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Feist cited the recent allegations of sexual misconduct against Arcade Fire's Win Butler as the reason that she will no longer open for the band on their current tour. She issued a statement on social media yesterday (Thursday, September 1st) writing in part, "I'm imperfect and I will navigate this decision imperfectly, but what I'm sure of is the best way to take care of my band and crew and my family is to distance myself from this tour, not this conversation . . ."

Several women have issued allegations against Butler, who maintains that all of the encounters were consensual.

Feist opened for Arcade Fire's first two concerts in Dublin late last month. She was scheduled to remain on tour through September in Europe.

Arcade Fire issued a statement which reads, "We are very sorry to see Leslie go home, but completely understand and respect her decision."

Yungblud is surprising fans with the announcement of three intimate shows in one night on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip. He'll hit the stage at The Roxy, Whiskey a Go-Go and The Viper Room all on Thursday (September 8th) to celebrate the release of his new self-titled album which sees release today (Friday, September 2nd).

Yungblud shared the news on social media writing in part, "it's gonna be fookin mental and i can't wait for us all to be together for this choas and celebration of the album!"

He added that the shows will be livestreamed on Twitch with Amazon Music.

Billed as the "Occupy the Strip" shows, they are free and open to all ages.

Via a statement Yungblud said, "Some of the most iconic artists have played shows at these venues on the strip. I played some of my first shows here, the first show back after COVID. It seemed the perfect way to celebrate my new album to cause some carnage and play three shows back-to-back with as many of my fans as possible. It's going to be insane, and I can share it with my family all over the world via the livestream. Get all your mates together and celebrate the new record with me! It's gonna be mad."

Nickelback is set to release a new single called "San Quentin" next week. They've already shot a music video that included hundreds of fans in attendance.

Guitarist, Ryan Peak commented that after some time off, it felt a bit strange just getting back in the swing of things, but said it was "awesome."

This marks the band's first single from their upcoming album which hasn't been given a release date. The video should be out by mid-month and the single will officially be released on September 7^th.

TL;DR:

• Nickelback will release a single called "San Quentin" on September 7^th.
• The video should be out by mid-month.

Arctic Monkeys will play their first headlining show in the U.S. since 2018 later this month. Yesterday (Wednesday, August 31st), the band tweeted details about the show, which is set to take place on September 22nd at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. Tickets go on sale today (Thursday, September 1st) at 10 a.m. ET.

The tweet adds that the concert is "a phone-free event."

The concert follows an appearance by Arctic Monkeys at Primavera Los Angeles.

The band's new album, The Car, will be released on October 21st.

Thirty Seconds to Mars commemorated the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut studio album with the release of a collectible boxed set. It includes a signed vinyl, poster, mini yearbook, stainless steel chain bracelet with insignia box, two drumsticks printed with Shannon Leto's signature, four guitar picks, and a commemorative pin. The set retails for $175.

In conjunction with the release of the boxed set, the band has also released an exclusive 20th anniversary merch collection featuring a commemorative tee and zip-up hoodie.

The album is also available separately for purchase for a limited time on vinyl, CD, and cassette tape.

Jared Leto said of this album during its release, "Everything on this album is about real human experience. That is the single most inspiring source for us, the human struggle. Lyrically, it's a very personal album that sometimes uses otherworldly elements and/or conceptual ideas to illustrate a truthful personal situation."

The 30 Seconds To Mars album was released on August 27, 2002.

In the U.K. the latest album from Muse, Will of the People is outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined. Reported in Billboard, the numbers come mid-week, but it's likely that when all is added up, the trio will have their seventh U.K. #1 album.

Although NFT may be difficult to understand, Muse is set to become the territory's first-ever leader using NFT technology.

Will of the People is the band's ninth studio album.

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At her concert in Washington D.C., you could hear the audience gasp with laughter when Lorde told them that she had been swimming in the Potomac River earlier in the day. Even with the US Clean Water Act, the Potomac is famously filthy.

In videos posted online, from her August 29th concert, Lorde said that she loved to swim in cities where she was playing. It makes her feel like she knows the people better.

After the show, she was briefed on the history of the iconic river and told fans "Now I know why you all were laughing," she said. "I'm happy to be a DC meme, you know."

Lorde is on a short touring break and will be back on the road in mid-September.

TL;DR:

• At her concert in Washington D.C., you could hear the audience gasp with laughter when Lorde told them that she had been swimming in the famously filthy Potomac River.

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale's life is consumed by music most of the time, but she finds she can give herself a break when she turns to her hobby of painting. While a recent guest on the podcast "Side Jams With Bryan Reesman," she explained that painting is "another way to turn your brain off, and I think that's important. I could say the same thing about cooking. It's important for people like us who are banking on the arts to keep things moving. You can get burnt out if you have all of your eggs in one basket. You can be like, I've been plugging away at this for a long time. I need a sidestep, I need something to take me away from this so that I can come back to it with fresh eyes, fresh ears. I used to feel guilty about it. 'I just spent four hours painting when I could be practicing guitar.' Or, 'I could be doing something else that would be forward movement for the band.' And then I realized that you shouldn't be feeling guilty for doing those things. Because it's all connected, and they all help each other."

Hale now has seven major pieces to her credit.

Halestorm continues on tour, with a show on Thursday (September 1st) in Costa Mesa, CA.

Ousted Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer thought the band reuniting with producer Rick Rubin was a mistake. Klinghoffer, who landed a plum gig as Pearl Jam's supplemental side player, spoke with VW Music and admitted, "I'm incredibly conflicted about my output with that band because I feel like, in both circumstances, producers got in the way of us truly making great music or a great record. I like almost all of the songs that we wrote together, but seldom did we capture them in the best way. I will say that in the case of (the) I'm With You (album), I feel Rick Rubin was way more a hindrance than a help. He told me once, 'I just want to help the songs be the best they can be.' I should've said, 'Well, then get your driver to come and get you.'"

When pressed about the challenges with taking the stage with Pearl Jam night after night, Klinghoffer answered: "I face a constant risk of smiling too much (laughs). I sometimes allow my 12-year-old self to run away with my face. The challenges these days are more just little things like doing my part of a song that doesn't get played very often. Sometimes, for me, it's really more about muscle memory, and we'll do a song once a tour, and I always feel like I can do my bit just a little better. But that's nothing. Sometimes it feels not so much like a challenge, but an obstacle, how little I can see Matt Cameron when I'm playing a drum part with him, but again. . . minor issues."

Singer Anthony Kiedis told us when Klinghoffer first joined the Chili Peppers that he was a natural fit for the group: "He was there, we knew him, we liked him, we respected him as a musician, as an artist in general. The cool thing was when we asked him if he wanted to be in our band, he didn't just say yes. He was like, 'Wow, that's a heavy concept. Let me think about it.' Which really felt good to me, that he wasn't just jumping on for the sake of jumping on, that he wanted to see if that was the right thing to do."

Shinedown played lead singer Brent Smith's hometown of Knoxville, TN on Sunday (August 28th) where he was surprised with a key to Knox County. WWE star Kane, AKA Mayor of Knox County Glenn Jacobs presented the special gift.

Kane told the crowd, "It's really special to have Shinedown here tonight. This group has No. 1 hits, they're award winning and they've sold over 10 million records, but what's super special about tonight is that this is Knoxville, and lead singer Brent Smith is a 1996 graduate of South Doyle High school right here in Knoxville. So I've got something for him."

Kane held up the key explaining, "This was designed and fabricated by students at South Doyle high school and it is a key to Knox County. Shinedown has entertained millions of people around the world and I really love your inspirational message. So congratulations on all your success and we wish you much continued success in the future."

Smith posted video of the moment on social media writing, "Honestly I am still trying to process our night in Knoxville, and everything that happened at the Thompson-Boling Arena. First of all to everyone in KTOWN that came out to the show THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It was such a joy to see all of your beautiful faces. I hope everyone had an AMAZING time, I know we did."

He continued, "I must admit I am rarely at a loss for words, but unbeknownst to me, my brothers, Eric, Barry and Zach along with our head of security had a 'little' well 'GIGANTIC' surprise for me, that left me speechless, humbled, and beyond grateful… Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever imagined a moment like this, as I watched KANE take the stage, and proceed to address the crowd, and present me with the Key to the city of my hometown of Knoxville Tennessee."

Shinedown continue on tour to promote their new album, Planet Zero.

During their tour stop in Los Angeles, The Killers invited Lindsey Buckingham on stage to surprise the audience. During the encore, he sang the Fleetwood Mac classic, "Go Your Own Way." He also joined them for two other songs, "Mr. Brightside," and "Caution."

Killers frontman Brandon Flowers introduced Buckingham to the audience about halfway through the song, "Caution," just in time for Buckingham to perform the song's guitar solo.

They were joined by ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who opened the stadium show earlier in the evening.

The Killers are currently on tour in support of two albums from last year: Imploding The Mirage and Pressure Machine.

TL;DR:

• The Killers invited Lindsey Buckingham on stage to surprise the audience in LA.
• They sang "Go Your Own Way," "Mr. Brightside," and "Caution."

In a new video, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard performs a duet with Noah Cyrus. Playing acoustic guitar, he and Cyrus swap lyrics about a relationship going south in a song titled "Ready To Go."

Gibbard told Rolling Stone… "I kept coming back to it and just basking in her brilliance. It's easy to be mysterious. It's easy to be aloof. It's easy to be cool. It's so much harder to be earnest. And it's so much harder because she's really opening herself up with a lot of these songs."

Earlier this month Death Cab For Cutie released "Foxglove Through The Clearcut" as the 3^rd single from their Asphalt Meadows album.

The duet he did with Cyrus will appear on her debut album, The Hardest Part.

TL;DR:

• Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard performs a duet with Noah Cyrus.
• He also plays acoustic guitar on the song.
• The duet will appear on her debut album, The Hardest Part.

Hatebreed have added more dates to their 20th anniversary fall tour. The trek celebrates the release of their major label debut album, Perseverance, which was in 2002. They will be joined by Bodysnatcher and Dying Wish, as well as by Gatecreeper and Bleeding Through on select dates.

Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta said, "I can't believe it's been 20 years since the Perseverance album hit. We're overdue for a headline tour so these shows will be ones for the ages. Show up early and support the great lineup of sick bands!"

The tour launches on October 25th in Elmira, NY.

In This Moment have released a track called "Whore 1983," the lead track from their upcoming EP, Blood 1983. The five-song project commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the band's 2012 album Blood, which will be available across all digital service providers as well as on CD on October 21st.

Maria Brink said, "Blood changed our lives and shifted our career in a way we will never forget. We created this reimagined version because we wanted to give our beautiful fans something to be excited about. Blood 1983 is just that… we can't wait for the world to hear it."

In This Moment launched their Blood 1983 Tour over the weekend with special guests Nothing More, Sleep Token and Cherry Bombs. The tour runs through October 23rd in Pittsburgh, PA.

Buckcherry will start recording their 10th studio album on November 4th.

According to the band's Facebook page, singer Josh Todd and guitarist Stevie Dacanay will head to Nashville to finish the writing process before they head into the studio.

The album is currently slated for a 2023 release.

Metallica has announced its Helping Hands Concert & Auction for December 16th. The band's All Within My Hands non-profit foundation was launched in 2017 to help create sustainable communities by tackling the issues of hunger and workforce education and encouraging volunteerism.

The first All Within My Hands Foundation concert was held in November 2018. In addition to acoustic versions of some of Metallica's classic songs, the band performed covers of tunes from Deep Purple, Nazareth, Blue Oyster Cult, and Bob Seger. The four members of Metallica were joined by a quartet of backing musicians who provided additional percussion, keyboards, strings and vocal harmony.

The event raised $1.3 million, which went to food banks in cities the band played on its then-current "WorldWired" tour and carefully selected community colleges throughout the country.

The band posted a message on Metallica.com, which read:

We're excited to announce the date of our third Helping Hands Concert & Auction as we invite you to join us in Los Angeles on December 16, 2022, for a very special show benefiting All Within My Hands. It has been a few years since we connected in person for this unique event, so we want to get on your calendar now!

We're excited to share all the amazing things the Foundation has accomplished and we are inspired to look toward the future. Of course, we'll cap it all off with a full night of live music!

We hope you will join us for the celebration; keep watching this site and our socials for more details coming soon.

Metallica next performs on September 24th at Central Park at Global Citizen Festival.

Demi Lovato is done making documentaries about her life.

The singer recently told Alternative Press, "Honestly, I'm really sick of watching myself, and I think other people probably are too."

The 30-year-old star of three documentaries about her struggles with addiction added, "I wish I would have waited until I had my s–t figured out more because now it's cemented. Sobriety is what works for me and nothing else."

Lovato's eighth studio album just debuted at the top of the rock charts.

HOLY FVCK lands at #1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums Chart, #1 on the Top Rock Albums Chart, #1 on Top Alternative Albums Chart, #7 on the Billboard 200 Chart, and #4 on the Top Album Sales Chart.

Robert Plant chatted with Rolling Stone about his past, present, and future -- including his current road dates with Alison Krauss. When pressed about when he realized he had finally "made it," the Led Zeppelin icon explained, "It was when I went to the first rehearsal with the Yardbirds, and I was 19, soon to be 20. I had suggested to Jimmy Page that the drummer that he'd lined up was just nowhere near the dynamism of John Bonham (who) was a totally different thing altogether. . . When the two of us drove down to London in John's mum's van, which we borrowed, in that room, on that afternoon, when we kicked in with a bunch of songs that nobody really knew, 'Train Kept A-Rollin,'' I knew that I was in a room full of giants, really, and that was it."

Plant went on to recall, "By 1973, what happened in that one room had exploded into some of the most adventurous non-rock rock that you could ever wish to find, and it was just the sum of the parts. Those guys were just insanely good. And it was as if everybody had just been waiting for each other with whatever happened prior to that. It was just like, bang!"

He went on to talk about not only the force of Led Zeppelin -- but his own particular talents at the time: "There was a panic of responsibility in the '70s, believe it or not. There was nowhere to hide at all in a four-piece band, and so there were great days and there were days that weren't so good, and I would have to push through. Our itineraries were pretty demanding, and sometimes it really would take it out of my voice. A lot of what I was singing was really at the top of my capacity, right at the sharp end of what I could ever possibly do with the keys that we were playing music in."

Regarding his penchant for following his own muse since John Bonham's death, Robert Plant revealed, "By 1980, that whole idea was long over and gone. From then on, I made a lot of departures, and I have no embarrassment about them. They were all rather silly adventures, but they kept me thinking, or just falling upon melody. Today, I'm three days off playing at the biggest festival in Europe (Glastonbury), and I'm going be pretty melodic."

Robert Plant explained that looking beyond the Western world for inspiration made all the difference in Led Zeppelin's music: "Well, I think we always changed the musical attitudes with every record that we made, therefore, out gave us a bit of a hike to have some continuity over a period of time. Because, we didn't play the same music for nine albums. We were constantly experimenting, and Jimmy (Page) and I traveled through India and Morocco, and Jimmy spent time in Egypt, and his reflections came out in the music. So, I guess we were fortunate because our travels really influenced the way that we wrote."

Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the Video Music Awards Sunday (August 28th) night and rewarded fans for their support.

During her acceptance speech for Video of The Year, the singer announced that her next album will drop on October 21st. In addition to the coveted Video of The Year prize, "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) won Best Long Form Video and Best Direction.

Other big winners for the night included the Red Hot Chili Peppers who were honored with both the Global Icon Award and Best Rock and Nicki Minaj who performed, co-hosted and won both Best Hip Hop and the Video Vanguard Award.

Minaj received a standing ovation for her career-spanning medley including "Roman's Revenge," "Monster," "Beez in the Trap," "Chun-Li," "Moment 4 Life," "Super Bass," "Anaconda," and "Super Freaky Girl."

In a surprising move, Johnny Depp made his first post-trial appearance as the virtual MTV Moonman in post-commercial sequences, jokingly announcing that he "needed the work."

Other Notable Highlights:

• Presenter DJ Khaled struggled to read the propter before giving up, whipping his glasses off, and declaring, "I gotta be me."
• BLACKPINK made their VMA debut, performing "Pink Venom" and Lisa became the first solo artist to win best K-Pop. The rest of the group supportively stood up and flashed heart symbols as she made her acceptance speech.
• Harry Styles could not accept his Moonman trophy in person because he was performing in New York City at Madison Square Garden.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith dedicated their Global Icon Award win to "brother" Taylor Hawkins.
• Lizzo revealed that she doesn't "clap back" at her haters "cause b*tch, I'm winning!"
• Kane Brown made his VMA debut with a performance of "Grand" from Fort Lee, New Jersey. He is the first county artist to perform at MTV's award show.
• Anitta had her first ever VMA performance and became the first Brazilian artist to ever win a VMA.
• Bad Bunny won Artist Of The Year as he took the stage at Yankee Stadium. He appeared to kiss a male dancer during his live performance of "Tití Me Preguntó".

Winners:

• GLOBAL ICON AWARD: Red Hot Chili Peppers
• VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD: Nicki Minaj
• VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Taylor Swift – "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)"
• BEST NEW ARTIST: Dove Cameron
• BEST ROCK: Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Black Summer"
• ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Bad Bunny
• SONG OF THE SUMMER: Jack Harlow – "First Class"
• BETS HIP-HOP: Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – "Do We Have A Problem?"
• BEST LATIN: Anitta – "Envolver"
• VIDEO FOR GOOD: Lizzo – "About Damn Time"
• BEST K-POP: LISA – "LALISA"
• BEST ALBUM: Harry Styles – Harry's House
• BEST LONGFORM VIDEO: Taylor Swift – "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)"
• BEST COLLABORATION: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – "INDUSTRY BABY"
• PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR: December 2021: SEVENTEEN – "Rock With You"
• BEST METAVERSE PERFORMANCE: BLACKPINK The Virtual | PUBG
• BEST ALTERNATIVE: Måneskin – "I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE"
• SONG OF THE YEAR: Billie Eilish – "Happier Than Ever"
• BEST POP: Harry Styles – "As It Was"
• BEST R&B: The Weeknd – "Out Of Time"
• BEST CINEMATOGRPAHY: Harry Styles – "As It Was"
• BEST DIRECTION: Taylor Swift – "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)"
• BEST ART DIRECTION: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – "INDUSTRY BABY"
• BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – "INDUSTRY BABY"
• BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Doja Cat – "Woman"
• BEST EDITING: ROSALÍA – "SAOKO"
• GROUP OF THE YEAR: BTS

Boadcast Audio:

In clip one, Dove Cameron Wins Best New Artist.

• "Thank you so much. I'm so floored, I'm so moved. This is so wild to be here with so many artists, these are some of my favorite artists up here. This year has been so wild and I have no explanation for it except that I have you guys to thank. I know that. I want to dedicate this to all of the queer kids out there, who don't feel like they can take up space and inhabit the fullness of who they are, thank you for getting an overtly queer song onto maintstream radio. Thank you for supporting me as the person and the artist that I am. I hope that in that way you have also given that same privilege to yourself. I love you so much, thank you MTV, thank you Columbia Records, thank you guys, thank you, thank you." (1:00 OC: . . .thank you, thank you.)

In clip two, Johnny Depp appears as Moonman.

• "You know what? I needed the work."

In clip three, Lil Nas X accepts Best Collab.

• "(Lil Nas X) And this one is for the champions. (Jack) Yo, I know we both won this award but I want to say take a minute to say thank you to Nas. Obviously this song started with him, so I am super grateful for the opportunity, the chance... I told you. (Lil Nas X) Wow. I am up here like, half naked, but, look, I want to say something. I really appreciate you, MTV, you know, I worked really hard last year, you know, me and my boy Jack. Thank you for the love, and hopefully I am back up here and I have something better to say. But I love y'all and I'll see you all on the Montero tour." (1:21 OC: . . .the Montero tour.)

In clip four, Lizzo addressed the press during acceptance speech for Video For Good.

• "And now, to the... that got something to say about me in this press. You know what? I'm not going to say nothing. They be like, Lizzo, why don't you clap back? Why don't you clap back? Because... I am winning. Big... be winning... That's revenge. It's your paper. Say less."

In clip five, More Weird Johnny Depp.

• "I want you guys to know that I'm available for birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings, wakes, any old thing you need. Anything. You name it. So... oh, I'm also a dentist."

In clip six, Nicki Minaj Speech.

• "Let me tell you something, I don't want, I don't want them to start rolling the music on me, but I never, ever in my life have written a speech, and today, I jotted, like, something down on my phone, and I give my phone to Joe, and he is not up here with it, which is sad, because now I don't remember stuff. Well, first of all, I want to say to everyone in here, God bless you and thank you. Give it to me. Where is it? Who has it, Joe? Oh."

In clip seven, Nicki Minaj wins Best HipHop.

• "Okay, you guys, I want to make this really quick. Now, earlier I was talking about artists who worked with me at the beginning stage of my career, and I left a few people out, going to name them really quick. Will I Am, Fergie, Taylor Swift who had a huge part in Super Bass, Elton John, an icon, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Puffy... I've got to shout out New York City. All the artists that have helped put up on the map from the beginning. Salt N Pepa, Kind N Play, Nas, 50, LL, G Unit, but this award is for this, so I want to thank Lil Baby. And P. Oh, and tonight, and someone special to me, if you guys know, you know, Fendi, thank you for being there for me, for believing in me and seeing something in me when no one else did. I love you, thank you. And you guys, the Barbz voted, so this is for the Barbz." (1:26 OC: . . .is for the Barbz.)

In clip eight, RHCP Global Icon Award speech.

• "(Anthony) I did want to thank the sassy mistress known as MTV for supporting us for a thousand years and more, I also want to think planet Earth and the people of planet Earth for listening and caring and paying attention to what we do. It's a blessing. But really, really, really, I want to thank Flea and John and Chad Smith, Chad... Gaylord Smith, for giving me a purpose in my life for the last 40 years, I would have been a freeloading disaster in space if not for these boys, thank you, boys come up for giving me something to do with my life. (Chad) Hey, everybody. We try to make some cool visual art to go to our music, and thank you MTV for supporting it for all these years. It's a real honor to be here. In front of you guys. Thank you so much. There is another musical icon, global icon, and his name is my brother, Taylor Hawkins, and I want to dedicate this to Taylor and his family. I love him and I miss him every day. Play on, Hawk, play on. (Flea) ...Hawk. To my bandmates, I love you so much. To my wife, melody, I love you. To my children, Sonny and Clara, I love you. To everyone of you out there watching on TV, I love you. I love cockroaches and dirt and every human being in the... and birds in the sky and love, and everything that isn't love is cowardice, I love you, thank you so much for your support, thank you." (2:20 OC: . . .your support, thank you.)

In clip nine, Taylor Swift accepts Best Longform Video.

• "Before this I had directed and written my music videos but I had never made a short film before, and so I want to first start out by saying thank you to Sadie Sink. Dylan o'Brien. My amazing cinematographer. My producer. And the rest of our incredible crew for trusting me, for lending me their brilliance, their talent, their time. We put our entire hearts into this, trying to make something that might be worthy of the love that you, the fans, have shown this song. Thank you for this beautiful indication that we did something right. Love you guys."

In clip ten, Taylor Swift thanks fans Announces New Album.

• "I'm so honored to have been recognized alongside such amazing artists and directors in this category, and I just want to say I am so heartened by the fact that, for the first time in VMA history, four of the directors nominated in this video of the year category are women. We love you. You guys, I'm just so proud of what we made, and I now that every second of this moment that we wouldn't have been able to make this short film if it weren't for you, the fans. Because I wouldn't be able to rerecord my album if it weren't for you. You emboldened me to do that. And I had sort of made up my mind that if you were going to be this generous and give us this... I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you... that my brand new album comes out October 21st. And I will tell you more at midnight." (1:44 OC: . . .more at midnight.)

Coldplay has marked Friday's (August 26th) 20-year anniversary of the release of their sophomore album, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, with the release of an upgraded 4K version of the iconic video for "The Scientist," which has been restored and re-graded from the original 35mm film rushes. The 4K version is available to watch now on the song's original YouTube link, where the video has already accumulated more than one billion views.

The entire album -- which featured the singles "In My Place," "The Scientist," "Clocks" and "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" -- has also been newly mixed for Dolby Atmos. The Dolby Atmos version is available to listen now on Apple Music, Amazon and TIDAL.

Coldplay have also contributed memories about the album and its recording to Spotify, which can be viewed over on the band's This Is Coldplay playlist.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head has since sold over 17 million copies worldwide.

Frank lero of My Chemical Romance has teamed up with a few other artists to form a new group called L.S. Dunes.

Other band members include Travis Stever of Coheed and Cambria. Anthony Green from Circa Survive and two members from Thursday… Tim Payne and Tucker Rule.

Through a press release, Rule said, "We wanted to do something where you can hear all our bands in it and yet, not have it sound like any one in particular."

The new single, "Permanent Rebellion" is out now and the album will be released on November 11.

L.S. Dunes have announced a short run of North American tour dates, kicking off at Riot Fest in Chicago on September 16th and wrapping up in Baltimore on November 30th.

My Chemical Romance is currently touring North America as well.

TL;DR:

• Members of My Chemical Romance, Coheed and Cambria, Circa and Thursday formed a band called L.S. Dunes.
• Album out next month as well as a tour.