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 .
It was released on 25 June 2007 and went straight to number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 59,405 copies in its first week.
Arctic Monkeys headlined the Glastonbury Festival on 22 June 2007, the highlights of which were aired on BBC2 . During their headline act, the band performed with Dizzee Rascal and Simian Mobile Disco and covered Shirley Bassey ‘s ” Diamonds Are Forever “. The band also played a large gig…
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The album was preceded by the top 10 single ” Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors ” on the 18th. The song was Editors’ highest-charting single, reaching number 7. It also earned its own Making the Video episode on MTV .
Prior to their return to Lollapalooza, the band also performed twice at Bonnaroo , once in June 2007
On 20 May 2007, Bloc Party headlined on the In New Music We Trust stage at the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Preston .
On 29 April 2007, the day Favourite Worst Nightmare charted at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart , all 12 tracks from the album charted in the Top 200 of the UK singles chart. The band later released ” Fluorescent Adolescent ” as a single, and it charted at…
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The band’s second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare , was released on 23 April 2007, a week after the release of accompanying single ” Brianstorm “. Like its predecessor, Favourite Worst Nightmare quickly reached No. 1 in the album charts. Turner described the songs as “very different from last time”, adding…
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In April 2007, it was announced that Mikey Way would temporarily leave the tour to spend time with his new wife, Alicia Simmons-Way.