Prodigy. August 23 Madonna starts her Sticky & Sweet Tour which is set to become the highest-grossing tour for both a female and solo artist. Michael Nicklasson quits Dark Tranquility. August 30 Filipino rock band Eraserheads hold their one-night-only reunion concert in the Fort open field, their first concert since 2001. After the 20-minute break, vocalist Ely Buendia is rushed to the hospital because of chest pain due to emotional stress. American Idol Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta's debut single "Crush" scores the highest debut of a song on the Billboard Hot 100 by an American Idol finalist not performed on the show. The track opened at No. 2 after selling 166,000 downloads in its first week of release. August 31 – Chrome Division fires Eddie Guz. September September 6 – Six members of The Specials re-unite at the Bestival as a 'Surprise Act'. They use the name "Terry Hall and Friends", because Jerry Dammers, who owns the band's name, did not participate. September 7 – The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards are presented at Paramount Studios, Hollywood. Britney Spears' wins Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, and Best Female Video for "Piece of Me". Christina Aguilera also made her return to music since giving birth to her first child with the debut of her single Keeps Gettin' Better. September 9 – Jessica Simpson releases her first album in two years, Do You Know, her first country album. It goes straight in at No. 1 in the Billboard Country Charts and at No. 4 in the Billboard 200 with sales of 65,000. September 10 – The 22nd Annual ARIA Music Awards are held in Sydney, Australia, recognizing Australian music in 2008. Dance-punk group The Presets win Album of the Year. September 11 – Christian Älvestam leaves Scar Symmetry. September 12 – Season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, Idols, begins. September 15 – Kris Drever, John McCusker and Roddy Woomble release Before the Ruin. September 18 Soilwork hires former member, Peter Wichers, to replace Daniel Antonsson, who is fired. Ben Folds Five play a sold out reunion show in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, performing the entirety of their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, that was filmed for DVD and web release by MySpace in benefit for Operation Smile Crystal Castles play their biggest headline show to date, at Electric Ballroom in Camden, London. September 19 –