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2025 The band receives a second nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2025 Neon Pill was nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance at the Grammys.
February 28 2025 King and Dan Tooker welcomed their second son, named Royal Tooker.
2024 Wrote original songs for London Tide stage production, adapted from Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend and directed by Ian Rickson.
2024 Scheduled to perform at 17 music festivals in Europe during summer and plan a US Tour in autumn.
2024 Elle King opened for Cyndi Lauper during her Girls Just Want To Have Fun Farewell Tour in Columbus, Ohio.
September 30 2024 The band was announced as the opening act for all stops of the North American leg of the Oasis Live '25 reunion tour.
September 23 2024 King publicly confirmed her pregnancy with her second son on Instagram and revealed she had reconciled with Dan Tooker.
September 22 2024 King announced her second pregnancy onstage during a Baby Daddy's Weekend tour stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
June 1 2024 Kicked off her European tour, to be followed by a North American tour.
May 17 2024 Released their sixth studio album 'Neon Pill'.
March 25 2024 King revealed that she and Dan Tooker had ended their relationship.
January 19 2024 Performed at the Grand Ole Opry to honor Dolly Parton's 78th birthday while intoxicated, leading to an apology from the venue.
January 19 2024 Released single 'Neon Pill', their first new music after five years, produced with John Hill.
2023 Toured Europe with 26 dates in September-October in support of I Inside the Old Year Dying.
2023 Giovanni Ferrario rejoins the band after a previous stint from 2006-2009.
2023 Elle King starred in 'Daddy Daughter Trip', portraying a Female Farmer
2023 Elle King opened for Melissa Etheridge during her Summer Tour.
2023 The White Stripes are first nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility, though not inducted.
January 2023 Ranked number 145 on Rolling Stone's list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
January 5 2023 Lead singer Matt Shultz was arrested in New York on charges of felony firearm possession at The Bowery Hotel.
2022 Elle King launched her A-FREAKIN-MEN Tour and opened for Chris Stapleton on his All-American Road Show.
2022 Elle King was nominated for the Grammy Awards Best Country Duo/Group Performance for 'Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)' with Miranda Lambert.
April 2022 Published a book-length narrative poem titled Orlam.
2021 Elle King was nominated for the Country Music Association Awards Musical Event of the Year for 'Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)' with Miranda Lambert.
September 1 2021 King gave birth to her first son, Lucky Levi Tooker.
2020 Elle King acted in the film 'Love, Weddings & Other Disasters', playing the character Jordan
2020 Elle King won the Academy of Country Music Awards Music Event of the Year for 'Fooled Around and Fell in Love', a collaboration with Caylee Hammack, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, and Tenille Townes.
2020 Elle King appeared in the comedy special 'Rob Schneider: Asian Momma, Mexican Kids', performing 'In Dreams' by Roy Orbison
2020 Elle King appeared in the television episode 'The Gators' of 'Pete the Cat', playing the role of Garnet Gator
2020 Won second Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for 'Social Cues' at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
October 9 2020 King became engaged to tattoo artist Dan Tooker after dating for one year.
2019 Composed score for Shane Meadows' miniseries The Virtues, broadcast on Channel 4.
2019 Elle King launched her Shake The Spirit Tour and opened for Miranda Lambert on the Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars Tour and Joan Jett & Heart on the Love Alive Tour.
2019 A biography titled 'Nine Parts Water, One Part Sand: Kim Salmon and the Formula For Grunge' was released.
November 8 2019 Released A Dog Called Money, a film documenting her and Seamus Murphy's travels, in UK cinemas and online.
April 19 2019 Released fifth album 'Social Cues' via RCA Records.
March 2018 Released song 'Sorry For Your Loss' with John Parish as a tribute to singer-songwriter Mark Linkous.
2017 Mick Harvey and the 2015-2017 collaborators depart from the band.
2017 Released a live album 'Unpeeled'. Won their first Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for 'Tell Me I'm Pretty'.
June 2017 Collaborated with Egyptian musician Ramy Essam on charity single 'The Camp' to benefit displaced children in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley.
May 15 2017 King filed a divorce petition against Andrew Ferguson.
April 23 2017 Andrew Ferguson was arrested on one count of felony domestic violence in Los Angeles County, California.
March 6 2017 Premiered the single 'Wild Love', marking a departure from her previous musical style.
2016 Elle King opened for Maroon 5 on their Maroon V Tour and the Dixie Chicks on their DCX MMXVI World Tour.
November 2 2016 Performed 'Different for Girls' with Dierks Bentley at the 50th CMA Awards, winning Musical Event of the Year.
June 2 2016 Harvey shared a new music video for 'The Orange Monkey', directed by Seamus Murphy using footage from their trips to Afghanistan.
February 14 2016 Elle King married Andrew 'Fergie' Ferguson in a whirlwind romance, having met only three weeks prior in a London hotel lobby and getting engaged 12 days after meeting.
January 21 2016 The debut single 'The Wheel' from The Hope Six Demolition Project was played on Steve Lamacq's show on BBC Radio 6 Music.
2015 Alain Johannes, Enrico Gabrielli, Alessandro Stefana, Terry Edwards, and Kenrick Rowe join the band, expanding its musical complexity.

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