Timeline

Works and events on a single line. Labels mark the kind, and you can filter by them.

1994
Work
EP Fourteenth Century Sky
Wikipedia
1994
Work
EP My Mercury Mouth E.P, UK No. 89
Wikipedia
1994
Society
The UK passes the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. Section 63 lets police break up outdoor night-time gatherings of 100 or more with amplified music, defining that music to include sounds characterised by repetitive beats
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1994
Live
Adam Smith starts on their live visuals at their first gig this year
Crossing Europe
19955 Jun
Work
Single Leave Home, UK No. 17
Wikipedia
199526 Jun
Work
Studio album Exit Planet Dust, UK No. 9
Wikipedia
199528 Aug
Work
Single Life Is Sweet, UK No. 25
Wikipedia
199615 Jan
Work
EP Loops of Fury, UK No. 13
Wikipedia
199630 Sep
Work
Single Setting Sun, UK No. 1
Wikipedia
199724 Mar
Work
Single Block Rockin' Beats, UK No. 1
Wikipedia
19977 Apr
Work
Studio album Dig Your Own Hole, UK No. 1
Wikipedia
19978 Sep
Work
Single Elektrobank, UK No. 17
Wikipedia
19971 Dec
Work
Single The Private Psychedelic Reel
Wikipedia
199926 May
Work
Single Hey Boy Hey Girl, UK No. 3
Wikipedia
199921 Jun
Work
Studio album Surrender, UK No. 1
Wikipedia
199923 Jul
Work
Single Let Forever Be, UK No. 9
Wikipedia
19998 Oct
Work
Single Out of Control, UK No. 21
Wikipedia
1999
Japan
First appearance at Fuji Rock. Seven appearances by 2019
Billboard JAPAN
19997 Jun
Japan
Surrender is released in Japan, two weeks ahead of the UK
Wikipedia
20006 Mar
Work
EP Music:Response
Wikipedia
2001
Work
Single It Began in Afrika, UK No. 8
Wikipedia
200214 Jan
Work
Single Star Guitar, UK No. 8
Wikipedia
200228 Jan
Work
Studio album Come with Us, UK No. 1
Wikipedia
2002
Work
Single Come with Us / The Test, UK No. 14
Wikipedia
200217 Jul
Japan
EP Come with Us/Japan Only EP
Wikipedia
200212 Nov
Work
EP AmericanEP
Wikipedia
2002
Japan
First Fuji Rock headline slot, followed by 2004, 2007 and 2011
Festival Life
200315 Sep
Work
Single The Golden Path, UK No. 17
Wikipedia (de)
200324 Nov
Work
Single Get Yourself High
Wikipedia (es)
200517 Jan
Work
Single Galvanize, UK No. 3
Wikipedia
200524 Jan
Work
Studio album Push the Button, UK No. 1
Wikipedia
20052 May
Work
Single Believe, UK No. 18
Wikipedia
200511 Jul
Work
Single The Boxer, UK No. 41
Wikipedia
200529 Nov
Work
EP Live 05
Wikipedia
2005
Technology
Push the Button is issued on copy-protected CD in some regions
Wikipedia (es)
2007
Work
Single Do It Again, UK No. 12
Wikipedia
20072 Jul
Work
Studio album We Are the Night, UK No. 1
Wikipedia
200710 Sep
Work
Single The Salmon Dance, UK No. 27
Wikipedia
20083 Aug
Work
Single Midnight Madness, UK No. 80
Wikipedia (de)
201019 Apr
Work
Single Escape Velocity
Wikipedia
20109 May
Work
Single Swoon, UK No. 85
Wikipedia
201014 Jun
Work
Studio album Further
Wikipedia
201016 Aug
Work
Single Another World
Wikipedia
2011
Work
Single Container Park
Wikipedia
201131 Jul
Japan
Their Fuji Rock headline set is filmed, becoming Adam Smith's concert film Don't Think the next year. Ed Simons said Japanese fans love their music in a way that is "quite spiritual"
Resident Advisor、NME
201230 Jul
Work
Single Theme for Velodrome, UK No. 9
Stereoboard
201226 Mar
Work
Don't Think released
Wikipedia、NME
2014
Scene
The duo receive the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection
Universal Music Canada
201521 Apr
Work
Single Sometimes I Feel So Deserted
The Chemical Brothers
20154 May
Work
Single Go, UK No. 46
Official Charts
2015
Work
Single Under Neon Lights
Wikipedia
201517 Jul
Work
Studio album Born in the Echoes, UK No. 1
Wikipedia
201612 Feb
Work
Single Wide Open
The Chemical Brothers
2016
Work
Single C-H-E-M-I-C-A-L
Wikipedia
2017
Live
"Go" becomes the live opener
The Chemical Brothers
2018
Work
Single Free Yourself
Wikipedia
2019
Work
Single MAH
Wikipedia
2019
Work
Single Got to Keep On
Wikipedia
2019
Work
Single We've Got to Try
Wikipedia
201912 Apr
Work
Studio album No Geography, UK No. 4
Wikipedia
201911 Jun
Work
Single Eve of Destruction
The Chemical Brothers
201926 Jul
Japan
Fifth Fuji Rock headline set, the most in the festival's history. The opener "Go" is played at Fuji for the first time
Festival Life、Rolling Stone Japan
201922 Nov
Work
Surrender 20th-anniversary edition, the first deluxe edition in their catalogue
SuperDeluxeEdition
2020Jan
Scene
No Geography and "Got to Keep On" win at the 62nd Grammy Awards
Billboard、Recording Academy
2020Jul
Scene
The Design Museum in London stages Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers. The duo and Smith & Lyall made its closing installation; it became the museum's most popular exhibition
The Guardian、Universal Music Canada
202123 Apr
Work
Single The Darkness That You Fear
Universal Music Canada
2021Apr
Technology
The new single "The Darkness That You Fear" premieres at Apple's spring product event
BrooklynVegan
2023
Work
Single No Reason
Wikipedia
2023
Work
Single Live Again
Wikipedia
2023
Work
Single Goodbye
Wikipedia
202321 Aug
Work
Single Skipping Like a Stone
Universal Music Canada
20238 Sep
Work
Studio album For That Beautiful Feeling, UK No. 6
Wikipedia
202326 Oct
Work
The retrospective book Paused in Cosmic Reflection, with new interviews including Noel Gallagher, Aurora and Beck
Universal Music Canada
202528 Jun
Work
Exit Planet Dust turns 30
The Chemical Brothers
20254 Dec
Work
Tom and Aurora launch TOMORA. Aurora had sung on No Geography
SPIN、The Chemical Brothers
202617 Apr
Work
TOMORA release the album Come Closer
Wikipedia、The Chemical Brothers
2026May
Technology
After its use in the Netflix film Apex, "Go" spreads across streaming and social media and reaches No. 4 in the UK
Wikipedia、The Chemical Brothers、We Rave You
202625 Jul
Japan
TOMORA play Fuji Rock. Tom also plays a surprise DJ set at Naeba Shokudo on site
FASHIONSNAP、秋田魁新報（オリコン）
20261 Oct
Japan
TOMORA at Tokyo Garden Theater (scheduled)
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