The Reunion Bandwagon

The band reunion train is charging on through 2011 and still showing no signs of slowing down. You’d have to be living in a dark hole to have escaped the news of Stone Roses reforming this week; and just prior to that we were granted an early Christmas present in the shape of 90s UK pop band Steps announcing they wanted to remind us of the joys of their back catalogue.

Band reunions are nothing new, but there has been a definite increase in the past few years. Here’s a look back at some of the most notable ones of recent times with a bit of a ‘before and after’ theme:

Rage Against the Machine

1991

Performing in California (apparently their first public performance):

2010

Performing at their free London show:

Blink 182

2000

Performing at Reading Festival:

2011

Performing in Canada:

Blur

1994

Performing Girls and Boys at Glastonbury:

2009

Performing at the tiny Rough Trade East – their first public performance after they announced the reunion:

Pavement

1994

Poster from Oregon show:

2010

Poster from London reunion show:

Pulp

1995

Playing Common People at Glastonbury:

2011

Reunited at Glastonbury 16 years later:

Today the news was broken that Westlife have announced their split (after one last tour), but never fear *calculates average time the above bands spent apart before reforming*, give it ~7 years and they’ll be back…

If this trend continues, which bands would you like to see reform? Let us know in the comments section below!

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