In October 2007 Cave was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and, in his acceptance speech, also inducted the members of The Bad Seeds and The Birthday Party, after explaining, “I cannot really accept this until we get a few things straight. What I can’t figure out is why…
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Though the band members finally met up in October, they posted on their website that they had only “met up for an enjoyable lunch” and that there were no “other music plans for Blur”.
Patrick Watson was announced as the winner at a gala ceremony on September 24, 2007.
On 17 September 2007, they recorded a set for the PBS show Austin City Limits a day after playing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival .
The Neon Bible tour continued into September 2007 with 25+ dates scheduled in North America and Europe through mid-November.
The band released their third single, ” Hunting for Witches “, with an accompanying video clip in August 2007.
Bloc Party announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand in August 2007, which would include a special appearance at the Splendour in the Grass Festival on 5 August.
The European leg ended with a free concert on 14 July at the Circus Maximus in Rome in front of around half a million people.
On July 10, 2007, Neon Bible was named to the shortlist for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize .
They also performed at the UK leg of Live Earth on 7 July 2007 at Wembley Stadium .