In October 2008, Coldplay won two Q Awards for Best Album for Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Best Act in the World Today.
A follow-up single, ” Talons ” was released in October 2008. The song was not part of the pre-order album, but did feature on the full album CD release and was made freely available to people who already purchased the download-only album.
In October 2008, Def Leppard played with country star Taylor Swift in a taped show in Nashville, Tennessee , in a show called CMT Crossroads : Taylor Swift and Def Leppard.
it had been announced at a press conference in October 2008 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
They made their live return to the UK on 30 September 2008 with a special gig in London as part of Q Awards: The Gigs .
and appeared on BBC2’s “Later Live” show hosted by Jools Holland on 23 September.
Suicide Season was released on 18 September 2008 in the United States on Epitaph and on 29 September in Europe through Visible Noise.
The first Queen + Paul Rodgers album, titled The Cosmos Rocks , was released in Europe on 12 September 2008
The next night they played the Apple Store in SoHo .
The first was at the Mercury Lounge in New York City.