Bands Who Are Reuniting in 2018

Last week, Vinyl Bay 777, Long Island’s music outlet, took a look at artists who have decided to retire in 2018. But for every artist that is bowing out, there are others that are looking to get back into the game.

In the last couple of months alone, there have been a large handful of bands who have decided to get back together. For some of these artists, their reunion will come in the form of a tour. For others, the members came together in the studio to record new music. Whether it’s the former, the latter or both, these reunions are enough to get rock and pop fans excited.

 We here at Vinyl Bay 777 love a good reunion. That’s why we’re taking a look at some of the reunions we have to look forward to in 2018. Here are seven that we can’t wait to check out.

1.       Smashing Pumpkins: Probably the most anticipated of these reunions, the original line-up of the Smashing Pumpkins has not released music together since 2000. But that’s about to change this year. In January, photos started to surface of Billy Corgan in the studio with James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin, which created rumors that the band was putting aside their differences and getting back together. The only person missing from the reunion is bassist D’arcy Wretzky, who says her invitation to reunite was rescinded by Corgan. There is currently a countdown clock on the Pumpkins’ website indicating that (as of writing this article) something is going to be announced or released in less than two days, presumably 11 AM on February 15.

2.       L7: In September, female punk band L7 stunned everyone when they released “Dispatch from Mar-a-Lago,” their first new song in nearly 18 years. The reunion continued this week with the release of a new song, “I Came Back to Bitch” and the announcement of a short tour (There is no New York date). No full-length album has been announced yet, though singer Donita Sparks told Rolling Stone that she has written more songs.

3.       Gaslight Anthem: 2018 marks the 10^th anniversary of the Gaslight Anthem’s debut album, ‘The 59 Sound.’ In honor of the milestone, the band has announced a handful of tour dates for this summer, which includes a set at New York’s Governors Ball Music Festival. This will be the first time the band has played together since announcing their indefinite hiatus in 2015. However, this tour will probably be all we see from the band for a while. Frontman Brian Fallon told Rolling Stone in an interview that fans should not expect new music.

4.       Spice Girls (Maybe): Rumors of a Spice Girls reunion started circulating earlier this month when “Baby Spice” Emma Bunton posted a photo on Instagram of the five members posing together. News started to snowball from there with TMZ reporting that the girl group was going to tour the US and UK this year. That rumor has since been shut down by “Posh Spice” Victoria Beckem, who said in an interview with Vogue that they were only bouncing ideas off each other. Even so, fans are hoping that more will be coming from the Spice Girls camp this year. The last time all five reunited was in 2012.

5.       The Distillers: Back in January, frontwoman Brody Dalle posted a video to her Instagram of her rocking out in slo-mo with the caption “The Distillers 2018” set to new music. Following a week later, it was announced that the band would be playing their first show in 12 years at Atlanta, GA’s Shaky Knees Festival, with an entire tour announced a week after that (There is no New York date yet). There is no word yet on if there will be a new album.

6.       Sugarland: After going their own ways in 2012, country duo Sugarland announced late last year that they would be reuniting for a new album and tour. The duo released the single, “Still The Same” in December, though no date for a full album has been announced yet. The tour, however, will take place this spring / summer, with North American dates starting on May 4 and wrapping up on September 8 with a date at New Jersey’s Prudential Center.

7.       Belly: Though 1990s alt-rockers Belly began their reunion in 2016, the band has finally announced that they will be releasing their first album of new music in more than two decades this year. ‘Dove’ is set to hit shelves on April 6.

With the extreme amount of artists that have announced that they were calling it quits in 2018, there have also been a lot of bands so far who have announced their reunion. Whether it’s for a short tour or a full album, we can’t wait to see what these bands have in store for fans in the future.

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