The band reunited with Jeff Pinkus and Teresa Nervosa for a tour of the East Coast and Europe in Summer 2008 with the Paul Green School of Rock All Stars. It was the first time the reunited line up played together since 1989. The group performed at the All Tomorrow’s…
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In Austin, Texas , during their last scheduled show for the North American/Canada 2008–2009 tour on October 31, 2009, Haynes said “We played our first show as the Butthole Surfers in Austin. And this may be our last.” Haynes has not yet clarified this statement. Recently, Paul Leary and King…
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as well as appearing at the 2008 Warped Tour .
Blues Traveler appeared at the Lollapalooza 2008 festival.
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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On October 27, 2008, the band announced via a MySpace bulletin that they would release their newest album independently. The album would be their first release through their own “Abstract Dragon” label. The album, titled, The Effects of 333 is instrumental and was made available as a digital download through…
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In 2008, they appeared on the British show Later… with Jools Holland with Coldplay , Sia , Glen Campbell , John Mellencamp , and Amy LaVere .
“Wishing Well”, the first single from the group’s upcoming third studio album, was released on March 4, 2008, to coincide with a U.S. tour. The album, For My Friends , was released on April 22, 2008, on Adrenaline Records. On September 17, 2008, the biography A Devil on One Shoulder…
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The band’s first tour was supporting The Red Chord across the United Kingdom. Kean and Oliver’s mother Carol Sykes were the de facto managers of the band at this time, a role they continued to occupy until 2008. For The Red Chord support, Kean emailed promoters and pretended they were…
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Cage the Elephant appeared as a support act on tour with The Pigeon Detectives in early 2008