His last live performance in October saw him in very ill health and spitting up blood throughout the show. Pop Crimes, Howard's 2009 solo album, his first in nearly ten years, had received substantial critical praise in Australia and was deemed a favorite to win the upcoming Australian Music Prize. Prescient lyrics on the album's title cut ring all too true, "I guess that I won't see you tomorrow/On this, our planet of perpetual sorrows." No official announcements have yet been made in regards to arrangements.