On 9 November 2001, King Crimson released a limited edition live EP called Level Five , featuring three new pieces: “Dangerous Curves”, “Level Five” and “Virtuous Circle”, plus versions of “The ConstruKction of Light” and ProjeKct’s “The Deception of the Thrush”, followed by an unlisted track called “ProjeKct 12th and…
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Recording for Blur’s next album began in London in November 2001
Harrison died from metastatic lung cancer in November 2001.
In October 2001 the band performed at The Concert for New York City at Madison Square Garden for families of firefighters and police who had lost their lives following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center ; with Forbes describing their performance as a “catharsis” for the law…
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In October 2001 the Mansun ansaphone service operated by King since the early days of the band went down.
on 21 September it was announced that they were breaking up
After the success of Parachutes , Coldplay returned to the studio in September 2001 to begin work on their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head , once again with Ken Nelson producing. They had trouble focusing in London and relocated to Liverpool, where they recorded some of…
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In September 2001, Capdown released their second album, Pound for the Sound , receiving positive reviews from Kerrang! . The following year saw tours with Bad Religion and Hundred Reasons . Capdown was featured in the 2002 BBC documentary Brassic Beats about the British ska punk scene.
It was suggested that the band might split up in August
the tour to support Paper Scissors Stone was cancelled at the start of August.