00s rock band announces surprise reunion two decades after ‘irreconcilable’ fallout

It’s been 20 years since the post-hardcore radical Million Dead announced they would beryllium parting ways owed to ‘irreconcilable differences’.

While frontman Frank Turner, 42, has gone connected to bask an unthinkable solo vocation with 10 workplace albums to his name, fans person been pleading for Million Dead to return.

Finally, the Next Storm vocalist has revealed he’s getting the set backmost unneurotic with each 5 erstwhile members forming the reunion lineup.

London-based Million Dead was founded successful 2000 by Cameron Dean and Julia Ruzicka, with Ben Dawson and Frank joining soon after.

In 2004, Cameron near and was replaced by Tom Fowler until the radical abruptly divided the pursuing year, stating they would ‘rather permission a good-looking corpse.’

Two decades on, it turns retired the set has nary representation of wherefore they ever divided up, contempt telling fans astatine the clip their reasoning was ‘personal and assured’.

‘In September 2005, the set Million Dead came to an extremity aft playing their past amusement successful Southampton,’ Frank wrote connected societal media with a caller teaser video.

‘In March 2024, we each met up for a brew and realised we couldn’t truly retrieve wherefore we broke up.

‘So successful 2025, to people our 20th anniversary, each 5 members are going to beryllium coming backmost unneurotic to play a fistful of shows. We’re beauteous excited, we anticipation you are too. See you adjacent year.’

It’s not known if this reunion includes caller music, with Million Dead having released 2 albums earlier their split.

Their debut medium A Song To Ruin peaked astatine 14 connected the UK Indie Chart successful 2003, though it failed to interruption the Top 100 medium illustration astatine the time.

In the years since, Million Dead has gained a cult following, partially acknowledgment to Frank’s solo success.

In 2005, the set said: ‘Million Dead are breaking up. After 4 years and 2 albums, we person mutually decided that this is the champion happening to do.

‘Irreconcilable differences wrong the set mean that it would beryllium intolerable to proceed and anyway, we’d alternatively permission a good-looking corpse. Our reasons are idiosyncratic and assured.’

Six years aft the split, Frank told Punk Ska Press that helium was ‘very arrogant of each the music’ Million Dead had released.

‘It came to an end. The existent process of that extremity wasn’t precise fun,’ helium explained. ‘I wouldn’t beryllium doing what I’m doing now, if I hadn’t done Million Dead before. I’m gladsome it happened.

‘Once the extremity of Million Dead rolled around, I conscionable didn’t privation to beryllium successful a set anymore. The past twelvemonth of Million Dead was conscionable murderous. Four radical who privation to termination each other, sat successful a van driving astir Europe… it’s nary fun.’

Despite the archetypal atrocious blood, Frank and the afloat enactment up volition beryllium heading connected the roadworthy adjacent twelvemonth – hopefully this clip it’s a small little ‘murderous’.

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