Faith No More The Second Coming 2009

In February 2009 Faith No More announced they would reunite for shows in the summer of that year.

The announcement in February 2009 that Faith No More was coming back together surprised many. It was not just a nostalgic reunion but a chance to see if the band could recapture the energy and creativity that made them stand out in the 1980s and 1990s music scenes.

Several factors contributed to Faith No More’s decision to reunite. The members had become distant since their break up in 1998 but reconnected at Roddy's wedding. Offers were made including to headline Download festival.

On February 19th 2009 various music press websites reported that a FNM reunion was imminent but without Jim Martin on guitar. Four days later in a press release concerning Crank: High Voltage soundtrack the last sentence read, 'and the highly anticipated reunion tour with Faith No More in Europe this summer.'

However it wasn't until February 24th that the band issued the following official statement.

During the entire 10 years that have passed since our decision to break up we’ve experienced constant rumors and requests from fans and promoters alike. Nevertheless, for whatever reason, none of us kept in regular touch, much less to discuss any possibilities of getting together.

What’s changed is that this year, for the first time, we’ve all decided to sit down together and talk about it. And what we’ve discovered is that time has afforded us enough distance to look back on our years together through a clearer lens and made us realize that through all the hard work, the music still sounds good, and we are beginning to appreciate the fact that we might have actually done something right…and so with this we’ve decided to hold our collective breaths and jump off this cliff…. BACK, GOD FORBID, INTO THE MONKEY CAGE!!!

We can only hope that the experience of playing together again will yield results erratic and unpredictable enough to live up to the legacy of FNM. Who know where this will end or what it will bring up…only the future knows. But we are about to find out!

FAITH NO MORE are:

Mike Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Bill Gould, Jon Hudson and Mike Patton.