On 22 January 2007, the punk wave magazine Side-Line broke the story the Police would reunite for the Grammys , and would perform “Roxanne”. Side-Line also stated the Police were to embark on a massive world tour.
Yours Truly, Angry Mob reached number one on the UK albums chart and number forty-five on the Billboard 200 albums chart . The album went on to be the band’s second Million Seller including the UK and European #1 Airplay Hit of 2007 “Ruby”.
In 2007 Hillary Clinton used the track for her electoral campaign.
Singles included Beach Boys-influenced ” Hurricane “, charting disappointingly at number 31, also ” Tokyo ” which missed the Top 100 (number 198) and ” The Outsiders EP “, which did not chart at all.
In 2007, Classic Rock ranked it the 28th greatest soundtrack album of all time.
The band also released a DVD of their live performance at Elland Road from 24 May where they played to a sold out capacity crowd of 40,000 people. The DVD contains the full set from the home of Leeds United as well as highlights from the Kaiser Chiefs performance for…
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In 2007, the song was covered by Mark Ronson and Lily Allen for Ronson’s album Version ; the band had a cameo appearance in that version’s music video.
They embarked on tours of the UK in late 2007 and early 2008 in support of the album.
A live album formed of recordings from various European dates was released in 2007 as Live over Europe 2007 .
Taking a break from recording, the band toured Latin America in early 2007, finishing the Twisted Logic Tour while performing in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.