The Black Ice World Tour was announced on 11 September 2008
This prompted the band’s UK distributor Vertigo Records to officially release the album on September 10, 2008.
The Eliminator Collector’s Edition CD/DVD, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s iconic RIAA Diamond Certified album, was released September 10, 2008. The release includes seven bonus tracks and a bonus DVD, including four television performances from The Tube in November 1983.
No Bull: The Directors Cut , a newly edited, comprehensive Blu-ray and DVD of the band’s July 1996 Plaza De Toros de las Ventas concert in Madrid, Spain, was released on 9 September 2008.
Blabbermouth.net reported on September 5, 2008, that Alice in Chains would enter the studio that October to begin recording a new album for a summer 2009 release.
On September 2, 2008, a record store in France began selling copies of Death Magnetic nearly two weeks before its scheduled worldwide release date, which resulted in the album being made available on peer-to-peer clients.
On November 1, 2007, the band entered the studio to work on the final studio album of their current contract with Sony. At the time, it was believed that the album would include both re-recorded tracks left off previous albums as well as brand new material. In an interview, guitarist…
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After parting with Bad Company in 1982, Rodgers went on to explore the heavy blues stylings of Free again in his solo career during the 1980s and 1990s, and in the bands The Firm and The Law . Subsequently, he teamed up as vocalist with two of the three remaining…
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In September 2008, it was announced that Alice in Chains would headline Australia’s Soundwave Festival in 2009, alongside Nine Inch Nails and Lamb of God .
Plant continued his touring commitments with Alison Krauss , stating in September 2008 that he would not record or tour with the band.