” Mercury ” was released as the first single from Bloc Party’s third album in August 2008.
Again produced by Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth, Intimacy was rush-released later that month, with the album available to download 3 days after an announcement in August 2008.
Later in the month the band played second on the bill at the Reading and Leeds Festivals before headlining the Hydro Connect Music Festival in Argyll , Scotland.
in August played at the Electric Picnic festival.
Starting on July 28, Paramore embarked on a tour named “The Final Riot!”.
On 26 July 2008, The Zutons performed at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival for a third time. On 30 August 2008, the band appeared at the indie festival Jersey Live , headlining the festival along with The Prodigy . Over the 2008 Christmas holidays, the Zutons were dropped from Sony/BMG. Following…
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Incidentally, Third Eye Blind later appeared for the fourth and final lineup of AKFG’s seventh annual Nano-Mugen Festival held at the Yokohama Arena through July 20-21st.
They performed in the Obelisk Arena at the Latitude Festival on 19 July 2008
The band appeared as a supporting act for a show held at Yokohama Bay Hall by American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind on July 18.
On July 11, 2008, the band showcased a second new song called “Disappear” on their MySpace profile.