On 26 May 2022, Andy Fletcher died, aged 60, after suffering an aortic dissection while at home. His bandmates Gahan and Gore stated, “we are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher.” Former Depeche Mode member…
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On 23 May 2022, eighteen months after the band first announced they were recording a new album, Suede revealed the title of their ninth studio album as Autofiction , which was released via BMG on 16 September. On the same day, the band unveiled the name of their lead single,…
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The re-release occurred on 20 May 2022 to mixed reviews.
On 13 May 2022, Owen Hill left the band on good terms to pursue new goals.
On 5 May 2022, the band released a lullaby version of ” The Last Man on Earth ” as a single and announced Blue Lullaby , an EP featuring reworked lullaby versions of five tracks from Blue Weekend , which was subsequently released on 24 June 2022. During the summer…
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In 2008, Automatics released “Jukebox of Human Sorrow” which is available for download from iTunes. In May 2022, the band reached the Top 10 of Mike Read’s Heritage Chart with “Cold Steel Serenade”, in a chart which also featured The Vapors and The Boys.
In May 2022, record label Trapped Animal announced that they would release a deluxe version of Flood on 7 October 2022, featuring the original album along with an extra disc of outtakes from the Flood sessions and session tracks recorded for the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show .
On 30 April 2022, the band delayed the release of the deluxe edition from 8 July 2022 to 5 August 2022.
The album was released on 22 April 2022.
On 21 April, the band were featured on Norwegian singer Sigrid ‘s single ” Bad Life ” from her album How to Let Go .