The official tour for Elect the Dead commenced on October 12, 2007, with a show at Chicago’s Vic Theatre . Roughly one thousand people attended the first concert. Although Tankian had stated he would not be performing any material by System of a Down, he performed “Charades” and “Blue”, songs…
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Meanwhile, the band continued to pick up awards from around the world, namely the Best New Artist in the United States at the PLUG Independent Music Awards , the Album of the Year awards in Japan, Ireland and the US, awards for Best Album and Best Music DVD for the…
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“Paralyzer” was included in the soundtrack of the 2007 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
In response to the increasing oppression of the government, several corporate, government, and subversive websites were transported back in time to the present by a group of scientists working clandestinely against the authorities. The websites-from-the-future were sent to the year 2007 to warn American people of the impending dystopian future…
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On February 14, 2007, Dredg issued an update indicating production had begun on their next album and released several new song titles as part of the update. Gavin Hayes posted a Myspace blog on July 8, 2007, with new information that the band had 12-15 songs that might or might…
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On September 26, 2007, the band performed “Apartment Story” on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson . In 2008, along with Modest Mouse , they opened for R.E.M. on the promotional tour for the R.E.M. album Accelerate . That summer they played many festivals in North America and Europe,…
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In 2007, the band released Traffic and Weather , an album which included the song “I-95”, which Rolling Stone named No. 54 of the year’s top 100 songs. Collingwood had less involvement during the making of the album due to his struggles with depression and alcoholism, only managing to contribute…
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the release of a live album titled Live Consternation in 2007
On September 14, 2007, Live released Radiant Sea: A Collection of Bootleg Rarities and Two New Songs , their first album since 1989 on their own Action Front Records label. The new songs were “Beautiful Invisible” and “Radiant Sea”. Live recorded their first concert DVD in the Netherlands during two…
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It entered at No. 5 on the UK album chart.