In March 2020 the band came under criticism from both the public and medical professionals for playing two gigs on the 14th and 15 March at the Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena while COVID-19 cases were steadily increasing in the UK. In the week prior to the event, a Six Nations match…
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In March 2020, Idlewild announced a November tour of UK and Ireland to mark the band’s 25th anniversary but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the dates were rescheduled for November 2021.
In March 2020, the Manics announced a deluxe reissue of Gold Against the Soul for release on 12 June 2020.
The next day, the unnamed follow-up album to Resistance Is Futile was confirmed to NME alongside Bradfield’s second solo album.
On 29 February 2020, a new track, “Throw My Bones” was released online, with a new album Whoosh! planned for release in June.
On 20 February 2020, Biffy Clyro released the single “Instant History”. The track was taken from their eighth studio album A Celebration of Endings . The second single “End Of” was released on 5 March alongside the announcement of the album’s title and the release date of 15 May, although…
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On 16 February the band reprised their Live Aid set for the first time in 35 years at the Fire Fight Australia concert at ANZ Stadium in Sydney to raise money for the 2019–20 Australian bushfire crisis .
On 10 February 2020, a new single called “The Dreamer’s Hotel”, stylised as { The Dreamer’s Hotel }, premiered on Annie Mac’s show on BBC Radio 1 . The same day, they announced that their new album would be called Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible and would release…
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An EP titled Logic Ravaged by Brute Force was released on 7 February 2020.
In February 2020, New Order announced the Unity tour in North America, co-headlining with the Pet Shop Boys .