The Proms at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport suggested "that the Proms was one of several big cultural events that many people did not feel comfortable attending" and advocated an increase in multicultural works and an effort to broaden the audience. Her comments received wide criticism in the musical world and media as being a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the Proms, with Gordon Brown even distancing himself from her remarks. In the 2009 season, which ran from 17 July to 12 September 2009, the total number of concerts reached 100 for the first time. The principal anniversary composers
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