Billy Talent is a Canadian rock band from Mississauga, Ontario.
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11 Facts About Billy Talent
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The band renamed itself Billy Talent after running into legal trouble with the old name.
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Since then, Billy Talent has made three multi-platinum records in Canada and continues to expand their success overseas; this included touring for 20 months supporting their second album.
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The Canadian band had no legal claim to their old name and thus changed it to Billy Talent, inspired by the guitarist "Billy Tallent" from Michael Turner's novel Hard Core Logo.
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Billy Talent had seen the band perform as Pezz, and he asked her to check out the band's performance at a club.
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Billy Talent's neurologist prescribed him medication that he would have to self inject three times a week, possibly for the rest of his life.
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Billy Talent kicked off their 2009 European tour on October 19, commenting before the tour that they "can't wait to come over to Europe and the UK ".
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On February 16,2010, Billy Talent released iTunes Session, over iTunes, a 7-track EP with songs from all three of the Billy Talent albums.
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On September 25,2014, Billy Talent released one of the two new songs as a single, titled "Kingdom of Zod".
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Billy Talent has received a significant amount of recognition in Canada, winning 10 awards from 32 nominations at the MuchMusic Video Awards and 7 awards from 20 nominations at the Juno Awards.
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