On November 30, 2009 Durst revealed in a Kerrang! article that the new album would be titled Gold Cobra and would be released early 2010 (though later delayed until mid-2011) through Interscope. Durst told Kerrang Magazine in December 2009 that the album will feature 10 songs with interludes/segues between the songs. In a series of radio interviews Fred revealed that Wes Borland came up with the album name "Gold Cobra". Regarding the albums first single, Durst stated: "We are getting a little grief from the big wigs as to what single 'they' want out first. Obviously 'we' are pushing for Douchebag. If they choose to run with something else we will figure out a way to release it anyway." On March 29 Durst stated that eighteen songs are recorded and are currently in the process of being mixed, but noted that not all songs will make the album.
After the recording of Gold Cobra, Limp Bizkit performed a number of U.S. shows including 98 Rock Fest, Rock on the Range, Beale Street Music Festival, EdgeFest 20, and Buzzfest. On May 10 the band performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Following the festival shows, the band was scheduled to embark on a full U.S. tour in July, but was postponed to fall 2010 due to the bands desire to play arenas instead of amphitheaters. Starting in August and into the fall the band performed a full European tour. The band was also scheduled for a South American tour, but was canceled due to a neck injury sustained by Fred Durst while performing in Warsaw, Poland.
In May 2010, Limp Bizkit played a free show in New York City. On April 30, 2010, Durst posted the song "Why Try" via the band's official website. Due to delays, Durst decided to post a second song on August 7, 2010 for fans waiting for Gold Cobra, titled "Walking Away" through a blog on their official site. On March 14, 2011, Durst hinted at a possible seventh album for the band by announcing via Twitter that the mixed songs would make up the track lists for more than one album: "Obviously we have two albums here, in case you didn't pick up on that. First one is Gold Cobra. Due soon." These two separate albums were later confirmed on March 18, the same day that Durst tweeted the word finished, along with a video, saying that the album had been completed.
On April 8, Fred Durst (via twitter) informed fans that a meeting between the band and their record label (Interscope) had taken place. Fred described the meeting to have 'went awesome', and gave the official release date for the upcoming Gold Cobra, that being June 28, 2011. This was later confirmed by Interscope. Durst concluded his tweet by saying 'Time for videos.' Just days later on April 12, when asked by a fan via Twitter 'when is the single going to be released?', Durst replied with "they say the singles come soon in May." The first single "Shotgun" was then released on iTunes. A second single "Gold Cobra" has been leaked onto the band's facebook page. The album proper came with 13 songs.
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