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.
Despite the discourse, the band persevered and by late 2008 the material they had been working on for the last five years was released. First, the band released a teaser of sorts through the three song Red Star EP. Secondly, two albums’ worth of material had been written, but with…
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Matchbox Twenty performed at the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup award ceremony.
On March 4, 2008, Geffen released Days of the New: The Definitive Collection , the first compilation of the band. Meeks stated that the upcoming record will be called Days of the New Presents Tree Colors .
and in the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
In 2008, Kutless released their fifth album To Know That You’re Alive . The album peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard 200 album chart and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart.
Story of the Year played on 2008’s Taste of Chaos International tour with Atreyu .
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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When the band finished touring later during 2008, Rob Thomas began work on his second solo album, Cradlesong .
in a 2008 episode of the TV series Gossip Girl