinister…
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Think Tank , released in May 2003, was filled with atmospheric, brooding electronic sounds, featuring simpler guitar lines played by Albarn, and largely relying on other instruments to replace Coxon. The guitarist’s absence also meant that Think Tank was almost entirely written by Albarn. Its sound was seen as a…
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In May 2003 the band signed to Laurence Bell’s independent record label , Domino Recording Company .
They again attended and performed at Pavarotti’s benefit concert in Modena , Italy in May 2003.
The band signed with BMG to publish their music in April 2002, and this enabled them to better commit to music, but at this time they did not yet have a recording contract. Sometime in early 2002, Rice-Oxley wrote ” Everybody’s Changing .” He played it for Chaplin, Hughes and…
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Following the release of the album in April 2003, the summer of that year was a particularly fruitful time.
The band contributed the song “If Only” to the film Holes . The song’s lyrics are mostly based on a recurring poem from the film and its source novel. The film’s soundtrack album was released in April 2003, only a month after the release of Everything Will Never Be OK…
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On 10 March 2003, the Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performed “Roxanne”, “Message in a Bottle”, and “Every Breath You Take” live, as a group (the last song was performed alongside Steven Tyler , Gwen Stefani , and John Mayer ).
The double duo line-up released King Crimson’s thirteenth album, The Power to Believe , in March 2003.