The album has sold approximately 5.5 million copies worldwide. In the UK, it stayed in the top 75 of the UK Albums Chart for 72 weeks, appearing again on its 115th week. Post-release, the band released singles from the album ” Bedshaped ,” ” This Is the Last Time ”…
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The band signed to City Pavement & Infectious Records in late 2004. Their first album, Young for Eternity , which was released on 4 July 2005, was produced by Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie ; with their debut single “Oh Yeah” reaching number 25 in the UK Singles Chart on…
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As members of the Make Poverty History , Keane performed “Somewhere Only We Know” and “Bedshaped” at the Live 8 concert, which took place in London on 2 July 2005. Keane are also patrons of War Child , and in September 2005, they recorded a cover version of Elton John…
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Muse won two MTV Europe awards, including “Best Alternative Act”, and a Q Award for “Best Live Act”, and received an award for “Best British Live Act” at the Brit Awards . On 2 July 2005, they participated in the Live 8 concert in Paris . In 2003, the band…
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On 2 July 2005, the group appeared at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park , London, playing to their biggest audience yet. The band were also scheduled to support Oasis for a number of dates across Europe, in early 2006, but pulled out due to family commitments. 2006 also…
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After a world tour in early 2005, Duran Duran were presented with the PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the 2005 Ivor Novello Awards. Later that summer, the band headlined the massive Live 8 concert, Rome on 2 July 2005 in the Circus Maximus .
In 2005, Maxïmo Park released their debut album, A Certain Trigger , which sold over 300,000 copies and was nominated for the Mercury Prize in July 2005. In July, Maxïmo Park had the honour of being the first band to play the Ibiza Rocks festival on its opening event. In…
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In July 2005, the band appeared at Live 8 in Hyde Park , where they played a rendition of the Verve ‘s ” Bitter Sweet Symphony ” with Richard Ashcroft on vocals.
During July 2005, Bloc Party recorded two new tracks with Silent Alarm producer Paul Epworth .
The band played at the Live 8 concert in Park Place ( Barrie , Ontario) in July 2005