| Date | Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 3 - 30 2008 | The 50th GRAMMY® Celebration Concert Tour | Chicago New York Miami Dallas Los Angeles | The Recording Academy® (Los Angeles) and T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced on April 3, 2008, an exciting lineup featuring GRAMMY®-winning and -nominated artists scheduled to perform in an exclusive five-city concert tour. Performances will be a collaboration of established and up-and-coming musicians within the genres of pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and country. |
| April 24 2008 | Drum Corps International Classic Countdown | More than 300 select theaters USA | Beginning in 2005, DCI formed the Classic Countdown, a selection of DCI shows from previous years as chosen by fans through an online voting system. The selected shows are screened annually in select theaters across the United States. |
| May 16 - November 4 2008 | "This Is Your Brain on Music" Book Tour | Various locations at Canada & USA | Professor Daniel J. Levitin has concluded in his book "This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession" that there's a whole lot of action going on inside when music is being played. |
| May 17 2008 | Academy of Country Music 5th Charity Motorcycle Ride | Las Vegas Nevada USA | More than 25 all-star country artists will participate in the Academy of Country Music 5th Annual Charity Motorcycle Ride benefiting the Academy of Country Music Charitable Fund on Saturday, May 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the fifth time in the Motorcycle Ride’s history, country duo Montgomery Gentry will host the event. |
| May 18 2008 | Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras 50th Anniversary | Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts USA | The Boston Youth Symphony (BYS) performs the Dvořák Cello Concerto with master cellist Yo-Yo Ma, as well as other works, as part of its 50th anniversary season, at Symphony Hall on May 18 (Sunday), 2008 at 3 p.m. |
| May 22 2008 | ASCAP Concert Music Awards | Times Center New York, New York USA | The ninth annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Concert Music Awards will take place on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at The Times Center in New York City. ASCAP member, radio host and performer Peter Schickele will host the invitation-only event, which will recognize the achievements of ASCAP's 2008 Concert Music Honorees who represent the diverse aesthetic spectrum of the concert music world. |
| May 29 2008 | The Pulitzer Prize Awards | Columbia University New York, NY USA | The 92nd annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, were announced on April 7, 2008, by Columbia University. |
| May 31 - August 10 2008 | Playing the Building: An Installation by David Byrne | Battery Maritime Building Manhattan, NY USA | In 2008, Byrne and his band programmed the Battery Maritime Building, a 99-year-old ferry terminal in Manhattan, to play music. |
| June 6 - August 13 2008 | Fourth Street Live! Concert Series | 4th Street Louisville, Kentucky USA | Fourth Street Live! is a 350,000 square foot entertainment and retail complex located on 4th Street in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. City planners hoped that the district would attract further commercial business development while providing an attractive entertainment venue for the city's hotel and tourist business as well as the local population. |
| June 10 - September 26 2008 | The Bedlam in Goliath Tour | Various | The Bedlam In Goliath 2008 Tour: Japanese Tour, Australasian Tour, European Tour, North-American Tour |
| June 13 - October 17 2008 | National Music Museum Brown Bag Lunch Programs | Arne B. Larson Concert Hall The University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota USA | The National Music Museum presents collection-specific concerts and hosts many music related meetings, seminars, conventions and other activities, such as a series of Friday-noon brown bag lunch programs. The Programs are free and open to the public. |
| June 20 2008 | SingStar Vol. 2 UK Release | UK | SingStar is a competitive karaoke video game series for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. Over 1 million songs have been downloaded from the online SingStore. In 2005, SingStar and SingStar Party jointly received the award for originality at the BAFTA Games Awards. |
| June 21 - October (TBA) 2008 | soundSpace: Hear Motion | The Museum of Life and Science Durham, North Carolina USA | The Museum of Life and Science in partnership with Duke Engineering’s Visualization Technology Group and Duke’s Music Department, presents an interactive sound and movement space exhibit called “soundSpace: Hear Motion.” |
| June 22 2008 | Rock Band Wii US Release | US | Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games, and distributed by EA Distribution. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was released in the U.S. on December 18, 2007 and the Wii version will be released on June 22, 2008. |
| June 24 2008 | BET Awards | Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California USA | The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. The awards are presented annually and broadcast live on BET. |
| July 3 - 5 2008 | Iowa Floodstock 2008 | Cabo Grill Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA | Floodstock 2008 is a flood relief benefit concert hosted by area businesses and organizations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
| July 10 - August 14 2008 | Broadway in Bryant Park | Bryant Park Manhattan, New York USA | Radio station 106.7 Lite FM and Bank of America bring to you the midday series (Thursdays, 12:30 PM-1:30 PM), which highlights current and upcoming musicals on and Off-Broadway. Performers from each Broadway show perform 2-3 songs during these hour-long lunchtime concerts on The Lawn. |
| July 12 2008 | Drum Corps International Orlando | Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida USA | On July 12th the Drum Corps International Summer Tour will stop in Orlando, Florida. A four-time (1996, 1997, 1998 & 2003) DCI World Championships location, the Florida Citrus Bowl will once again play host to the Marching Music's Major League. |
| July 18 - 28 2008 | Cheyenne Frontier Days | Frontier Park Cheyenne, Wyoming USA | Cheyenne Frontier Days, held annually since 1897, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, claims to be the largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration in the world. The event, which always occurs during 10 days of July, draws an estimated 300,000 people to the area every year. Lodging fills up quickly during the peak tourist season throughout southern and eastern Wyoming and even into Colorado and Nebraska. |
| July 22 - August 31 2008 | Shakespeare in the Park | Delacorte Theater Central Park New York, NY USA | The Public Theater operates the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, where it presents its free Shakespeare in the Park performances during the summer months. |
| July 22 - September 14 2008 | Kronos Quartet Summer Tour | Various locations at USA | Kronos commissions about a dozen new works each season and performs more than 100 concerts a year, touring for 22 weeks to an average of 15 countries and 15 domestic states annually. |
| August 4 2008 | Teen Choice Awards | Fox Channel USA | Chris Brown won the following 2008 Teen Choice Awards: Choice Hook-Up Choice Music Male Artist Choice Music R&B Artist Choice Music R&B Track Choice Music Rap/Hip-Hop Track |
| August 5 2008 | Elvis' 68 Comeback Special | North America | On August 5, 2008, Sony BMG will release a 4-CD compilation of the complete recording sessions for Elvis' 68 Comeback Special to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Special. |
| August 5 - 9 2008 | Drum Corps International World Championships | Memorial Stadium Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana USA | At the end of the summer season, DCI World Class corps compete to earn the title of DCI World Class Champion. The championships consist of 3 rounds—Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals. All active World Class corps (approximately 25 corps) compete in the Quarterfinals, with the top 17 advancing to the Semifinals. The top 12 corps from Semifinals then advance to the Finals. |
| August 15 2008 | Wordless Music: 800 Years of Minimalism | Damrosch Park New York, NY USA | "A Crimson Grail" by composer Rhys Chatham will call on the talents of 200 guitarists (including 16 electric bassists), who will be selected from an applicant pool drawing on the many talents of musicians in New York City and beyond. |
| September 7 2008 | MTV Video Music Awards | Hollywood Los Angeles, California USA | The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top Music Videos of the year. Originally beginning as an alternative to the Grammy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards is now a respected pop culture awards show in its own right. |
| September 14 2008 | Aloha Tower Marketplace Ukulele Contest | Aloha Tower Marketplace Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii USA | Aloha Tower Marketplace will host the third annual Ukulele Contest on the go! Center Stage on Sunday, September 14. The contest is open to amateurs. |
| September 14 2008 | City of Hope’s Concert for Hope | Gibson Amphitheatre Universal City, California USA | 2008 will mark the inaugural year for City of Hope’s Concert for Hope. Concert for Hope is an evening of once in a lifetime performances by chart topping artists such as Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers of the Disney Music Group to raise money and awareness for City of Hope. |
| September 19 2008 | 2008 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award | Music Center at Strathmore Bethesda, Maryland USA | The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the 2008 recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowships, the country's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Eleven fellowships, which include a one-time award of $20,000 each, are presented to honorees from eight states and Puerto Rico. |
| October 4 - 12 2008 | Opera Southwes: Die Fledermaus | Albuquerque Opera Theatre Albuquerque, New Mexico USA | Opera Southwest, incorporated in 1972 as Albuquerque Opera Theatre, is a non-profit organization. The 2007-2008 season is Opera Southwest’s 35th year of producing world-class opera in Albuquerque. |
| October 15 - 19 2008 | Opera Omaha’s Pirates of Penzance | Orpheum Theatre Omaha, Nebraska USA | Opera Omaha is an opera company in Omaha, Nebraska. Their season extends from fall until spring every year, and consists of three complete operas along with partial performances and promotions around the Omaha area. |
| October 18 - 26 2008 | Utah Opera’s Madame Butterfly | Capitol Theatre Salt Lake City, Utah USA | Since 1978, Utah Opera has cultivated and entertained a growing audience of over 150,000 annually around the intermountain area. Each year, the Opera performs for over 80,000 students in Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre, and in schools throughout Utah. |
| October 27 2008 | Guitar Hero World Tour Initial Release | US | Guitar Hero World Tour (also known as Guitar Hero 4 or Guitar Hero IV) is the upcoming sequel to the music video game Guitar Hero series, and will be developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision, targeted for initial October 27, 2008 US release (EU October 28, 2008). |
| November 11 2008 | Working Class Rock Star Release | North America | Working Class Rock Star is a 2008 documentary directed by Justin McConnell. The film was shot between June 2005 and June 2007, capturing a two year period in the careers of 3 main bands. |
| March 18 - 22 2009 | 2009 SAM Mark Tucker Award for a Student Conference Paper | Marriott City Center Hotel Denver, Colorado USA | The Board of the Society for American Music has established the Mark Tucker Award, to be presented at the Business Meeting of the annual SAM conference to a student who has written an outstanding paper for delivery at that conference. |
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