On August 2, 2006, the band announced they were breaking up. Former guitarist Christian McAlhaney posted the following message on their site:
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 .
On January 27, and March 4, 2006 Hatebreed released two news song on their MySpace page. Then on April 30, the group announced a new album would be released in August of that same year. In June of 2006, Hatebreed went on an extensive European tour which included a performance…
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In late 2006, Fat Wreck Chords released another digital label sampler, Christmas Bonus , containing a previously unreleased cover of Steve Goodman ‘s ” City of New Orleans “. In August 2006 Me First and the Gimme Gimmes were scheduled to play three dates at PNC Park after Pirates games,…
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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.
Still, they officially entered the studio in mid-August with producer Scott Humphrey to start recording their fourth album.
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.
A Machine Shop remix of their track “Remember to Feel Real” was featured on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack in August 2006.
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.