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===Line-up changes: 2011β2013=== [[File:USMC-110128-M-5623T-273.jpg|thumb|right|Todd Harrell, Brad Arnold and Matt Roberts performing in 2011]] 3 Doors Down released their fifth studio album, ''[[Time of My Life (3 Doors Down album)|Time of My Life]]'', on July 19, 2011. The band had previously released "When You're Young" as the first single from the album on January 10, 2011. The single reached No. 81 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. A second single from the album, "Every Time You Go" was released to digital outlets on May 23, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3doorsdown.com/profiles/blogs/every-time-you-go-available |title="Every Time You Go" Available May 23! |date=January 10, 2011 |publisher=3 Doors Down Official Website |access-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526173545/http://www.3doorsdown.com/profiles/blogs/every-time-you-go-available |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.music-chart.info/song/697018/Every-Time-You-Go|title=Every Time You Go by 3 Doors Down Chart Summary|date=March 28, 2011|publisher=music-chart.info|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719060331/http://www.music-chart.info/song/697018/Every-Time-You-Go|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref> The band embarked on a tour in July 2011 across the US, Europe, and the United Kingdom in support of the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songkick.com/artists/335962-3-doors-down |title=3 Doors Down Tour Dates 2011 |date=July 17, 2011 |publisher=SongKick |archive-date=October 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031111733/http://www.songkick.com/artists/335962-3-doors-down |url-status=live}}</ref> The album debuted (and peaked) at No. 3 on the Billboard 200,<ref name="auto1"/> with 59,800 copies sold in its first week. Beginning in May 2012, the band embarked on a six-week-long 'Gang of Outlaws Tour' with headliners [[ZZ Top]] and opener [[Gretchen Wilson]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.zztop.com/news/67891 |title=Gang of Outlaws Tour Announced Starring ZZ Top... |date=March 26, 2012 |publisher=ZZ Top Official Website |access-date=April 7, 2012 |archive-date=April 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424094214/http://www.zztop.com/news/67891 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On May 23, 2012, Matt Roberts announced he was leaving the band to focus on his health.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.3doorsdown.com/news/matt-roberts-leaves-3-doors-down/ |title=Matt Roberts Leaves 3 Doors Down |date=May 23, 2012 |access-date=May 23, 2012 |archive-date=May 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525221158/http://www.3doorsdown.com/news/matt-roberts-leaves-3-doors-down/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> He told fans in a statement, "3 Doors Down will always have a special place in my heart and it saddens me to take this time off. But my health has to be my first priority".<ref name="dead">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/matt-roberts-original-3-doors-down-guitarist-dead-at-38-251728/|title=Matt Roberts, Original 3 Doors Down Guitarist, Dead at 38|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=August 21, 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=September 21, 2019}}</ref> Guitarist Chris Henderson announced on [[Twitter]] that his former guitar tech Chet Roberts would be taking over from Matt Roberts on lead guitar. After the "Gang of Outlaws" tour finished, the band said in an interview that they were entering the studio to record three or four new songs for their first Greatest Hits album, which was released on November 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/3-doors-down-greatest-hits-collection-three-new-songs/ |title=3 Doors Down to Unleash 'Greatest Hits' Collection with Three New Songs |website=[[Loudwire]] |author=Chad Childers |date=October 5, 2012 |access-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129101530/http://loudwire.com/3-doors-down-greatest-hits-collection-three-new-songs/}}</ref> During the tail end of the Gang of Outlaws tour, they debuted a new song "One Light" which was included on the band's ''[[The Greatest Hits (3 Doors Down album)|The Greatest Hits]]''. Guitarist Chris Henderson announced on Twitter they would be back in the studio a few weeks after the tour had ended. In late 2012, the band appeared at several smaller shows including one in Huntington, NY.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gopconvention2012.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Temp-Order-of-Business1.pdf |title=2012 Republican National Convention, Order of Business |date=August 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829214211/http://www.gopconvention2012.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Temp-Order-of-Business1.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> The band performed at Download Festival 2013 at the Zippo Encore Stage on the Friday of the three-day festival. From the end of 2012 through to March 2013, 3 Doors Down went on a joint headlining tour with US rock band [[Daughtry (band)|Daughtry]] to promote Daughtry's 3rd studio album release. The cover of "In the Air Tonight" was captured and uploaded to Daughtry's official YouTube channel. The band also played the Dubai Jazz Festival in February 2013. On April 20, 2013, bassist Todd Harrell was charged with [[vehicular homicide]] for his actions the night before in Nashville, Tennessee. He was reportedly driving on [[I-40]] at high speed while under the influence of prescription medication when he caused an accident that killed 47-year-old Paul Howard Shoulders Jr. The judge in the case harshly criticized the musician's doctor in the courtroom, accusing the physician of prescribing Harrell far too many pain pills. Harrell was also charged with bringing controlled substances into a correctional detention facility. In December 2015, Harrell was sentenced to two years' imprisonment<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsmv.com/story/30789363/former-3-doors-down-bassist-sentenced-in-vehicular-homicide-case|title=Former 3 Doors Down bassist sentenced in vehicular homicide case|date=December 18, 2015|author=Sanders, Forrest|publisher=[[WSMV-TV]]|access-date=January 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234413/http://www.wsmv.com/story/30789363/former-3-doors-down-bassist-sentenced-in-vehicular-homicide-case|archive-date=January 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by six years of probation. 3 Doors Down later announced that the four scheduled shows in the U.S. for April and May had been cancelled out of respect for Shoulders and his family. The European tour with [[Prime Circle]] and the summer tour dates with [[Daughtry (band)|Daughtry]], which had been announced the day after the incident in Nashville, remained intact. On May 24, a week before the start on the European tour, Justin Biltonen, formerly of The Campaign 1984,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/6005333-The-Campaign-1984|title=The Campaign 1984|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref> was announced as the band's new bassist. The tour, starting in [[Moscow|Moscow, Russia]] began on May 31, 2013. On July 20, 2013, they played live at the [[2013 National Scout Jamboree]] at the [[Summit Bechtel Reserve]].
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