On 4 November 2005, the band released its eighth studio album, Analogue . The UK release of the single ” Analogue ” gave A-ha their first top-ten hit in the UK since 1988. The album includes a guest appearance by Graham Nash of Crosby Stills & Nash performing backup vocals…
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To promote Playing the Angel , the band launched Touring the Angel , a concert tour of Europe and North America that began in November 2005 and ran for nine months. During the last two legs of the tour Depeche Mode headlined a number of festivals including the Coachella Valley…
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With Fortune as lead singer, INXS released the single “Pretty Vegas” on 4 October 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 20 September 2005, J.D. Fortune won the eleven-week competition and became the new lead singer of INXS.
On 20 September 2005 an Argentine DVD of Soda’s last concert, which took place exactly 8 years before at River Plate stadium was released.
On 12 September 2005, A-ha played a quickly sold-out show at Irving Plaza in New York City, the band’s first concert in North America since 1986, despite not having released any material there since 1993.
On 27 August 2005, the band played a concert for 120,000 people in Frogner Park in Oslo, the largest concert ever in Norway.
In August 2005, Super Furry Animals released their seventh studio effort, Love Kraft , recorded in Spain. This represented a departure from their previous working methods: although all five members had always contributed to the development of the songs, Rhys had been the main songwriter. On Love Kraft this was…
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