The Proms season ran from 13 July to 8 September. Early press coverage focused heavily on the fact that musical theatre star Michael Ball would be the central performer in a concert on 27 August and a concert of British film music on 14 July. This led to media accusations of "dumbing down", despite Kenyon's defence of the programme. Anniversaries marked in this Proms season included: The series also included an additional series of four Saturday matinee concerts at Cadogan Hall. The 2007 season was Kenyon's last season as controller of the BBC Proms, before he became managing director at the Barbican
Last Night in Town December 22, it was announced that the band had finished writing for "Last Night in Town". In addition, it was mentioned that recording would take place in either February or March 2001. In December 2000 and January 2001, the band went on tour with Eighteen Visions. Following this, the band went on tour with Killswitch Engage. From early to mid-March, the band went on a short US tour with Premonitions of War. On March 21, the band began recording "Last Night in Town" with producer Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage. Recording took place at Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts. On