The Vegas Years , a collection of cover songs was released April 15, 2008 by Capitol Records. It contained a mix of newly recorded, previously released, live, and remixed older covers. To celebrate the release, Art and the band hosted a live video chat. They confirmed they would be touring…
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On April 23, 2008, at the inaugural NME US Awards ceremony at the El Rey in Los Angeles, Dando received the classic album award for It’s A Shame About Ray , and also performed “My Drug Buddy” and the album’s title track acoustically. According to reports, soon after receiving the…
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On January 25, 2008, B’z performed “B’z Showcase 2008 -Kiyotake Action-“, a performance in their “Showcase” series of tours, which are generally small-venue performances of older album songs and more obscure B-sides that are mostly unsuitable for the larger arena concerts. Following this, B’z immediately embarked on the eight-month “B’z…
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The John Butler Trio concluded the summer of 2008 touring the U.S. with G. Love and Special Sauce .
In March and April, the band performed cooperatively with Matenrou Opera across Europe.
3 Doors Down released their self-titled fourth album on May 20, 2008. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 , selling 154,000 copies in its first week. It became the band’s second consecutive number 1 album on the chart after Seventeen Days , as well their fourth album…
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A previously unreleased Live song, “Hold Me Up”, features in the 2008 Kevin Smith film Zack and Miri Make a Porno . Smith said, “I first heard (the song) in ’95 when we were putting together the Mallrats soundtrack. It was actually in the film for the first test screening,…
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The band’s third studio album entitled Conviction , was released on August 21, 2007 and marks a complete change of style in the band’s musical direction. The album received commercial success, peaking at number 54 on the Billboard 200, and at number 5 on the Independent albums chart. The first…
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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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When the band finished touring later during 2008, Rob Thomas began work on his second solo album, Cradlesong .