 Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band played at the 2008 Reading and Leeds Festivals.In addition, they also performed at Connect Festival in Scotland and the Electric Picnic in Ireland in August 2008, the Austin City Limits festival in September and also at the Great Escape Festival in Sydney, Australia in early October 2008.The debut album, titled "Conor Oberst", was released in the UK on Wichita on 5 August 2008 and 6 August 2008 on Merge Records in the U.S, billed as a solo album by Oberst.