2009 in alternative and punk rock
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The following is a list of notable events and releases in alternative and punk rock that have occurred or were expected to happen in 2009.
Events
February
- February 8
- Coldplay wins three awards including Song of the Year for Viva La Vida.
- Blink-182 announce that they are to reunite for a tour and new album.[1]
- February 18 - Kings of Leon win best international group and best international album for Only by the Night at the Brit Awards.
- February 26 – Vocalist Steven Page leaves the Barenaked Ladies.[2]
March
- March 6 through March 8 – Phish's reunion shows at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia.
April
- April 17 through April 19 – Coachella 2009
May
- May 2 to May 3 – The Bamboozle festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey
June
- June 1 – Pearl Jam are first musical guests on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, performing new songs.
- June 4 to 7 - Oasis begins the summer stadium leg of their world tour with 3 sold-out homecoming concerts at the 70,000 capacity Heaton Park.
- June 11 to 14 – Bonnaroo 2009
- June 24 to 28 – Glastonbury Festival 2009
- June 25 – July 5 – Summerfest
- June 26 – Warped Tour begins in Pomona, California[3]
- June 30 – The U2 360° Tour begins in Barcelona's Nou Camp Stadium in front of a sell out crowd.
July
- July 2 to 3 – Blur's 20 year reunion and superconcert at Hyde Park.
- July 2 to 5 – Heineken Open'er Festival in Gdynia, Poland
- July 6 – Ryan Ross and Jon Walker leave Panic! at the Disco and go on to form The Young Veins.
- July 6 to 12 – Australian Radio station Triple J holds its 'Hottest 100 of All Time' with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" coming in first for the third consecutive time a 'Hottest 100 of All Time' has been held 1991, 1998 and 2009. This is the largest music poll in the world with more than half a million people voting.
- July 9–12 – 10th EXIT festival takes place in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia, with more than 190,000 visitors.
- July 21 – shortlist announced for the 2009 Mercury Prize.
- July 22 to July 25 – 2009 10,000 Lakes Festival
- July 24 Start of blink-182's reunion tour, with Fall Out Boy and Weezer as opening acts, kicks off.
August
- August 7–9 – Lollapalooza 2009
- August 21 – Vocalist Jim Lindberg announces his departure from Pennywise.[4]
- August 28 – After another fight with his brother Liam, Noel Gallagher leaves Oasis. Initial reports shortly afterwards suggested that Oasis had broken up, but Liam later stated that they have not.
- August 28–31 – Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham, UK
- August 31 – Ingrid Michaelson kicks off her "Everybody" tour in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
September
- September 7 – Muse release their new single, "Uprising".
- September 10 – Nine Inch Nails performs their final concert in Los Angeles.
- September 13 – Green Day wins three awards at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards held in New York City at Radio City Music Hall.[citation needed]
- September 17 – Avril Lavigne and husband Deryck Whibley split after three years of marriage.
- September 21 – Fucked Up's The Chemistry of Common Life is announced winner of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.
- September 24 – Chiodos fires their lead singer, Craig Owens.
October
- October 2 through October 4 – Austin City Limits 2009[5]
- Green Day released their UK and US single "East Jesus Nowhere"
November
- November 12 – Steven Tyler announces that he is not leaving Aerosmith, dispelling rumors that the band would be in need of a new lead singer.[6]
December
- December 16 – John Frusciante announces his second departure from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- December 20 – Rage Against the Machine takes the Christmas number one slot in the United Kingdom with Killing in the Name, after a massive Facebook campaign.[7]
- December 25 – The folk singer and songwriter Vic Chesnutt commits suicide.
- December 30 – Rowland S. Howard, former guitarist for The Birthday Party, dies of cancer at age 50.
Bands formed
- Broken Bells
- Codeine Velvet Club
- Dead by Sunrise
- The Dead Weather[8]
- Hunter[9]
- Monsters of Folk
- The Pretty Reckless
- The Young Veins
Bands reformed
- Blink-182 (new album and tour)[10]
- Cold (first album and tour since their split in 2006)[11]
- The Cranberries (first tour since 2002)[citation needed]
- Faith No More (touring only)[12]
- Far (New album and tour)
- Frodus (new 7" EP and touring)[13]
- Jairus (releasing album and touring)[14]
- Matchbook Romance[15][failed verification]
- Mucky Pup (touring and new live CD & DVD releases)[16]
- Noise Addict (New album)[17][failed verification]
- Phish (new album and tour)[18][failed verification]
- Public Image Ltd. (touring for 30th anniversary)[19]
- The Scene Aesthetic (new album and tour)[20]
- Screeching Weasel[citation needed]
- Skunk Anansie (new single, greatest hits album and tour)[21]
- Sublime (one-off performance)
- Sunny Day Real Estate (album reissues and tour)[22]
- Tumbleweed (appearing at Homebake festival)[23]
- Underground Lovers (appearing at Homebake festival)[23]
- Wang Chung (new album and tour)[24][failed verification]
Bands disbanded
- Animal Alpha[25]
- Armor for Sleep[26]
- As Cities Burn[27]
- Blue Cheer[28]
- Bodyjar[29]
- Chin Up Chin Up[30]
- Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
- Copeland[31]
- The Cramps[32]
- Cute Is What We Aim For[33]
- Downset.[citation needed]
- Flickerstick[citation needed]
- Fordirelifesake[citation needed]
- The Getaway Plan[34]
- Hanoi Rocks[35]
- Houston Calls[36]
- Have Heart[37]
- Juliette and the Licks[38]
- Liquido[39]
- Live[40]
- Louis XIV[citation needed]
- Mammal[41]
- Oasis (band)
- Oxford Collapse[42]
- Peter, Paul and Mary[citation needed]
- Pride Tiger[citation needed]
- The Rakes[43]
- The Rascals[44]
- Silver Jews[45]
- Subzero[46]
- Verse[47]
- The Verve[48]
- Violent Femmes[49]
Bands on hiatus
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- Bloc Party
- Fall Out Boy
- ¡Forward, Russia!
- Nine Inch Nails (Indefinite touring hiatus)
- The Pink Spiders
- Stereolab
- Sugarcult
- The Fratellis
- The Matches
- TV on the Radio
References
- ^ "Report: "Blink-182 Confirm Reunion On Grammy Stage". MTV. 2009-02-08. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Singer Page leaves Barenaked band
- ^ Warped Tour dates announced
- ^ http://www.punknews.org/article/34892
- ^ http://www.aclfestival.com/
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (November 12, 2009). "Tyler Says He Is Not Quitting Aerosmith". The New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- ^ Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts
- ^ Dead Weather: Jack White's newest stripe
- ^ "Who Is Hunter?". Noise Press. Retrieved 2009-04-14
- ^ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=859492
- ^ http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article/1373/Cold-Lead-Singer-Explains-Reunion-
- ^ "Faith No More Reunion 'Confirmed' By Mike Patton's Publicist". Blabbermouth.net. 2009-02-24. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Frodus
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=5043539&blogID=463518985
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/matchbookromance
- ^ http://www.muckypup.com/content/tour_stories/
- ^ http://noiseaddict.net
- ^ http://www.phish.com/tourdates/
- ^ http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=9198_John_Lydon_Reforms_Public_Image_Limited
- ^ "The Scene Aesthetic Is Getting Back Together" AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved on December 26, 2008.
- ^ http://www.nme.com/news/skunk-anansie/46393
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=8833_Powderfinger_to_Headline_Homebake
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://www.animalalpha.com/
- ^ http://www.decoymusic.com/news_posts/28114
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/ascitiesburn
- ^ http://www.spinner.com/2009/10/13/blue-cheer-founder-dickie-peterson-dead-at-61/
- ^ http://www.bombshellzine.com/newspage/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4464
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/news/34944-chin-up-chin-up-break-up/
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2924030&blogId=516348947
- ^ "Pop & Hiss". The Los Angeles Times. February 13, 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ http://www.altpress.com/news/ciwwafbreakup.htm
- ^ [3]
- ^ http://www.hanoirocks.info/news/index.htm
- ^ Sad to say, but it's over...
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=10836392&blogId=489054094
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2447021&blogID=463904607
- ^ http://www.liquido.de
- ^ http://allthingschadtaylor.blogspot.com/2009/11/not-ending-i-wished-for.html
- ^ [4]
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/news/35694-oxford-collapse-break-up/
- ^ http://www.nme.com/news/the-rakes/47980
- ^ http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/news/027b818261992950296927c0b22d37da/Rascals+singer+quits.aspx
- ^ http://bluegrassunderground.com/2008/12/its-hard-to-find-a-friend-the-silver-jews-are-so-underground/
- ^ Subzero Calling It Quits After 20 Years Together
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2230873&blogID=469429582
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/news/36192-the-verve-break-up-once-again/
- ^ http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=13332