In October 2008, Def Leppard played with country star Taylor Swift in a taped show in Nashville, Tennessee , in a show called CMT Crossroads : Taylor Swift and Def Leppard.
Kaiser Chiefs set out on a UK tour in October 2008 with Castle Donington band Late of the Pier and The Hair. The tour started at Leeds Academy , a new venue where they were the first headlining band to play. Other dates included Manchester Academy, Southampton Guildhall, Reading Rivermead,…
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In October 2008, Coldplay won two Q Awards for Best Album for Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Best Act in the World Today.
and eventually delayed to be released on September 30, 2008.
Gnarls Barkley played their final show to date on September 28, 2008, as part of that year’s Austin City Limits .
Suicide Season was released on 18 September 2008 in the United States on Epitaph and on 29 September in Europe through Visible Noise.
Their second single, ” The Man Who Can’t Be Moved “, was released on 15 September 2008. The single reached number 2 in Ireland, Denmark, and the UK. The band released their debut album, The Script , on 11 August 2008. Following the success of “The Man Who Can’t Be…
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The first Queen + Paul Rodgers album, titled The Cosmos Rocks , was released in Europe on 12 September 2008
Another EP, In Valleys , was released on iTunes on September 9, containing one song from the album, “Swim,” and three b-sides, “Cell Phone”, “Sleazy Wednesday”, and “At Full Speed”.
The following month, Barker and collaborator Adam Goldstein were involved in a plane crash that killed four people, leaving them the only two survivors.