Gang of Four

English rock band

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2025 Band members Ted Leo and Gail Greenwood are currently active.
2025 The band announced their 'Long Goodbye' tour would be their final tour, with Jon King and Hugo Burnham joined by Ted Leo on guitar and Gail Greenwood on bass.
2025 Ted Leo became the band's guitarist, expanding the current lineup.
January 2025 David Pajo was replaced by Ted Leo in the band.
2024 Gail Greenwood and Ted Leo become current band members.
July 2024 Linda Pardee was replaced by Gail Greenwood as the band's bassist.
January 2024 Sara Lee was replaced by Linda Pardee in the reformed band.
2023 Entertainment! album was voted 49th in Rolling Stone's '100 Best Debut Albums of All Time' poll, demonstrating the band's enduring musical legacy.
2023 Linda Pardee joins the band, active until 2024.
October 2023 The band completed a UK Tour and performed at multiple festivals including the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California, and headlining Luna Fest in Coimbra, Portugal.
2022 The band toured in support of their 77-81 box set, marking their reunion.
2022 Jon King received a Grammy Nomination for the 77-81 box set.
2022 Gang of Four performed their US tour with the reunited lineup.
2021 Released compilation album 'Gang of Four 77-81' through Matador record label
2021 Hugo Burnham rejoins the band, returning to the lineup after a previous period of absence.
2021 David Pajo becomes a band member, active until 2024.
October 2021 Gang of Four announced a reunion with Andy Gill's former bandmates Jon King, Hugo Burnham, and Dave Allen, along with guitarist David Pajo of Slint, via social media.
October 2021 Jon King reformed the band with Hugo Burnham, former bassist Sara Lee, and Slint guitarist Dave Pajo.
June 2021 A tribute album 'The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four' was released in honor of Andy Gill.
2020 Thomas McNeice and John 'Gaoler' Sterry left the band.
2020 Two posthumous EPs were released after Andy Gill's death: 'This Heaven Gives Me Migraine' and 'Anti Hero', featuring some of his final studio recordings.
February 2020 Andy Gill died, effectively ending that incarnation of the band.
April 2019 Released tenth studio album 'Happy Now' through Gill Music, which charted at #21 in the UK Independent charts.
2018 The band released the album 'Complicit' with their updated lineup.
2016 Tobias Humble joins the band and contributes to the 'Happy Now' album in 2019, remaining active until 2020.
2016 Jonny Finnegan was replaced by Tobias Humble as the band's drummer.
2015 Collaborated with Herbert Grönemeyer to release 'Die Staubkorn Sammlung' EP through Membran label.
February 2015 Released ninth studio album 'What Happens Next' through Metropolis and Membran Records.
2014 Jonny Finnegan becomes a band member, active until 2016.
2014 Mark Heaney was replaced by Jonny Finnegan as the band's drummer.
2012 Andy Gill began touring using the Gang of Four name after the band's previous hiatus.
2012 John 'Gaoler' Sterry joins the band and contributes to the album 'What Happens Next' (2015), remaining active until 2020.
2012 Jon King temporarily left the band, breaking his consistent membership.
2011 Founding member Jon King left the band after disagreements with Andy Gill and was replaced by John Sterry.
January 2011 Released eighth studio album 'Content' through Grönland and Yep Roc Records, which reached #15 in the UK Independent charts and #34 in the US.

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