On September 24 and 26, 2008, DDT presented an anti-war program called Ne streliaj! (Don’t Shoot!). These concerts (featuring bands from Georgia , South Ossetia and Ukraine ) were dedicated to the casualties of wars, particularly victims of the war in South Ossetia . The concert in Saint Petersburg was…
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Ben Folds Five made a one-off concert appearance in September 2008 at the UNC Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill as part of the MySpace “Front to Back” series, in which artists play an entire album live. The band played its then-final album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner , and…
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On June 7, 2008, the band played Wembley Stadium , London, and was joined by Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin to play ” Rock and Roll ” (with Grohl on drums and Hawkins on vocals) and ” Ramble On ” (sung by Grohl, drums by Hawkins).…
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The band continued to play more gigs while working on their next album. Meanwhile, Woomble started writing a column for Scottish newspaper The Sunday Herald and released an album with Kris Drever and John McCusker , entitled Before the Ruin , in September 2008.
On November 1, 2007, the band entered the studio to work on the final studio album of their current contract with Sony. At the time, it was believed that the album would include both re-recorded tracks left off previous albums as well as brand new material. In an interview, guitarist…
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After parting with Bad Company in 1982, Rodgers went on to explore the heavy blues stylings of Free again in his solo career during the 1980s and 1990s, and in the bands The Firm and The Law . Subsequently, he teamed up as vocalist with two of the three remaining…
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In September 2008, it was announced that Alice in Chains would headline Australia’s Soundwave Festival in 2009, alongside Nine Inch Nails and Lamb of God .
In September 2008, Williams announced that the band were planning on releasing their third studio album in summer 2009.
On August 28, 2008, in an interview with MTV, Andrew revealed that the author Stephenie Meyer had written the treatment for the music video for “The Resolution” and was set to direct it the following week. McMahon said of the filming, “It was a very cool shoot. Music videos are…
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” Rock ‘n’ Roll Train “, the album’s first single, was released to radio on 28 August.