The band toured extensively in promotion of '' Wonder Days '' , including three UK arena shows in March alongside Reef and Tax the Heat , numerous festival appearances in the summer , a run of European shows in November ( including one of the first in Paris , France following the November 2015 attacks ) , and five arena shows with Terrorvision and King King in February 2016 . Later in the year , the group released their first career-retrospective book '' Giving the Game Away : The Thunder Story '' , written by Joel McIver . The book was launched at the Louder Than Words Festival in Manchester on 12 November 2016 , where the band performed a short acoustic set and spoke with McIver live . The follow-up to '' Wonder Days '' was announced in December to be '' Rip It Up '' , which would be released the following February and supported by a UK tour starting in March . The album reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart , marking the highest position achieved by the band since '' Laughing on Judgement Day '' reached number 2 in 1992 . Thunder performed their first shows ever in Australia shortly after the album 's release , before returning to Europe in April for a string of dates
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