Devin Townsend
Canadian musician
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| April 2025 | Announced an indefinite hiatus from touring after the North American tour supporting the PowerNerd album. |
| March 28 2025 | Performed his rock opera The Moth live at De Oosterpoort in Groningen, Netherlands for a second consecutive night. |
| March 27 2025 | Performed the rock opera The Moth live at De Oosterpoort in Groningen, Netherlands |
| March 25 2025 | Performed the rock opera The Moth live at De Oosterpoort in Groningen, Netherlands |
| 2024 | Co-produced the album 'II: Frailty' for the Chinese progressive metal band OU, demonstrating his ongoing work as a music producer beyond his solo projects. |
| October 25 2024 | Released the studio album 'PowerNerd', which included the previously released song of the same name |
| 2023 | Mike Keneally rejoins Devin Townsend's touring band as guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist |
| 2023 | Collaborated with Acoustik Attak to release his signature 'Earthtone' guitar pick |
| October 16 2023 | Announced a new monthly podcast series via Inside Out Music's YouTube channel, focusing on real-time observations of future projects rather than analyzing past records. |
| August 23 2023 | Devin Townsend released a new song and music video called 'PowerNerd' |
| 2022 | Cancelled solo tour dates to open for Dream Theater's European Tour in early 2022, postponing the Lightwork tour until early 2023. |
| 2022 | Released solo album Lightwork and initially announced a supporting tour for April–May 2022. |
| 2021 | Darby Todd joins Devin Townsend's touring band as drummer |
| 2021 | James Leach joins Devin Townsend's touring band as bassist |
| December 3 2021 | Released double album project including The Puzzle and Snuggles, with The Puzzle based on pandemic experiences and Snuggles being a calmer companion album, both accompanied by multimedia art projects. |
| June 25 2021 | Released live album Devolution Series #2 – Galactic Quarantine, a recording of the virtual show from September 2020. |
| March 19 2021 | Released live album Devolution Series #1 - Acoustically Inclined, Live in Leeds, a recording of an acoustic show from 2019. |
| 2020 | Mike Keneally's initial period with Devin Townsend's touring band ends |
| September 5 2020 | Hosted a streaming premiere of Empath Live Volume 2, a virtual concert featuring Samus Paulicelli, Wes Hauch, Liam Wilson, and Townsend performing separately with multiple camera setups. |
| August 2020 | Announced upcoming live album releases: Empath Live Volume 1: Order of Magnitude and Empath Live Volume 2: By Request, due to COVID-19 pandemic tour cancellations. |
| April 2020 | Townsend began uploading a chronological series of podcasts on his official YouTube channel, discussing albums from his discography in monologue format. |
| March 16 2020 | Townsend launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover costs of the canceled tour, which successfully raised $80,804 against a $50,000 goal. He also initiated the 'Quarantine Project', releasing new music and collaborating with artists like Kat Epple, Samus Paulicelli, Morgan Ågren, Federico Paulovich, Ché Aimee Dorval, Mattias Eklundh, Wes Hauch, and Liam Wilson. |
| March 12 2020 | Townsend postponed the remainder of his Empath Vol. 1 North American Tour due to the coronavirus pandemic. |
| 2019 | Mike Keneally joins Devin Townsend's touring band as guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist |
| January 15 2019 | Townsend announced his album Empath, completed and scheduled for release on March 29, 2019, featuring a diverse range of musical styles and guest collaborators including Mike Keneally, Morgan Ågren, Steve Vai, Samus Paulicelli, Chad Kroeger, Anneke Van Giersbergen, Ché Aimee Dorval, and Ryan Dahle. |
| 2018 | Mooer released the Devin Townsend signature Ocean Machine pedal, featuring unique delay, reverb, and looper capabilities |
| January 31 2018 | Devin Townsend announced on Facebook that he was taking a break from the Devin Townsend Project and focusing on other musical projects, including four previously announced albums. |
| November 2017 | Simplified his equipment setup, choosing to use a single Axe Fx 2XL+ for his entire audio chain |
| October 30 2017 | Announced he was working on four new albums. |
| March 17 2017 | Devin Townsend Project performed Ocean Machine live in its entirety at Hammersmith Apollo. |
| September 9 2016 | Released the album Transcendence. |
| January 2016 | Introduced a signature set of Fishman pickups at the NAMM Show and a signature Framus guitar with original body shapes |
| January 15 2016 | Casualties of Cool is re-issued worldwide, including a DVD with live footage from the 2014 Union Chapel concert in London. |
| December 11 2015 | Announced via Twitter that he was recording vocals for a song by Steve Vai. |
| April 13 2015 | Devin Townsend performs the Z2 show at the Royal Albert Hall, marking the beginning of a planned year-long hiatus to recharge and seek inspiration. |
| 2014 | Recorded a poppy-sounding song in Los Angeles with producer Brian Howes, which he ultimately decided against releasing due to feeling it was contrived. |
| October 27 2014 | Z2 album is released, consisting of two discs: Sky Blue (Devin Townsend Project) and Dark Matters (Ziltoid). |
| May 2014 | Recording process for Z2 album begins. |
| May 14 2014 | Casualties of Cool is released to the public. |
| November 2013 | Casualties of Cool album is completed, with a bonus disc containing leftover material and unreleased tracks from Ghost 2. |
| August 2013 | First episode of Ziltoid Radio, a satirical radio show hosted by Ziltoid, is aired on TeamRock Radio as part of the Z2 project. |
| 2012 | Announced he was expanding his guitar lineup to include Sadowsky Telecaster models and Framus semi-hollow body guitars |
| 2012 | Devin Townsend begins working on the album Casualties of Cool, featuring Ché Aimee Dorval on vocals and Morgan Ågren on drums. |
| 2012 | Plays bass on the debut Bent Sea album Noistalgia and produces the record. |
| October 27 2012 | Performs The Retinal Circus, a 3-hour show covering his musical career at Roundhouse in London. |
| September 18 2012 | Releases Epicloud, the fifth album under the Devin Townsend Project, featuring Anneke van Giersbergen. |
| November 13 2011 | Performs Ghost at the Union Chapel in Islington as the final show of the 'By a Thread: Live in London 2011' series. |
| November 12 2011 | Performs Deconstruction at the University of London Union as part of the 'By a Thread: Live in London 2011' series. |
| November 11 2011 | Performs Addicted at the University of London Union as part of the 'By a Thread: Live in London 2011' series. |
| November 10 2011 | Begins 'By a Thread: Live in London 2011' concert series, performing Ki at the University of London Union. |
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