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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