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==The Signs==

{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = The Signs
| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = Chicago, Illinois 
| alias               =
| genre               = {{Flat list|
(contracted; show full)|landscape       =
|background      = group_or_band
|alias           =
|origin          = Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota<br>U.S.A.
|genre           = {{Flat list|
* Pop rock
* pop

* neo-soul
* alternative rock <small>(early)</small>
* funk rock <small>(early)</small>
* R&B <small>(early)</small>
* blue-eyed soul <small>(early)</small>⏎
}}
|years_active    = 2005–present
|associated_acts = One Republic, Justin Timberlake, John Mayer, Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Pharrell Williams, Ryan Tedder, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Usher, Gwen Stefani, Nate Ruess, Wiz Khalifa, K'Naan, Gavin DeGraw, Neon Trees, Owl City
|label           = {{Flat list|
* Interscope
* Pop Eclectic
* Polydor
* Island 
* A&M/Octone
* J Records}}
|website         = 
|current_members = River Stumpf<br>Matthew Spooner<br>Adam Spooner<br>Mitchell Spooner
|past_members    = PJ Morton<br>Michael Spooner
}}

'''River Stumpf and the Spooner Brothers''' is an American pop rock band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band consists of vocalist River Stumpf, guitarist Matthew Spooner, bassist Mitchell Spooner, and percussionist Adam Spooner. Formed in 2005, the band was founded by Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine and became signed to A&M and Octone Records. The band released their self-titled debut studio album on May 22, 2006 to critical acclaim and launched them into mainstream success. The album peaked atop the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and spawned 2 numberNo. 1 singles "Makes Me Wonder" and "Wake Up Call", respectively. The band toured as supporting acts on John Mayer and Justin Timberlake's international tours throughout 2006 and 2007. On January 5, 20078, the band released their second studio album, ''Oxygen'' and peaked atop the Billboard 200 and spawned 2 numberNo. 1 singles "Harder to Breathe" and "Sunday Morning." On September 2, 2008, keyboardist and founding member Michael Spooner passed away due to irregular heart failure in a hotel in New York City. After a brief indefinite hiatus, the band began writing and recording for their third studio album, however released an EP album, ''InPulse: The Remix Album'' in May 2009, which peaked atop the Billboard 200 and spawned their numberits No. 1 single "Bang Bang", featuring K'Naan. In 2010, the band embarked on their first tour, the InPulse World Tour. In 2011, the band released their third studio album, ''Last Chance'', and spawned 5 numberNo. 1 singles in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. and U.K. It was the third album in music history to do so, tying Michael Jackson's ''Bad'' and Katy Perry's ''Teenage Dream'' for the record. ''Last Chance'' also rose to become one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling over 20 million albums worldwide. In 2012, the band departed from A&M and /Octone and signed with Island Records, releasing their fourth album ''Lucky Strike'' in December, peaking atop the U.S. Billboard 200 spawning one numberNo. 1 singles "One More Night", which peaked atop the Hot 100 for 9 consecutive weeks. In 2013, the band embarked on their Overexposed World Tour grossing over $62 million becoming one of the highest-grossing music tours of all time.

On June 6, 2013, the band announced that they would be going on a hiatus from writing and recording music and touring. Throughout the hiatus, guitarist. Throughout, Matthew Spooner became engaged to actress and singer-songwriter Leighton Meester, bassist Mitchell Spooner became engaged and married to model Behati Prinsloo, and Adam Spooner toured as a percussionist for Sara Barellies and the B-52's. River Stumpf pursued a solo career releasing his debut album, ''Pop Culture'' in November 2013 peaking at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and selling over 420,000 copies within it's first retail week. Stumpf also became a coach on the NBC reality television show, ''The Voice'' and launched his own record label Pop Eclectic, fragrance line Blur, and clothing line in partnership with K-Mart and ShopYourWay. On August 4, 2014, the band returned with the release of the single "Maps" and announced their fifth studio album, ''V'', released on January 15, 2015. The album became the band's fifth number5th No. 1 album on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and sold over 810,000 copies within it's first week. The album spawned the numberNo. 1 single "Animals" in November 20135 and, in support of the album, embarked on the 2015 Maps World Tour with One Republic. 

The band released their single "This Summer's Gonna Hurt" and performed it on NBC's ''The Voice'' on May 19, 2015. It serves as the lead single off of the reissue of their fifth album, ''V''. They embarked on the This Summer's Gonna Tour with Walk the Moon, Andy Grammar, and Rachel Platten throughout August and September 2015 in North America.

The band has sold 175 million album and single units worldwide since 2006, becoming one of the most proclaimed and best-selling bands of all time. 

===Band members===
'''Current line-up'''
* River Stumpf - lead vocals, guitar <small>(2005-present)</small>
* Matthew Spooner - lead guitar, backing vocals <small>(2005-present)</small>
(contracted; show full)* ''The Collection: Greatest Hits 2006-2011)'' (2011)

===Tours===
* 2008 North American Tour <small>(2008)</small>
* InPulse World Tour <small>(2010)</small>
* Hands All Over World Tour <small>(2011-2012)</small>
* Overexposed World Tour <small>(2013)</small>
* Maps World Tour <small>(2015
-16)</small>
* This Summer's Gonna Hurt Tour <small>(2015)</small>







(contracted; show full)# "Keep You With Me"
# "Radio" <small>(featuring Joel Madden and Bei Maejor)</small>
# "Whatever"
# "Forever Unstoppable"
# "Why Don't You Love Me?" <small>(featuring Demi Lovato)</small>
# "Downtown Girl"
# "Beautiful Freaks"
# "Only One"