followed by The Fabled City on September 30, 2008.
In September 2008, Rage performed at the Target Center in Minneapolis during the Republican National Convention . The previous day, they attempted to play a surprise set at a free anti-RNC concert at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul , but were prevented by the police. Instead, De la Rocha…
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They also performed on August 2 in Chicago at the 2008 Lollapalooza festival.
In August 2008, during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Rage headlined the free Tent State Music Festival to End the War . They were supported by Flobots , State Radio , Jello Biafra , and Wayne Kramer . Following the concert, the band, following uniformed veterans from the advocacy…
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In July 2008, the band played in a VH1 tribute to the Who alongside Foo Fighters , Pearl Jam and the Flaming Lips .
In July 2008, De la Rocha and the drummer Jon Theodore , formerly of the Mars Volta , released an EP as One Day as a Lion .
In April 2008 the band took a break from touring and recording while its members concentrated on school, family and other activities. Brandon Boyd enrolled in a university art program in Los Angeles, while guitarist Mike Einziger went to Harvard music school to study composition. Drummer José Pasillas was also…
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In April, Incubus performed at the Festival Imperial in Costa Rica, along with the bands the Smashing Pumpkins and Duran Duran , and later in Venezuela at the Poliedro de Caracas .
They played a series of shows in Europe in 2008, including Rock am Ring and Rock im Park , Pinkpop Festival , T in the Park in Scotland, the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden, the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England and the Oxegen Festival in Ireland.
Jane’s Addiction performed at the first-ever NME Awards USA on April 23, 2008, with the reunited core line-up of Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins. This was the first performance with bassist Eric Avery since 1991, taking place after their acceptance speech for the “Godlike Genius Award”.…
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