On March 3, 2008, DDT performed at the Dissenters’ March in St. Petersburg to protest the controversial election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia.
On March 2, Ghosts I–IV (the first release on The Null Corporation label), a 36-track instrumental album, became available via the band’s official website.
In 2007, they made their first appearance at South by Southwest and headlined a show at the Seaport Music Festival in New York City. The band returned to appear again at the South by Southwest Music Conference in March 2008.
A deluxe reissue of Lemonheads’ 1992 album It’s a Shame About Ray was released in March 2008 (US) and April 2008 (UK) on Rhino Records , which features demos , B-sides and a DVD issue of the previously VHS-only Two Weeks In Australia , featuring footage from the band’s Australian…
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From 2008 to 2011, Stringfellow was vocalist in the band the Disciplines , the rest of whose line-up are previous members of the Norwegian band Briskeby . The Disciplines joined R.E.M. on their European tour in 2008 as a warm-up, and their song “Yours For Taking” was included on a…
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The band’s popularity reached the attention of other artists. In March 2008, the band announced they planned to write a track for Leona Lewis ‘s second album, Echo , but in 2010, Sheehan revealed that they had “missed the mark” on the album’s release date and that they submitted their…
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In March 2008, Brand New started their own record label, Procrastinate! Music Traitors .
Arcade Fire performed two free concerts for Obama in Cleveland and Nelsonville, Ohio on March 2 and 3, 2008, before the state’s March 4 primary.
In March 2008, he premiered his orchestral composition “Celeste” at “An Evening with Stewart Copeland”, part of the Savannah Music Festival. The performance featured classical violinist Daniel Hope . His appearance at Savannah included a screening of Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out and a question and answer session.
The album was released in March 2008 and sold over 1 million copies.