release of the 2008 live album Live in Phoenix
Story of the Year played on 2008’s Taste of Chaos International tour with Atreyu .
Story of the Year released The Black Swan in 2008. For the album, they brought back producer John Feldmann and Elvis Baskette. The album received praise from music critics and achieved decent commercial success, more so than the previous album. The success was led by the first single off album,…
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A Day to Remember toured the UK for the first time in January 2008.
They were nominated for Best International Newcomer at the 2008 Kerrang! Awards but lost to Black Tide .
In 2008, the album was re-released as a deluxe edition and renamed to its original title, Bleed American . This edition contains a total of 32 tracks—the original 11 as well as 21 bonus tracks, which are live recordings, demos and B-sides.
In mid-2008, the band played all the U.S. dates of the “Easycore Tour” along with New Found Glory , Four Year Strong , Crime in Stereo and International Superheroes of Hardcore .
Hawthorne Heights and Victory Records patched up their relationship and the band’s third album, Fragile Future , was released with the label on August 5, 2008. Jeff Schneeweis produced the album. The lead single “Rescue Me” was released on July 22, 2008. Hawthorne Heights performed “Rescue Me” on The Tonight…
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On June 13, 2008, the band revealed that they would begin work on their seventh album later that year and would also consider, upon the expiration of their contract with Interscope, self-releasing the record. Jimmy Eat World performed a tour in early 2009 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Clarity…
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and the 2008 Vans Warped Tour.