On February 1, 2005, Arcade Fire appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien to perform “Neighborhood #2 (Laika)”.
The band performed “Take Me Out” as a live medley with Los Lonely Boys , Maroon 5 , The Black Eyed Peas and Gwen Stefani at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005, in which “Take Me Out” was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with…
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At the 2005 NME Awards , New Order and Joy Division received the award for “Godlike Geniuses” (for lifetime achievement).
and two Brit Awards in 2005
In 2005, the Live at the Marquee DVD was released on Secret Recordings, showing a filmed gig from 2002.
In early 2005, Halliday announced that she had left Curve for good.
The band reformed to play their first gigs in eight years in Nottingham, Birmingham and London in January 2005. Ten minutes after the completion of each gig, double live albums of the performance could be purchased through the Instant Live service.
was declared by Q to be the greatest single of 2005
Taking much of the summer of 2005 off, the band made key festival appearances at the Halifax Pop Explosion , Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , the Sasquatch! Music Festival , Lollapalooza , Vegoose Festival, Reading and Leeds Festival in the UK, Electric Picnic in Ireland and the Lowlands…
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The BBC used the track ” Wake Up ” on an advertisement for their autumn 2005 season