In February and March 2008, Incubus hit the road again starting in New Zealand and headlining the Soundwave festival in Australia alongside the Offspring and Alexisonfire , and toured Asia performing to sell-out crowds. In Singapore, they met fans at a Meet and Greet session at Changi Airport and performed…
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In the spring and summer of 2008, Black Kids played the festival circuit in the U.S. and the UK, including Coachella in April, Radio 1’s Big Weekend in May, Glastonbury in June, and T in the Park and Camp Bestival in July. In August they appeared at Lollapalooza . The…
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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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On April 9, 2008, Dexter announced that the album would be called Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and would be released on June 17. The album’s first single, “Hammerhead”, went to radio on May 6. Additionally, the Offspring’s website provided an MP3 download of the song to the general…
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Sam Jodrey, the drummer, hurt his back in 2008 and all following shows had to be cancelled, the band never reunited afterwards.
The tour ended on June 2, 2008, at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids , Michigan . During the show Roth stated multiple times that this would not be their final show and that they would “see everyone next time.” At this show the arena sign was altered to…
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In mid-2008, they wrote and recorded the score of the documentary feature film The Dungeon Masters .
The 2008 Gigantour, with 29 North American dates, began shortly afterwards.
In 2008, RIM commissioned Copeland to write a “soundtrack” for the BlackBerry Bold smart phone. He created a highly percussive theme of one minute’s length from which he evolved six ringtones and a softer ‘alarm tone’ that are preloaded on the device.
Randy Torres, who had been gradually becoming less involved in the band over the previous several albums, decided to leave the band in late 2008 to work for Tooth and Nail records, and later, Microsoft . Steven Dail followed suit approximately one year later, citing the need to stop touring…
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