It really does seem that this June and July’s mini tour of Europe could be the end of Faith No More after the band posted this image on their Facebook page today:
Or maybe not…
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Full circle. Ending the reunion where the reunion began. Vale Faith No More.
And making it 30 years since it all began.
I have mixed feelings about this, i dont want it to be the end but i wouldnt wanna see them go on and it all start to get tired either.
If it is the end, what was the ‘mystery song’ all about?
And my god, the london shows are gonna be emotional, im in gonna be in a complete mess at hammersmith.
maybe it’s just their joke.In fact it must be(1981-2012)
don’t think they’d post something like that if it wasn’t an official statement. a shame really, I had built up a lot of hope and expectation by now. but still, not that surprising. I was lucky enough to get to see them twice when they started the reunion tour but it still pains me to think I won’t get another chance.
so they just posted “How many of you heathens believe in an Afterlife?” on their Facebook page about 10 minutes ago. GAHHHHH!
dear FNM… STOP TOYING WITH MY EMOTIONS!
This is possibly the name of the new Album?
They are fucking with us….
Seriously fnm, if you’re fucking with us, just say, since otherwise I’m calling in sick and getting my arse to London!
Can anyone remember what it was Patton quipped at one of the shows last year, just before the new song?
“Welcome to our wedding, or maybe our funeral?” something along those lines.
Also, the repetition of “May the dead live” in the new song.
Damn faith no more and their cryptic ways!
I wonder if Afterlife with the capital A has any significance? Could this be the name of the new album? STOP FUCKING WITH MY EMOTIONS!
It is true… Afterlife, the new album from Faith No More shall reach the climax, when it comes to the rebirth that all yee have seen.
The projected date is in December, with the first single in mid Octoberish.
It is an concept album. The members found it impossible to start and create something normal. So this is what came of it, a story about the circle we all call life.
Maybe it’s the end of the old FNM and the beginning of something new…
Ha ha what a lovely bunch of assholes. Why I came to love this band in the first place. U never know what to expect from these guys. Take it for what it is and get your asses out and see them on this tour!!
Billy on twitter: “It’s surprising that after all of these years, people haven’t learned our sense of humor.”
Billy has also commented in a tweet.
“It’s surprising that after all of these years, people haven’t learned our sense of humor.”
So yeah, it seems like they’re fucking with our heads again.
They like to make jokes. Me too.
My version of the “Faith No More Serbian Death Notice”:
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8049/fnmserbiandeathnotice.png
I was going to post something along the lines of that they are messing with us before they themselves did. Throughout their career they have done stuff like this, including at the end of the initial reunion tour when they played what was absolutely, ” our last ever show.” Or…are they messing with us on the second post? LOL
Not funny Billy…not funny. I would buy the poster though…hint, hint…
what do the top words under each of their pictures say?
What lovely bunch of fuckers
I cried a lot yesterdey but now I just love them.
Wouldn’t it be interesting if for the last encore of the last show they came out and said Faith no MOre is dead…..we introduce you to Castro Sinatra!!!! Then, they release a new album under that name…and like that, a new era is born…..just dreaming.
Yep, good ol’ FNM messing around with us… Though if it were true, I would be pissed and sad at the same time. Pissed they barely played any shows in the US, and sad to see them go forever
Although a Mr. Bungle reunion would make me forget all about FNM, he he.
For Integra: the name of the damn lucky countries in each respective script: Hungary, Russia, Poland, Czech Republic,Serbia. I like how they made the poster so “regional”.
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I admit I froze for a second, then I saw Roddy’s grin and it made me burst into laughter
SO, what comes in the Afterlife for us believers?
Someone should tell Bill he’s a little late for April Fool’s Day! Although Afterlife would be a really great name for a new album with the Second Coming Tour reference and all!
I hope this isn’t reverse-reverse psychology. If not, I agree that “Afterlife” would be a good name for a new tour or release.
If it’s not the end of FNM… is it a new beginnings?
Afterlife is either title of a new album or with Patton’s seemingly endless workload they just couldn’t figure out a way to fit the FNM juggernaut into his schedule so they’re just giving up on this renuion thing for once and for all. I remember reading a UK mag 15 years a go and the first few pages had ”what is the album of the year?” mini posters on bottom of the pages and then mid mag the big reveal of a new FNM record!!! maybe i’m just drawing a long bow here but this fucker’s gotta hope!
‘Afterlife’ is definitely the new album. It’s capitalized and Billy tweeted about people not getting the humor. I have no doubts now that this will happen. The new tour poster looks like a funeral arrangement, then bam! ‘Afterlife’ is released.
I hope it opens with the “Matador” song
A new FNM album would be huge. Never thought that could be a possibility.
Another last tour and another final show! HAHAHAHA! And another humorous marketing tool! Well done, FNM. The imminent new record will be immensely gratifying for all those concerned. We’re probably looking at a springtime release date.
Official fnm.com website is out of action at the moment…. hmmm.
I agree with solovnik. Afterlife new album. Great title. Sure it’ll be very soundtracky. Matador sounds more like a 2nd track rather than opener though
I hope you all are right and I am wrong, but I think they just capitalized “Afterlife” like someone would capitalize Heaven and Hell. I kind of doubt they would name a potential album before it was written yet. However, all the themes are perfect…AOTY was about death (per Billy), and The Mystery Song and this new talk are about ghosts/resurrection/afterlife. Looking over the last few years, I’m just not sure when they would have had the time to really get the songs together, let alone record them. So if an album is in their plans, I bet it wouldn’t be a long time yet. Plus, nothing would be guaranteed until it was done b/c without a record contract obligating them, if they all weren’t happy with whatever they make, we’ll never hear any of it! If they do make some more new songs…and if the theme is afterlife, I hope it will be a little cheerier than KFAD and AOTY…I miss Roddy’s influence on those, and besides, an afterlife should be a little happier!
The head of Malta Festival in Poznan annouced yesterday in Polish Radio that the stage will be all in white. And the Band ordered 1000 kg of flowers (to decorate it ???)
we will know from their upcoming mini-euro-tour in a few days people. surely if they don’t play anything new then we can all forget about new material and that this is the very FINAL tour!! i believe the litmus test for us Faithsters is this coming few days…hold our breaths!
hmmm, not sure I agree with you Tyler. Just to be devil’s advocate here, why would a band play a bunch of new songs if they didn’t have an album to promote? Wouldn’t it spoil the surprise for later? They would all end up on youtube etc and by the time an album came out, they would already be old.
well, some bands play new songs before a new album is even recorded, while others try to keep them as secret as possible until the album drops. it all depends on the band and their stance towards new material getting out there. I guess it’s more common for smaller bands to play new stuff early while bigger bands rely more on hype. the label probably has a say in the matter as well.
To be fair, FNM has played a few “new” songs (Caffeine, RV, The World is Yours, etc) back in the day before they had put out the album they ended up on…or in the case of The World is Yours, it never ended up on an album until after they’d split…these are all possibilities for The Mystery Song and anything else that shows up on this next wave of shows…also, I don’t think the boys are beholden to a label at this point…
Oh, and in three days, even though it sucks that I won’t be there, it’s still awesome to know that FAITH NO MORE WILL BE PLAYING LIVE SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD!!!
Cant quite believe the first london date is less than two weeks away!
I have 2 spare seat tickets – i am anxious for these to go to genuine fans who missed out, not really sure how to go about this. I’d love them to go to someone who uses this site. Any ideas how to go about this?
well… I have an idea. it includes giving a ticket to me. for free
I’d love to pay once again to see them live, but money is rather short.
My money’s on them playing some more new tracks during upcoming tour and then new album out end of the year. Fingers crossed
if they’re still alive afer all, why is it that i haven’t had news from them for the last 15 years?
@Bram – there’s plenty of Faith No More news, you doubter. Why else did you comment on this (relatively) obscure blog? Perhaps I should qualify that assertion by pointing out that there is plenty of FNM news when they’re active, which they’re currently not, as of their last gig in Brixton, UK, which I am very chuffed to have been present at, on July 10th 2012. I never thought I’d ever get to see them. And it has to be said they did blow my mind.
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Generally speaking, I really do hope they pull together an album. Album Of The Year is at best an unsatisfactory conclusion to their statement. And they DID have a statement. Having seen them live, their statement us STILL there.
It seems too wickedly appropriate that an album called Afterlife could be an appropriate comeback.
But this is FNM. The lazy sods will probably not bother. They even did a song called Why Do You Bother. It’s probably their best song. Why SHOULD they bother to do another album? No-one cares.