Their song "Up In The Air" was sent up to the International Space Station aboard a resupply capsule. Meanwhile (perhaps as a result), the official lyrics video for the song is composed of breathtaking time-lapsed footage from the ISS of the Earth below.
Overcoming the EMI Lawsuit and being able to release This Is War despite the odds. That itself, and the fact the album was still released alongside the documentary Artifact makes it better.
A bigger example? EMI disbanded after the lawsuit.note Despite what this wording may imply, the lawsuit wasn't the reason why EMI dissolved; the label had been suffering from financial mismanagement for decades, and by the 2010's they had reached a point where they weren't reasonably able to recoup the tremendous losses they had suffered. Still the fact that a multinational conglomerate which had been running since 1931 was outlived by a band they were caught in a high-profile legal battle with is pretty damn impressive on the band's part.
