Later the same month, the band released another DVD, Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades
In February 2006, U2 received five additional Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”, and Best Rock Album and Album of the Year for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb ; the awards made the album and its singles winners in…
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On 26 August 2006, bassist Mani was arrested at the Leeds music festival, after what was said to be a drunken brawl. However, he was soon released and the band’s appearance at the festival went ahead. Also around this time, Young left the band to go on sabbatical, failing to…
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In August 2006, Klaxons played at the Reading and Leeds festivals. Fans sounded “Klaxons!” and cheered loudly between songs while brandishing glowsticks. This gave credit to the ” New Rave ” label, coined by band member Jamie Reynolds and later used by NME magazine to describe the scene. Also in…
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In August 2006, the band incorporated its publishing business in the Netherlands following the capping of Irish artists’ tax exemption at €250,000 . The Edge stated that businesses often seek to minimise their tax burdens. The move was criticised in the Irish parliament . The band defended themselves, saying approximately…
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In June 2006, Happy Mondays performed in Liverpool , and on 30 July 2006 they were special guests at the Fuji Rock Festival. In August 2006, the band announced that they had completed their first album in fourteen years, with producers Sunny Levine and Howie B , and had signed…
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The album’s first single, ” Country Girl “, was released on 22 May 2006, and regular airplay resulted in a chart entry of number 5, their highest ever. It was also used by the BBC in the closing credits of the Grand National 2007 and as the backing track to…
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Before the release of the new album, Muse made several promotional TV appearances starting on 13 May 2006 at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend . The Black Holes and Revelations Tour started before the release of their album and initially consisted mostly of festival appearances, including a headline slot at…
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Black Holes and Revelations was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize , but lost to Arctic Monkeys . It earned a Platinum Europe Award after selling one million copies in Europe. The first single from the album, ” Supermassive Black Hole “, was released as a download in May…
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Funeral and the single ” Cold Wind ” were nominated for Grammys in the Best Alternative Rock Album and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media categories ( Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends ), respectively. On April 2, 2006, in Halifax, Nova Scotia…
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