On opening night, 11 January, Headon joined the band for the Clash’s song “Train in Vain”. An encore followed with Headon playing drums on “Should I Stay or Should I Go”. This was the first time since 1982 that Headon and Jones had performed together on stage.
On June 13, 2008, the band revealed that they would begin work on their seventh album later that year and would also consider, upon the expiration of their contract with Interscope, self-releasing the record. Jimmy Eat World performed a tour in early 2009 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Clarity…
Read More
On September 30, 2008, the band announced in a Myspace blog post that on October 3 they would be premiering a demo version of a song from the upcoming album. The song was available a day earlier for members of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus “Alliance” fan group. However, the studio…
Read More
On May 27, 2008, three days before the band embarked on their annual summer tour, it was announced that keyboardist Butch Taylor , who had toured with the band since 2001, had decided to leave the band.
The band went on a tour, entitled Tour 2008 L’7: Trans Asia via Paris, which covered several major Asian cities, as well as Paris , France . On this tour, a live show hiatus until 2011 was announced, although new material would still continue to be released.
On November 6, 2008, the band announced the departure of Warren, despite having unfulfilled concert dates. Initially, the band intended to honor their remaining dates, and announced Chris Shinn of Unified Theory as lead vocalist for the remainder of their tour. However, this was later retracted, and the tour canceled.…
Read More
Of Montreal’s next album, Skeletal Lamping , was released on October 21, 2008. It was released in ten different formats, including conventional CD and vinyl, as well as T-shirts, button sets, wall decals , tote bags, and a paper lantern, the latter formats complete with a digital download code for…
Read More
Schwarzenbach spent time teaching English at Hunter College in New York City and briefly fronted The Thorns of Life from 2008 to 2009. He currently plays in the band Forgetters . Bauermeister lives in Olympia, Washington and performs in the Mutoid Men. Pfahler still resides in San Francisco, where he…
Read More
The band toured Australia and New Zealand for the first time in early 2008 as part of the 2008 Big Day Out festival.
Early 2008 saw Paramore touring the United Kingdom, supporting their album Riot! , along with New Found Glory .