On 9 September 2008, they were awarded the Mercury Music Prize for The Seldom Seen Kid
On 9 September, they performed at the National Movie Awards broadcast on ITV
On 4 September 2008, it was announced via a MySpace blog post that Gareth Davies had left the band, to be replaced by Gavin Burrough ( Hondo Maclean , Ghostlines, The Future).
The original three-piece line-up played two-sold out nights at London’s Roundhouse in September 2008, performing 1977 in its entirety. This was followed by the release of a 3-disc special edition version of 1977 , featuring remastered and re-edited versions of the tracks, as well as tracks from Trailer and live…
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The band continued to play more gigs while working on their next album. Meanwhile, Woomble started writing a column for Scottish newspaper The Sunday Herald and released an album with Kris Drever and John McCusker , entitled Before the Ruin , in September 2008.
After parting with Bad Company in 1982, Rodgers went on to explore the heavy blues stylings of Free again in his solo career during the 1980s and 1990s, and in the bands The Firm and The Law . Subsequently, he teamed up as vocalist with two of the three remaining…
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Plant continued his touring commitments with Alison Krauss , stating in September 2008 that he would not record or tour with the band.
Later that month on the 27th, it was announced that the band had licensed their new record to Victory Records for the U.S. and Canadian releases.
The first single ” Never Miss a Beat ” was released on 27 August 2008.
In a March 2007 video interview, Chaplin and Hughes spoke of wanting to take a more “organic” approach on album three, but played down suggestions about the use of guitars, referring to them as “a fun part of the live set” at present; however, the cover of ” She Sells…
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