Although the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns initially curtailed any live work, the new lineup of the band eventually made its live debut at the Wedfest Rocks 7 festival at Club 85 in Hitchin, UK on April 9, 2022, on a bill that also featured other NWOBHM stablemates such as…
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At the same time, the band officially revealed the album cover and the track list.
On 8 April 2022, the band released the fifth single “Omen” while also announcing the deluxe edition of the album which is set to be released on 8 July 2022.
On 6 April 2022, the Clash announced the re-release of Combat Rock , including demos with Ranking Roger ‘s vocals, titled ‘Combat Rock / The People’s Hall’.
In April 2022, the band released their fourth studio album Normal Fears . It achieved considerable success in their native Scotland, charting at #2 on the Scottish Albums Chart and in the United Kingdom achieved moderate success, where it debuted at #47, spending one week on the UK Albums Chart…
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In April 2022, in conjunction with Record Store Day, Wire released Not About to Die which was originally released as a bootleg in the early 1980s. The album consists of recordings made for EMI as demos for the 1978 and 1979 albums, Chairs Missing and 154 . The songs on…
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In April 2022, the band released the single “Beautiful World” which features German duo Milky Chance .
In April 2022, the band announced a commemorative 20-year anniversary tour of Mclusky Do Dallas . This tour, along with the band’s Australian dates, was later postponed to early 2024 due to a health issue for Falkous.
In April 2022, Romero claimed that he had kept in contact with the remaining members of Rainbow, but again expressed his doubt that the band would ever tour again or record new music: “I don’t think there’s gonna be any plan in the near future because the pandemic was way…
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On 26 March, the band teased a collaborative single with Australian rapper Masked Wolf on their social media platforms titled ” Fallout “, slated for release on 1 April 2022.