To have reunions tomorrow, bands need to split today, and various bands called it a day this year, some on good terms, some otherwise. The Cooper Temple Clause, Rooster, The Beautiful South, Electrelane and Liberty X all split or went on hiatus seemingly on good terms. Less so New Order, who lost Peter Hook this year. He insisted the band had split, but his former bandmates Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris announced plans to continue to record under the moniker, something Hookie doesn't seem to approve of. Elsewhere, Morning Runner announced they were calling it a day, blaming pressure from their label to make a more commercial second album as forcing them to quit.
Some bands continued but lost some members along the way. Motley Crue lost Tommy Lee as the rest of the band sued Lee's manager Carl Stubner over allegations he jeopardised the band's future and reputation by picking conflicting projects for Lee. The band have resisted suing Lee himself, and it is unclear what relations between him and the rest of the band might be like, though for the time being I think its fair to say he's not an active Crue member. Elsewhere, Automatic lost jumpy boy Alex Pennie, buzz band Bonde Do Role lost Marina Ribatski, Towers Of London lost The Rev and Snell, The Offspring lost Adam Willard to Angels & Airwaves, !!! lost John Pugh who wanted to concentrate on his new band Free Blood and Ian Astbury quit The Doors to reform The Cult. And My Chemical Romance had to tour with three fifths of their line up after Bob Bryar and Frank Iero had to drop out for illness reasons (the former a strained wrist, the latter an illness in the family). And there were reportedly tensions in the Wu Tang Clan after it looked like the release of their new album would clash with the release of Clan member Ghostface Killah's new solo project. Release dates were changed, but there was still rumours some in the outfit were not on good terms with main man RZA. All that said, as far as we know the Clan is still together as we go into 08.