Korn covered the song “Kidnap the Sandy Claws” in 2008
The band toured the United Kingdom in early 2008, including the Vice Live Tour with Friendly Fires and Ipso Facto , a Sons and Daughters tour, and a Kate Nash tour. In the spring, they toured the United States as an opening act for Cut Copy .
In 2008 the band released their sixth studio album, Twelve Angry Months , a concept album in which each of the twelve songs represented a stage in a year-long process of overcoming a failed relationship.
On December 13, 2008, the Offspring headlined the nineteenth annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas . In an interview at the Almost Acoustic Christmas show, guitarist Noodles stated that the Offspring would be taking a break for a month or two and promised a US tour to kick off in 2009.…
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On March 30, 2008, Borland made a post on the band’s MySpace about how he filled in for the band X Japan and was “looking forward to coming home and getting back to work on the next BLB album”, by which he means the second full length Black Light Burns…
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On July 3, 2008, Van Halen headlined the Quebec City Summer Festival in front of a crowd of 85,000.
Blues Traveler appeared at the Lollapalooza 2008 festival.
In early 2008, the band embarked on a US headlining tour and an Australian leg.
On March 4, 2008, Geffen released Days of the New: The Definitive Collection , the first compilation of the band. Meeks stated that the upcoming record will be called Days of the New Presents Tree Colors .
On July 2, 2008, Queens of the Stone Age’s former keyboardist Natasha Shneider died of lung cancer at the age of 52. The news broke with a message posted on the MySpace page of the band Sweethead, of which Natasha’s close friend and former bandmate Troy Van Leeuwen is a…
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