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.
• 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)
• 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]
• Mucky Pup (touring and new live CD & DVD releases)^[16]
• Noise Addict (New album)^[17]
• Phish (new album and tour)^[18]
• Public Image Ltd. (touring for 30th anniversary)^[19]
• The Scene Aesthetic (new album and tour)^[20]
• Screeching Weasel
• 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]

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.
• Flickerstick
• Fordirelifesake
• The Getaway Plan^[34]
• Hanoi Rocks^[35]
• Houston Calls^[36]
• Have Heart^[37]
• Juliette and the Licks^[38]
• Liquido^[39]
• Live^[40]
• Louis XIV
• Mammal^[41]
• Oasis (band)
• Oxford Collapse^[42]
• Peter, Paul and Mary
• Pride Tiger
• The Rakes^[43]
• The Rascals^[44]
• Silver Jews^[45]
• Subzero^[46]
• Verse^[47]
• The Verve^[48]
• Violent Femmes^[49]

Bands on hiatus

• (+44)
• 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

1. "Report: "Blink-182 Confirm Reunion On Grammy Stage". MTV. 2009-02-08. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
2. Singer Page leaves Barenaked band
3. Warped Tour dates announced
4. http://www.punknews.org/article/34892
5. http://www.aclfestival.com/
6. Itzkoff, Dave (November 12, 2009). "Tyler Says He Is Not Quitting Aerosmith". The New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
7. Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts
8. Dead Weather: Jack White's newest stripe
9. "Who Is Hunter?". Noise Press. Retrieved 2009-04-14
10. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=859492
11. http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article/1373/Cold-Lead-Singer-Explains-Reunion-
12. "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.
13. Frodus
14. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=5043539&blogID=463518985
15. http://www.myspace.com/matchbookromance
16. http://www.muckypup.com/content/tour_stories/
17. http://noiseaddict.net
18. http://www.phish.com/tourdates/
19. http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=9198_John_Lydon_Reforms_Public_Image_Limited
20. "The Scene Aesthetic Is Getting Back Together" AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved on December 26, 2008.
21. http://www.nme.com/news/skunk-anansie/46393
23. http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=8833_Powderfinger_to_Headline_Homebake
25. http://www.animalalpha.com/
26. http://www.decoymusic.com/news_posts/28114
27. http://www.myspace.com/ascitiesburn
28. http://www.spinner.com/2009/10/13/blue-cheer-founder-dickie-peterson-dead-at-61/
29. http://www.bombshellzine.com/newspage/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4464
30. http://pitchfork.com/news/34944-chin-up-chin-up-break-up/
31. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2924030&blogId=516348947
32. "Pop & Hiss". The Los Angeles Times. February 13, 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
33. http://www.altpress.com/news/ciwwafbreakup.htm
35. http://www.hanoirocks.info/news/index.htm
36. Sad to say, but it's over...
37. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=10836392&blogId=489054094
38. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2447021&blogID=463904607
39. http://www.liquido.de
40. http://allthingschadtaylor.blogspot.com/2009/11/not-ending-i-wished-for.html
42. http://pitchfork.com/news/35694-oxford-collapse-break-up/
43. http://www.nme.com/news/the-rakes/47980
44. http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/news/027b818261992950296927c0b22d37da/Rascals+singer+quits.aspx
45. http://bluegrassunderground.com/2008/12/its-hard-to-find-a-friend-the-silver-jews-are-so-underground/
46. Subzero Calling It Quits After 20 Years Together
47. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2230873&blogID=469429582
48. http://pitchfork.com/news/36192-the-verve-break-up-once-again/
49. http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=13332