* 2008 – The City That Care Forgot – Contributed backing vocals to the title track of Dr. John's 2008 album.

* 2008 – VL Mike, American rapper ( Chopper City Boyz ) ( b. 1976 )

They include the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000, Salt Lake City in 2002, Athens in 2004, Turin in 2006, Beijing in 2008, Vancouver in 2010, and London in 2012.

It received its world premiere in New York City in June 2008.

In 2008 however Barack Obama became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Ormsby County / Carson City, defeating John McCain 49 % to 48 %, by 204 votes, a margin of under 1 %.

Passenger trains haven't served Carson City since 1948, Greyhound Lines stopped their bus services to the town in 2006 and Amtrak discontinued their connecting thruway bus to Sacramento in 2008.

Country music bassist " Too Slim " ( Fred LaBour of Riders in the Sky ( band ) | Riders in the Sky ) performing in Ponca City, Oklahoma in 2008.

In 2008, New York City radio station Q104. 3 FM WAXQ named Don McLean's " American Pie " number 37 in their 2008 Top 1, 043 Songs Of All Time listener-generated countdown.

The 2008 film Cloverfield purports to be video footage shot by witnesses of a monster attacking New York City, and recovered by the US Army as evidence.

Guatemala City was announced in November 2007 to host the 2008 edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, played at the Domo Polideportivo from June 2 to June 8, 2008.

In 2008 Gibraltar was listed for the first time in the Global Financial Centres Index published by the City of London Corporation.

Ice-T with Christopher Meloni shooting Law & Order: SVU on Broome Street ( Manhattan ) | Broome Street in SoHo, New York City ( October 10, 2008 )

It also hosted the ACC Championship Game from 2005 – 2007 and the River City Showdown from 2007 – 2008.

Noted Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene penned a 2008 book, When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams, detailing his occasional appearances with Jan & Dean's touring band throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

Voight endorsed former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for the 2008 Republican Party nomination.

* CommunityAmerica Ballpark ; Kansas City, Kansas ( 2008 – 2010 )

The Wizards entered an agreement with the Kansas City T-Bones to use their home stadium, CommunityAmerica Ballpark, during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

On 3 November 2008 a work by Malevich entitled Suprematist Composition from 1916 set the world record for any Russian work of art and any work sold at auction for that year, selling at Sotheby ’ s in New York City for just over $ 60 million U. S. ( far surpassing his previous record of $ 17 million set in 2000 ).

The combined revenues for the four casinos successfully operating in Kansas City exceeded $ 153 million per month in May 2008.

A fifth area casino, the 7th Street Casino, opened in Kansas City, KS in 2008.

The Church of the Nazarene, another Christian denomination claiming two million members worldwide, is headquartered in Lenexa, where it moved in 2008 from its longtime headquarters on the The Paseo in Kansas City itself.

* La Traversée de la ville ( 2008 ) ( The Crossing of the City )

According to the 2006 – 2008 American Community Survey, the racial composition of Memphis was:

The city is home to Memphis International Airport, the world's second busiest cargo airport ( following Hong Kong ), which serves as the primary hub for FedEx Express shipping and was a secondary hub for Delta Air Lines after it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis ( 2008 )

* Behind the Scenes in Memphis ( Orpheum Theater – June 16, 2001 ) Retrieved May 25, 2008

The Trail Blazers are also currently the only NBA team based in the binational Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.

The section of Interstate 40 which runs between Memphis and Nashville is often referred to as the Music Highway During reconstruction, a long section of I-40 through downtown Knoxville near the central Malfunction Junction was completely closed to traffic from May 1, 2008 and not reopened until June 12, 2009 with all traffic redirected via Interstate 640, the northern bypass route.

* Samuel Anthony Silva " In Her Own Voice: Exploring the Role of the Piano in the Deuxieme Sonate pour Violine et Piano by Germaine Taillferre ", Doctoral Dissertation, 2008 University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music

On April 22, 2008, the BBC Radio 1 Rockshow broadcast a new session of Down recordings featuring alternate versions of " NOD ", " Beneath the Tides ", and " Jail ", along with a cover of " When The Levee Breaks " ( written by Kansas Joe McCoy and his wife Memphis Minnie, and famously covered by Led Zeppelin ).

Their most recent championship came on April 7, 2008 when they defeated Memphis 75-68 in overtime to win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

In a 2008 conversation with BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker, Cropper revealed that the record became an instant success when DJ Reuben Washington, at Memphis radio station WLOK, played the song four times in succession, this even before the tune or the band had an agreed-upon name.

Memphis Minnie's grave ( 2008 )

After a lengthy hiatus, Finch re-entered the music industry in 2006, producing numerous Indie artists out of his " Production Kitchen " studios in Ohio, including 2008 " Top 35 " contestants from America's Got Talent, The Memphis Rascals who, in addition to original songs, rerecorded the Casey / Finch hit, Boogie Shoes-and Hawthorn, NV band " Nevada "-who, along with Finch were included on the first round submission ballot for the 2010 Grammy Awards.

The team retained its state title the following four years, traveling to national competitions in San Antonio, TX in 2006, Honolulu, HI in 2007, Anaheim, CA in 2008, and Memphis, TN in 2009.

In 2008, Delta Air Lines bought Northwest and rebranded the Memphis operation under the Delta name.

* 2007 Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church ( Memphis: Tennessee, 2008 ).

The Memphis Album was recorded with members of the MGs including Steve Cropper, who were his band on his 2008 Australian tour.

Has happened only once, in 2008, when Kansas, North Carolina, UCLA, and Memphis all won their regionals.

* 2008 Kansas defeated Memphis

However, his previous trips to the tournament's last weekend, with Memphis ( 2008 ) and UMass ( 1996 ), have been vacated by the NCAA.

* Kansas 75, Memphis 68 / OT ( 2008 )

They were replaced by bassist Rick Allen ( born January 28, 1946, Little Rock, Arkansas ) ( from The Gentrys ) and drummer Thomas Boggs ( born July 16, 1947, Wynne, Arkansas, died May 5, 2008, Memphis, Tennessee ) ( from the Board of Directors ).