The reunited Pogues played dates in the UK with support from the Dropkick Murphys in late 2005, and re-released their 1987 Christmas classic " Fairytale of New York " on 19 December, which went straight in at No. 3 in the UK Singles charts on Christmas Day 2005, showing the song's enduring popularity.

The song was re-released by The Pogues in the UK in 1991 ( reaching # 36 ), and again in the UK and Ireland for Christmas 2005, reaching # 3 in the UK.

On December 22, 2005, The Pogues performed the song on a Jonathan Ross Christmas special on BBC One in the UK, with the female vocals taken by singer Katie Melua.

Irish Folk, Trad and Blues: A Secret History ( 2005 ) covers Horslips, The Pogues, Planxty and others.

It has hosted a number of music concerts: events include UB40, supported by The Pogues, in 1989, Duran Duran in 2005, and the 2002 Party in the Park, featuring Westlife and Sugababes among others.

They covered The Smiths ' " This Charming Man " on 2001's Nightsongs and The Pogues ' " Fairytale of New York " in 2005.

A few exceptions include Guided by Voices ' 1994 album Bee Thousand, which was re-released as a three disc vinyl LP Director's cut in 2004, and Fall Out Boy's 2003 album Take This to Your Grave, which was re-released as a Director's cut in 2005 with two extra tracks.

It was out of circulation for many years, but was re-released for a limited theatrical run in October 2005 and has subsequently been released on DVD.

was re-released on DVD as a single-disc re-issue in 2005, featuring only the 20th Anniversary version.

This album has been re-released twice on CD by the BBC, first in 2005 ( BBC Audio: Children's ) to coincide with the ' new ' film and again in 2010 ( Vintage Beeb ), featuring the original LP artwork and a bonus interview with Eric Thompson.

Acknowledging their continued popularity, several of the early kits have even been re-released by Tamiya during 2005 – 2007, with a few alterations.

* The Wizard's Tide, 1990 ( later re-released as The Christmas Tide: A Story, 2005 )

On 23 June 2005 the original album was re-released in two forms: one in a remastered 2-disc Hybrid Multichannel Super Audio CD set ; another in a 7-disc " Collector's Edition " featuring many bonuses such as various remixes, outtakes, and the actors reading from the unabridged script as well as the seventh disc being a DVD showing the making of the album, produced by Phoenix Film & Television Productions.

Also in 2005, certain Yesteryear castings which had been released in the Tyco / early Mattel era as part of the " Muscle Car " series of Matchbox Collectibles were re-released in 1971-style retro packaging and retro wheels as Super Kings — considered by many to be a strange name choice, since models of this nature had been called Speed Kings in the ' 70s.

* Full Throttle ( THICK Records, 1997 — special edition re-released THICK, 2005 )

The game was re-released as a standard edition in 2006 across all PAL regions except France after the 2005 release of Shadow of the Colossus, Icos spiritual sequel, to allow players to " fill the gap in their collection ".

# Blood Feast – released with 23 seconds cut in 2001 ; re-released uncut in 2005

# Nightmare ( also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain ) – re-released with 3 minutes of pre-cuts in 2005

# Zombi 2 ( alternate titles: Zombie, Zombie Flesh Eaters ) – released with 23 seconds cut in 1999 ; re-released uncut in 2005

Their entire back catalogue was re-released on CD on LTM in 2005.

He would also appear on their limited edition Christmas EP ( re-released in 2005 as Winter Weezerland ) and on a number of b-sides and unreleased songs.

On 14 November 2005, the duo's label, RCA, re-released their eight studio albums in remastered and expanded editions featuring rare B-sides, remixes and unreleased songs.

During the summer of 2005, the band returned for Ozzfest, and on November 1, 2005, Alive or Just Breathing was re-released as part of Roadrunner Records ' 25th anniversary.

In 2005, as part of Roadrunner's 25th anniversary, the label re-released Alive or Just Breathing as a special edition.

Despite this, Surfer Rosa was re-released in the U. S. by Elektra Records in 1992, and in 2005 was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

A nine-disc Region 2 DVD set, The Comic Strip Presents: The Complete Collection was released in July 2005 ( and re-released in August 2007 ).

In 2005 the band's albums were all remastered and re-released and a ' Best Of ' compilation was released, along with two DVDs.

He has also written extensively about Charles Dickens, whom he has played in a one-man show, The Mystery of Charles Dickens by Peter Ackroyd, in the film Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale, and on television several times including An Audience with Charles Dickens ( BBC, 1996 ) and in " The Unquiet Dead ", a 2005 episode of the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who.

By the 2000s this fusion of ethno / dance / pop had crossed over to mainstream success in the contest, with entries like Turkey's " Everyway That I Can ", Ukraine's " Wild Dances ", Greece's " My Number One " and Norway's " Fairytale " winning in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2009.

*" Fairytale of New York " ( featuring Kirsty MacColl )-# 2 UK ; Reissued in 1991 (# 24 UK ), 2005 (# 3 UK ) and 2007 (# 4 UK )

The production entitled Mit Eventyr or " My Fairytale " opened at the Gladsaxe Theatre in Copenhagen in the fall of 2005.

In 2005, Moorish recorded a cover of " Fairytale of New York " with Johnny Borrell.

He appeared in November 2005 as the ' Court Jester ' in the world premiere of " George and the Fairytale ", a play co-written and directed by the actress Sandra Dickinson and her partner Mark Osmond.

Harvest of Dissent: Agrarianism in Nineteenth-Century New York ( 2005 )

2005. Letters to a Young Actor New York: Basic Books.

In 2004 – 2005 Aon, along with other brokers including Marsh & McLennan and Willis, fell under regulatory investigation under New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other state attorneys general.

* 1942 – David Lange, New Zealand politician ( d. 2005 )

* 1938 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer ( Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Dinosaurs, and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy ) ( d. 2005 )

* Telecom New Zealand — Operated an AMPS / TDMA network in New Zealand from 1987 until 2007 throughout the whole country and the network was renowned for its superb coverage, In 2000 Telecom announced that they would discontinue the AMPS network within 5 years ( 2005 ) to give customers an opportunity to transition to the CDMA2000 and later 1XRTT technologies that replaced it.

Most recently, Mike Piazza, then of the New York Mets, was hit in the head by a pitch from Julian Tavarez of the St. Louis Cardinals on September 10, 2005.

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).

For the 2005 tour to New Zealand the Lions management commissioned a song, " The Power of Four ", although it met with little support amongst Lions fans at the matches and was not used on the 2009 Tour.

The Lions ' 2005 tour to New Zealand, coached by 2003 England world cup winning coach Clive Woodward, won all seven games against provincial teams however suffered heavy defeats in all three tests and were narrowly defeated by the New Zealand Maori team.

The most recent tour visited South Africa in May – July 2009, and before that the Lions toured New Zealand in 2005.

In a break with tradition, a " home " fixture against Argentina took place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 23 May 2005, before the Lions went to New Zealand.

Ruth's 1919 contract that sent him from Boston to New York was sold at auction for $ 996, 000 at Sotheby's on June 10, 2005.

* U. S. Navy Historical C / The Bermuda Triangle: Startling New Secrets, Sci Fi Channel documentary ( November 2005 )

* Worrell, R. ( 2005 ) Pan-Africanism in Barbados: An Analysis of the Activities of the Major 20th-Century Pan-African Formations in Barbados, Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing, ISBN 0-9744934-6-5

The Cold War: A New History ( 2005 )

The ' Little Switzerland ' section of the Putney End seen in the background during an Australia national association football team | Australia vs New Zealand national football team | New Zealand friendly in 2005

Marker created a 19-minute multimedia piece in 2005 for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City titled Owls at Noon Prelude: The Hollow Men which was influenced by T. S. Eliot's poem.

* Christchurch the Music, 2005 compilation album from New Zealand