The Australian band announced that they have had to postpone their tour once again.
“To all our friends and fans in the U.S., Mexico and Canada… as the world continues to re-open more and more on a daily basis, everyone in 5SOS is continuing to feel more positive… everyday!” they wrote in a note shared to social media.
“Moving forward however, it’s still important that we act with caution and safety for all. With that in mind, we will have to postpone our upcoming tour dates one more time, to a period that we can all count on,” the guys continued. “We are in the studio as we type this, so we are also happy to be working on new music to accompany the move to 2022!”
Their “No Shame Tour” was first announced at the start of 2020, but of course was delayed due to the pandemic.
As the guys said, they have been in the studio working on new music, which by the time they tour, they very well just might have two albums worth of new music to perform live. Can’t wait!!
For a complete list of the new tour dates, head to 5SOS.com!
It was also revealed that the guys have left their label, Interscope, and they have new management. They are being managed by YM&U Group’s Joel Mark and Peter Katsis.
“The key is to respect the fans and recognize they’re people like us who love music,” Joel told Billboard.
It’s been almost a year since 5SOS released their last album C A L M on March 27, 2020. Since then, Ashton also released his solo album, Superbloom.
The exciting news was picked up by the band’s fans, who noticed an Instagram post from vocal coach Valerie Morehouse.
In her post about what she’s been up to recently, she revealed that, “@5sos have a new music coming!!”
She also mentioned Ashton Irwin‘s debut solo album Superbloom, which was released in October.
This new 5SOS music news comes just nine months after releasing their last album CALM, which came out at the beginning of quarantine. It also comes a couple weeks after their big win at the ARIA Awards!
If you missed it, 5 Seconds of Summer is nominated for THREE 2020 Just Jared Jr Fan Awards- Favorite Music Group/Duo, Favorite Song of 2020 for “Teeth” and Favorite Album of 2020 for CALM. Cast your votes here!!
This marks the third time the guys have won this fan-voted award, also marking a record for the most wins in this category.
5SOS first won in 2014 for “She Looks So Perfect,” then again in 2018 for “Youngblood.”
“TEETH has been voted song of the year at the ARIA awards. We learnt so much about ourselves on the record CALM and teeth is a tribute to high energy rock shows that we all love and miss dearly,” the guys wrote in a note on Twitter.
“When you think of the song teeth, please think of going to the gig, please think of enjoying music live and loud. Thank you to our fans and family! Love always C, A, L, M.”
If you didn’t know, the ARIA Awards are held annually in Australia and are like the Australian equivalent of the Grammys!
Michael Clifford is issuing an apology after past offensive tweets resurface.
Over the weekend, the 5 Seconds of Summer guitarist’s past was dug up online and he reacted to the tweets, which used sexist, anti-gay, and offensive language.
“hi. I am so f–king sorry for all the dumb sh– I did when I was younger. I am a different person now with a much better understanding of the world. some people have access to a digital megaphone a bit earlier than they should, unfortunately, I was one of them,” he wrote in his first tweet.
“I am so sorry for hurting anyone. it was never my intention. I was so naive and I am embarrassed and I am beyond sorry. I will continue to be better and I will continue to change. I never want to hurt anyone again,” Michael added.
Michael also addressed claims that he has sexually harrassed people in crowds at concerts.
“holy sh–. i am heartbroken to read these things that are being said – they are just BEYOND untrue. i was never allowed in the crowd i only ever watched at front of house – and i would’ve never EVER done that. i wouldf NEVER do anything like that. i’m so f–king upset,” he tweeted. “i really just dont know what i can even say. people are asking me to explain but how can i explain something that i was never involved with in the first place? i truly want to give you what you’re asking from me but what more can i say?”
“this is what life was like in 2013 – please understand it wouldve been logistically impossible for me to get through a crowd at a show i just played at! im not trying to be defensive i promise this is just so completely false,” he added, along with a link to a video of the band getting mobbed by fans.
The guys – Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings and Ashton Irwin – appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden and dished how they made their “Wildflower” music video while in quarantine separately.
“Our creative director would take a green screen to a house, would disinfect it all, and then would put it at the front, and we would take it and put it up. If you’re with someone in the house, then they would film all the parts. He had a list of things to do, and then he would come back, disinfect the green screen and take it to the next band member’s house,” Luke shared.
Ashton also showed that he still has his “Late Late” tattoo that he got the last time the guys were on the show. The band also performed their song “Wildflower”, which you can see right here!
5 Seconds of Summer on ‘The Late Late Show’
Click inside to watch the “Wildflower”music video…More Here! »
The 12-track project includes their previously released songs “Wildflower,” “Easier,†“Teeth,†“No Shame,†and “Old Me.â€
“The album title came from the first letters of all of our names,†Luke told the New York Post. “And it’s also a nod to our fans that coined us that name in our early days. They’ve been using that acronym for a long time. It kind of just sums up [that] we’re a little bit older and a little bit wiser . . . But it was named before this went down, obviously.â€
“We were gonna go all over the world, do all these kinds of things, and then we just couldn’t,†he added. “But honestly, we wanted the album out really badly. We were waiting a long time for it to come out.â€
Luke has also called the album “a journey through a young man’s life, for better or for worse.†Calum adds, “These new songs feel like something we could keep playing for the next 10 years, or even beyond that. It feels like our first album—like we finally found what we’d been trying to achieve since the beginning of this band.â€
Listen to 5 Seconds of Summer‘s CALM below! You can also download it on Apple Music.
