The band continued to perform over this period, including appearances at the Primavera Sound Festival on 31 May 2008 and at the Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU) Theatre in Berlin on 16 January 2009. The YMGs played the entirety of "Colossal Youth" at All Tomorrow's Parties in Minehead, Somerset, on 9 May 2009 – they were chosen by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel for a return performance at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he curated in March 2012 in Minehead.