pop rock

2005
Coldplay recorded a new version of “How You See the World”

In September, Coldplay recorded a new version of “How You See the World” with reworked lyrics for War Child ‘s Help!: A Day in the Life charity album.

Fall Out Boy reached number eight

reached number eight in the US Billboard Hot 100 in September 2005

Manic Street Preachers Leviathan

In September, the band contributed the new track ” Leviathan ” to the War Child charity album Help!: A Day in the Life .

Angels & Airwaves unveiled the name

Tom DeLonge began working on new material during Blink-182’s final tour in 2004 and shortly after they began their break in February 2005. For half a year he worked alone in his home studio before gathering musicians to form the band. Upon fiddling randomly for several weeks with the band’s…
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HIM (Finnish band) In September 2005, HIM embarked on European club tour to promote Dark

In September 2005, HIM embarked on European club tour to promote Dark Light . This was followed by a North American leg in October. In December, HIM expanded its annual New Year’s Eve show into a three day festival called Helldone , named so after the group’s booking agent Tiina…
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Jimmy Eat World In the months following the release of Futures , “Work” and the title

In the months following the release of Futures , “Work” and the title track were released as singles. Having already toured the US alone and with Taking Back Sunday , the band signed on to tour in 2005 with Green Day . In September 2005, the band released the Stay…
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Coldplay performed “Speed of Sound” at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards

On 28 August, Coldplay performed “Speed of Sound” at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards in Miami.

Kane (Dutch band) “Something to Say”, the lead single to the band’s fourth album

“Something to Say”, the lead single to the band’s fourth album, Fearless (2005), became their first number-one hit on the Dutch Top 40 . In August 2005, Kane scored their second number-one hit, with the title track “Fearless”, which was dedicated to Woesthoff’s cousin, who was suffering from kidney disease…
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Smash Mouth released the greatest hits compilation All Star Smash

Smash Mouth released the greatest hits compilation All Star Smash Hits in 2005. The album contains some more popular songs from previous Smash Mouth albums, as well as songs from soundtrack albums that were not on the band’s releases. On certain networks and time slots, the album was advertised as…
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Guano Apes album Clemenza

Tamoto released the album Clemenza in August 2005, which was supported by the singles “Beware” and “On My Mind”.