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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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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Also in 2008, the band performed in a benefit for music education in public schools, appearing live with Jackson Browne on “Something Fine,” with Venice on “Crazy on You,” and with over 70 members of the Santa Monica High School orchestra and girls’ choir on ” Bohemian Rhapsody .”
The tour ended on June 2, 2008, at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids , Michigan . During the show Roth stated multiple times that this would not be their final show and that they would “see everyone next time.” At this show the arena sign was altered to…
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In 2008 the band released their sixth studio album, Twelve Angry Months , a concept album in which each of the twelve songs represented a stage in a year-long process of overcoming a failed relationship.
as well as appearing at the 2008 Warped Tour .
Both EPs were collected on a single disc entitled Unicorn Steak which features two unreleased songs: an early demo of “Empty’s Promise” and the cover of the Beatsteaks song “Hand in Hand” . A video was also recorded after the release of Unicorn Steak , for the song “Saved By…
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In mid-2008, Heart undertook a U.S. tour with Journey and Cheap Trick . It was named the “Human 2008” tour.
On July 3, 2008, Van Halen headlined the Quebec City Summer Festival in front of a crowd of 85,000.
Pop Evil’s debut studio album, Lipstick on the Mirror , was released August 12, 2008, and featured radio favorites “Hero”, “Somebody Like You”, ” 100 in a 55 “, and “Stepping Stone”. The album was released on Pazzo Music through a Universal Music Group subsidiary, Fontana Distribution . The band…
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