Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released their 14th studio album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! in 2008 and received a high level of critical acclaim. Inspired by the biblical story of Lazarus of Bethany , the album continued the punk and garage rock-inspired arrangements that were explored on the debut Grinderman…
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The album’s corresponding tour was later documented on the 2008 live album Live at the Royal Albert Hall .
In the spring of 2008, Scholz and Sweet introduced a new Boston lineup, which subsequently did a North American summer tour, playing 53 dates in 12 weeks (on a double bill with Styx ). Scholz was the only founding member of Boston to play on the tour, although longtime member…
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In a 2008 interview, Wilson discussed Blackfield’s future at the time, stating, “I think we’re going to tentatively start working on some new songs and that’s as far as we’ve got regarding planning. I think there almost certainly will be another record. As with No-Man and my other projects, there’s…
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— Maynard James Keenan, Revolver , December 2007
In November 2007, the documentary Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who was released, featuring unreleased footage of the 1970 Leeds appearance and a 1964 performance at the Railway Hotel when the group were the High Numbers. Amazing Journey was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award.
On 27 October, the band performed a set at London’s The Roundhouse with the Exmoor Singers , a London-based choir, as part of the BBC Electric Proms .
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 “.
Though the band members finally met up in October, they posted on their website that they had only “met up for an enjoyable lunch” and that there were no “other music plans for Blur”.