On August 3, 2006, the band completed shooting the videos for their first two singles from the album, ” Welcome to the Black Parade “
Paramore’s first US headlining tour began on August 2, 2006, to a sold-out audience with support from This Providence , Cute Is What We Aim For , and Hit the Lights .
Morgan entered a rehabilitation program for what he felt was “dependence on a combination of substances” in August 2006, which forced the band to cancel a tour with Staind and Three Days Grace .
In August 2006, the band incorporated its publishing business in the Netherlands following the capping of Irish artists’ tax exemption at €250,000 . The Edge stated that businesses often seek to minimise their tax burdens. The move was criticised in the Irish parliament . The band defended themselves, saying approximately…
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Loverboy celebrated 25 years together in 2005 and began to perform in selected cities to commemorate this milestone. That tour continued with live concerts scheduled well into August 2006. Also in 2005, Loverboy was one of the featured bands on the American version of Hit Me, Baby, One More Time…
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A special marketing campaign preceded the new album’s release in August, when the art concept was featured on Google Earth as a fictional utopian island, Audioslave Nation, created in the South Pacific .
In August, the band recruited guitarist Ed Faris, also a former member of LEVEL.
Her second album Never Said Goodbye was released in August 2006.
On August 1, 2006, the band announced that album number six, Light Grenades , was soon to be released and that it was being produced by Brendan O’Brien.
Killswitch Engage played the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2006, having already played Australian dates without Dutkiewicz, who was suffering from back problems and needed corrective surgery.