The band chose to forgo traditional live touring in support of Demon Days , instead limiting live performance during the album cycle to a five night residency in November 2005 at the Manchester Opera House billed as Demon Days Live .
The virtual Gorillaz members “performed” at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2005
The band spent much of 2005 in the studio in Glasgow working on their follow-up album, You Could Have It So Much Better , which was released on 3 October 2005. The band initially intended to leave the album self-titled like their debut, but they changed it to You Could…
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In October 2005, Depeche Mode released their 11th studio album Playing the Angel . Produced by Ben Hillier , the album peaked at No. 1 in 18 countries and featured the hit single ” Precious “. This is their first album to feature lyrics written by Gahan and, consequently, the…
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On September 11, 2005, Arcade Fire appeared on the long-running BBC music series Top of the Pops , performing “Rebellion (Lies)”.
On September 9, 2005, the band appeared on the British/US television special “Fashion Rocks”, on which David Bowie joined them for “Wake Up”.
Origin of Symmetry received positive reviews. NME gave it 9/10 and wrote: “It’s amazing for such a young band to load up with a heritage that includes the darker visions of Cobain and Kafka , Mahler and the Tiger Lillies , Cronenberg and Schoenberg , and make a sexy, populist…
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As part of their promotion of the album in Latin America, the band was interviewed in September 2005 on the live-action Mexican show Rebelde .
Muse won two MTV Europe awards, including “Best Alternative Act”, and a Q Award for “Best Live Act”, and received an award for “Best British Live Act” at the Brit Awards . On 2 July 2005, they participated in the Live 8 concert in Paris . In 2003, the band…
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and in June the band released a new single, ” Cold Wind “, on Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends .