Blue Monday (date) Blue Monday (date) Blue Monday is a name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first publicised as part of a 2005 press release from holiday company Sky Travel, which claimed to have calculated the date using an equation. It takes into account weather conditions and thus only applies to the Northern Hemisphere. The idea is considered pseudoscience, with its formula derided by scientists as nonsensical. This date was published in a press release under the name of Cliff Arnall, at
Blue Monday (band) What's Done Is Done and the subsequent touring brought Blue Monday to the attention of seminal modern hardcore label Bridge Nine Records who signed them after playing the now defunct Summer Hardcore Festival Posi Numbers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In December Blue Monday entered Atomic Studios in Brooklyn New York and recorded their debut full length for Bridge Nine with Dean Baltulonis. With the release of Rewritten in the spring of 2005 Blue Monday toured with label mates Champion and Terror and completing a full US tour with bands Go It Alone and Allegiance. In October 2005 Blue Monday headed to