The band toured Australia and New Zealand for the first time in early 2008 as part of the 2008 Big Day Out festival.
A second B-sides compilation, D-Sides was released in November 2007, featuring B-sides and remixes associated with Demon Days as well as unreleased tracks from the sessions for the album.
Talk of a second album began in November 2007, during the band’s UK winter tour. Influences include dubstep , dance and folk music . The band was featured on Steve Aoki ‘s debut DJ mix album Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles , contributing the Soulwax remix of ” Gravity’s Rainbow…
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On October 22, 2007, Funeral was ranked No.8 in Bob Mersereau ‘s book The Top 100 Canadian Albums .
On October 14, 2007, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne made a surprise guest appearance at a Bruce Springsteen show in Ottawa , playing “State Trooper” and ” Keep the Car Running “.
On 1 October 2007, the band released A Bugged Out Mix , a double album featuring 27 tracks mixed by Reynolds. Klaxons singled out a new song that has strong progressive rock influences as a guide to one possible direction the album may go in, revealed recently NME magazine. Guitarist…
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Patrick Watson was announced as the winner at a gala ceremony on September 24, 2007.
The Neon Bible tour continued into September 2007 with 25+ dates scheduled in North America and Europe through mid-November.
In support of the album, the band toured the UK, along with selected dates in Europe. The band released their first DVD, Riot City Blues Tour , in August 2007. The DVD featured clips of the band’s performance in London , as well as all their music videos and an…
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In August 2007, during promotion for Gahan’s second solo album, Hourglass , it was announced that Depeche Mode were heading back in studio in early 2008 to work on a new album.