Ellas Otha Bates ( December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008 ), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter ( usually as Ellas McDaniel ), and rock and roll pioneer.

In 2002 she returned to the concert stage ; she later went on the Backwoods Barbie Tour in 2008 promoting Backwoods Barbie.

Dixit dancing on stage for the Unforgettable Tour in 2008

It was the host city for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2008, a key stage in the creation of a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

Musical versions include the 1966 TV musical with songs by Moose Charlap, and Judi Rolin in the role of Alice, a Christmas 2007 multimedia stage adaptation at The Tobacco Factory directed and conceived by Andy Burden, written by Hattie Naylor, music and lyrics by Paul Dodgson and a 2008 opera Through the Looking Glass by Alan John.

From 2003 to 2005, Robin Sebastian took on Williams in the West End stage show Round the Horne ... Revisited, recreating his performance in 2008 for a production called Round the Horne: Unseen and Uncut.

On stage he received extensive critical acclaim for his performances in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Harold Pinter's The Caretaker at the National Theatre ; and Pinter's The Homecoming and Miller's The Price in the West End, also appearing in Visiting Mr. Green in 2007 and 2008.

On the international stage, he also served as the Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and 2006 to 2008.

On 22 April 2008, the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa was conferred on him by the University of Malta, celebrated by a Settimana Dantesca including Benigni's first stage appearance at a university and the premiere of his performing with Dante scholar Robert Hollander.

Newman was scheduled to make his professional stage directing debut with the Westport Country Playhouse's 2008 production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, but he stepped down on May 23, 2008, citing health issues.

In 2008, Barry Took's ex-wife Lyn concocted an alternative stage show, Round the Horne-Unseen and Uncut.

On 11 October 2008, John Cale, James Dean Bradfield ( of the Manic Street Preachers ), Fyfe Dangerfield of the Guillemots and others appeared on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

The stage for the second 2008 CNN-YouTube presidential debates | CNN-YouTube presidential debate.

LGBT publications, pride parade s, and related events, such as this stage at Bologna Pride 2008 in Italy, increasingly drop the LGBT acronym and initialism | initialism instead of regularly adding new letters, and dealing with issues of placement of those letters within the new title.

David Paul Scofield CH CBE ( 21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008 ), better known as Paul Scofield, was an English actor of stage and screen.

The 2008 Kneehigh Theatre production, produced by David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers, was adapted for the stage by Emma Rice and is a mixture of the film and the stage play, with additional musical elements.

In 2008, the format of Climax Series will have a slight change, in which the second stage will be played for 6-games, and in which the League Champion will have an extra 1-game advantage.

Since then, the stage has accommodated huge productions including Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ( 2010 ), Quantum of Solace ( 2008 ) and the whole fishing village from Mamma Mia!

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A stage version opened on Broadway in 2008.

In 2008, her single " Groove Is in the Heart " was licensed for use in the Sega video game Samba de Amigo for the Wii, ironically appearing in a stage featuring Ulala.

" Taco Teatro ", a Spanish-language, University of Melbourne-based theatre company produced the first adaptation of Rojo Amanecer on stage in May 2008 depicting the events happened in the Plaza de Tlatelolco at the Guild Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.

The original Yankee Stadium closed in 2008 to make way for a new Yankee Stadium in which the team started play in 2009 ; it's north-northeast of the 1923 Yankee Stadium, on the former site of Macombs Dam Park.

He volunteered to play for his home team Trinidad during the start of 2008 domestic season.

For Hurricane Ike in 2008, Selig mandated that the Astros play two home games against the Chicago Cubs in his hometown of Milwaukee despite proximity to the visiting Cubs.

During the 2008 regular season, the Cardinals traveled to play the Panthers and took a 17-3 lead at halftime, but the Panthers rallied in the 3rd and 4th quarters to win.

There have been eight series sweeps since interleague play began: four by the Cubs in 1998, 2004, 2007, and 2008, and four by the White Sox in 1995, 2008, and 2012.

On 3 September 2008, however, publisher Harper Collins issued a public apology for its book " The Daring Book for Girls " which openly encouraged girls to play the instrument.

The 2008 season saw the two teams meet twice again ; on November 23 the two teams battled to a 20-20 tie until Vinatieri booted a 51-yard field goal on the final play and a 23-20 Colts win ; the Colts surged to 12-4 but lost the AFC South title to the Titans ; they thus had to travel to meet the 8-8 Chargers on January 3.

In 2008, Pegasus Books published The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II: The Seed of Banquo, a play by American author and playwright Noah Lukeman which endeavoured to pick up where the original Macbeth left off, and to resolve its many loose ends.

In May 2008 Morris undertook an ambient mix on BBC Radio 1, and put an Irresistible Force band together to play at The Big Chill festival.

In February 2008, Muralitharan was slated to play Twenty20 cricket for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League ( IPL ).

A 2008 study analyzing the sexual fantasies of 200 heterosexual men by using the Wilson Sex Fantasy Questionnaire exam, determined that males with a pronounced degree of fetish interest had a greater number of older brothers, a high 2D: 4D digit ratio ( which would indicate excessive prenatal estrogen exposure ), and an elevated probability of being left-handed, suggesting that disturbed hemispheric brain lateralization may play a role in deviant attractions.

Ron Carter Quartet play at " Altes Pfandhaus " in Cologne, Germany ( October 2008 )

On December 25, 2008, Sosa announced he intended to unretire and play in the World Baseball Classic and once again test the free agent market in hopes of signing for a Major League ballclub in 2009.

In his 2008 production of the classic Beaumarchais comedy The Marriage of Figaro, author William James Royce trimmed the five-act play down to three acts and labeled it a " Classic Screwball Comedy.

The first World Series game was a highly anticipated matchup between 2-time National League Cy Young Award winner ( 2008, 2009 ) Tim Lincecum, against the 2008 American League Cy Young award winner and heretofore undefeated in postseason play Cliff Lee.

* Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: an Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts ( 2007 ), an audio play by Yuri Rasovsky, won three 2008 Audie Awards for best audio drama, best original work and for achievement in production.

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* A 2008 play for the theatre on Vesalius

( Scoring differs between leagues, tournaments, and levels ; high schools sometimes play best-of-three to 25 ; in the NCAA games are played best-of-five to 25 as of the 2008 season.

In August 2008 after the Kosovo Constitution came into play, the UN decided to cut staff levels by 70 % during a UN reconfiguration in the country.

* Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude ( 2008 ), a game based on Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude for mobiles showing some mini games to play with the number pad.

The 2008 radio play The People's Princess, with Alex Jennings as George IV and Rebecca Saire as Caroline, drew parallels with the marriage and divorce of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales.