THE BOXER REBELLION (UK)
UK alternative rockers the Boxer Rebellion have returned with new album Union, released in Australia this September, four years after their stunning 2005 debut Exits. They’ve spent this year on headline and festival tours across the UK, Europe, and the US, where their Los Angeles and New York debut performances sold out in a matter of days. Formed in London, United Kingdom around 2001, Union was exclusively released via iTunes with the lead single Evacuate (previously a limited edition vinyl release in 2008) hosted as "iTunes single of the week". The album peaked at #4 in the iTunes UK top 100 album chart, and reached #2 in the alternative chart (second to Kings of Leon's late 2008 Only by the Night), both within 5 days of its release. Due to the lack of a physical copy, Union could not enter the official UK chart based on downloads alone despite high charting positions, a situation which achieved media coverage in the NME, The Daily Telegraph and The Evening Standard.
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