On August 4, Kiss played at Rockin’ the Rally at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as part of the tour.
South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds proclaimed August 4, 2008, to be “Kiss Rock and Roll Day” in South Dakota.
On 3 August 2008 they performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago.
IO went on the road several times and released their debut album, For the Masses , on 1 August 2008.
At a concert in Norrköping on 1 August 2008, Berg said: “This is perhaps the best song that has ever been written in Swedish, it’s called “Mannen i den vita hatten”.”
Six shows which were cancelled during the USA/Canada leg of their world tour due to illnesses affecting Joe Elliott and Phil Collen were rescheduled and played in August of that year.
Torsten Scholz said in an interview that the Beatsteaks would start writing new songs after the end of their Limbo Messiah tour in August 2008.
In August 2008, after a period of rehearsals, the five completed the band’s 40th Anniversary Tour.
The group performed 151 dates across five continents, concluding with a final show in August 2008 at Madison Square Garden , New York.
headlining the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore in August of that year