In 2005, the band left their long-time management team, Q Prime , and signed with HK Management.
— Oliveri, interview with Daredevil Magazine (2005)
“Photograph” (also from Potter’s Field ) appeared on the soundtrack of the 2005 film Elektra .
Jack Russell’s Great White played their first full show following the Rhode Island tragedy on July 22, starting a benefit tour for the survivors and victims of the fire. The band toured until 2005 to raise funds for the Station Family Fund, which had been set up to help the…
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In 2005, the Wilsons appeared on the CMT Music Awards as a special guest of country singer Gretchen Wilson (no relation) and performed the Heart classic “Crazy on You” with her.
Soon after the release of Have A Nice Day , the band started gearing up for the new 2005–2006 worldwide Have A Nice Day Tour . This tour, took the band to numerous stages and stadiums throughout the world. The tour was a significant commercial success, as the group played…
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The group played two shows in 2005
On May 14, 2005, the group was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live , hosted by Will Ferrell. One of Ferrell’s popular Saturday Night Live characters, fictional Blue Öyster Cult cowbellist Gene Frenkle , made a re-appearance on the show, playing with the Queens on their first song of…
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UK label Visible Noise noticed the band after the release of their EP, and signed them for a four-album deal, in addition to re-releasing the EP in January 2005.
In 2005 Grand Funk Railroad was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.