In July 2008, Cog performed in England for the first time at Shepherd’s Bush Empire and GuilFest with New Zealand band Shihad . They also expressed interest in releasing Sharing Space in Europe .
The band released a new single entitled ” Mountains ” in July 2008, which reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart – the band’s first song to reach the top 10, and their highest charting single to date. “Mountains” would later be included on their new album. In an…
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Queen + Paul Rodgers performed at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute held in Hyde Park , London on 27 June 2008, to commemorate Mandela’s ninetieth birthday, and again promote awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Muse performed at Rock in Rio Lisboa on 6 June 2008, alongside bands including Kaiser Chiefs , the Offspring and Linkin Park . They also performed in Marlay Park , Dublin, on 13 August. A few days later, Muse headlined the 2008 V Festival , playing in Chelmsford on Saturday…
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In early 2007, drummer Lee Kerslake had to leave the group due to ill health. In March of that year the band recruited Russell Gilbrook as their new drummer and immediately started recording a new studio album entitled Wake the Sleeper , where they used double bass drums in the…
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In June 2008, “A Minha Menina” was the featured audio track for the McDonald’s commercial “Victory.”
In June 2008, they also released the B-side “The Most Dangerous Commercials” as a charity download to help support the relocation of local music shop Siren Records, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania .
The only surviving member of the original lineup of Necromandus is Frank Hall: Dennis McCarten died of a kidney illness in December 2004 at the age of 54, and Barry Dunnery (the elder brother of Francis Dunnery ) died of cancer on 29 May 2008 at the age of 56.…
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On 3 November, Cog released “What If”, the first single from Sharing Space with the title track to the album as a b-side. On 12 November, this song debuted at No. 21 on the physical ARIA singles chart, the only new entry debuting higher being Alicia Keys . Sharing Space…
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The song ” Drink It Down ” was used as the Japanese opening song for the PS3/Xbox 360 game Devil May Cry 4 . It was released as a single on April 2, 2008, and topped the Oricon weekly charts.