In January 2008, Alexakis posted on the band’s Myspace that they were working on a covers album, and a new album, which was expected to be released in 2008. In addition, two unreleased songs from the Drama Club sessions, “Downtime” and “Here Comes the Darkness”, were posted.
Quietdrive released their second full-length album Deliverance on October 14, 2008, and supported this album with an extensive tour with announced dates in the US, UK and Japan.
In 2008, Short Stack was awarded Channel V Oz Artist of the Year Award, beating other popular acts such as The Getaway Plan , The Living End , The Veronicas and Kisschasy .
The Vegas Years , a collection of cover songs was released April 15, 2008 by Capitol Records. It contained a mix of newly recorded, previously released, live, and remixed older covers. To celebrate the release, Art and the band hosted a live video chat. They confirmed they would be touring…
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On December 14, 2008, the band announced by Myspace bulletin that their fourth album would be released by March 31, 2009. The name of the new album, A Shipwreck in the Sand , was announced on January 29, 2009, when the band concluded a viral marketing campaign by announcing the…
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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.
Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2007, for ‘World’s Bestselling Canadian Artist’ and ‘World’s Best Pop/Rock Female Artist’. She won her first two MTV Europe Music Awards , received a Teen Choice Award for ‘Best Summer Single’, and was nominated for five Juno Awards. In December 2007, Lavigne was…
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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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The “Keep Your Hands Off My Girl” video was certified gold by MTV International in December 2007.
McIlrath and Principe had been writing songs for a new album throughout The Sufferer & Witness tour, and in December 2007, the band members went to the Blasting Room to record their fifth studio album Appeal to Reason . This was the third Rise Against album to be produced by…
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