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.
Rhapsody Originals was released exclusively for Rhapsody as the first EP by Hawthorne Heights on August 26, 2008. It was recorded by Rhapsody, and released as promotion for the studio album Fragile Future . It contains three live acoustic songs from Fragile Future , and one from their second studio…
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Early 2008 saw Paramore touring the United Kingdom, supporting their album Riot! , along with New Found Glory .
On December 31, 2007, Paramore performed on the MTV New Year’s Eve program which ran from 11:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
After its tour, Jimmy Eat World headed home to Tempe and started working on material for a sixth album. The band decided to self-produce the album, enlisting Chris Testa ( Dixie Chicks ) and John Fields ( Switchfoot , Mandy Moore ) as co-producers and Butch Vig ( Nirvana ,…
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