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On 12 June 2007 Ash revealed that Twilight of the Innocents would be their last album. They however denied that they were splitting and instead stated they would only release singles from now on as "The way people listen to music has changed, with the advent of the download the emphasis has reverted to single tracks".
The band has been announced as playing the Download Festival 2008 at Donington Park alongside Kiss, The Offspring and Lostprophets.
The band are also playing at Reading University's Summer Ball 2008 and headlining Middlesborough Music Live Festival on 1st June 2008.
On 12th May 2008, Ash announced they will be playing at London Roundhouse, on September 5th, a gig which will be focused on Ash's old b-sides/classic tracks and entire album, '1977' will also be played. This show will be repeated at London Astoria the following day, September 6th.
On 30th May 2008, Ash previewed a new song entitled 'Ichiban' whilst playing at St George's Hall in Bradford.
In March 2008, Ash contributed their recording of "Please Let That Be You" to the album "Friends of P -- Tribute to The Rentals."
On 15th June 2008, Ash played live at Loughborough University's Students Union, performing classic songs like Burn Baby Burn and Girl From Mars whilst also previewing new material promised to be released early next year.