IO went on the road several times and released their debut album, For the Masses , on 1 August 2008.
In August 2008, Justin was featured in a sold out four-city tour with Stephenie Meyer , author of the Twilight series . During this tour, Justin premiered two new songs, “Blue Skies” and “My Never”, which would be included on the band’s fifth studio album. Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is…
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At a concert in Norrköping on 1 August 2008, Berg said: “This is perhaps the best song that has ever been written in Swedish, it’s called “Mannen i den vita hatten”.”
In August 2008 former Godsmack and Fuel drummer Tommy Stewart replaced Brett Snyder on drums. While guest hosting on Sirius radio station 24, Lithium, Art Alexakis debuted “Jesus Was a Democrat”.
Six shows which were cancelled during the USA/Canada leg of their world tour due to illnesses affecting Joe Elliott and Phil Collen were rescheduled and played in August of that year.
After negotiations with Capitol Records, Put Your Ghost To Rest was re-released on April 20, 2008, by Procrastinate! Music Traitors . Several new demos were featured on Devine’s MySpace page around this time. A majority of the demos would later be properly featured on Brother’s Blood and a single for…
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headlining the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore in August of that year
Thirty Seconds to Mars began recording their third studio album, This Is War , in August 2008. To produce the record, the band worked with Flood and Steve Lillywhite . Thirty Seconds to Mars had attempted to sign with a new label after the A Beautiful Lie tour, prompting EMI…
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In August 2008, during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Rage headlined the free Tent State Music Festival to End the War . They were supported by Flobots , State Radio , Jello Biafra , and Wayne Kramer . Following the concert, the band, following uniformed veterans from the advocacy…
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That August, former producer and mentor Jerry Finn suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died.