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

In 2002 and 2005 a stage show of Bagpuss songs toured UK folk festivals and theatres with original singers Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner, along with Kerr's daughter Nancy Kerr and her husband, James Fagan.

In the winter of 2004 / 2005, Smith toured again with Nader in a series of rallies against the Iraq War and called for the impeachment of George W. Bush.

In February 2005, The Residents toured Australia as part of the What is Music?

As a hobby, Vangelis enjoys painting ; his first art exhibition toured South America in 2005.

Between 2005 and 2006, Queen + Paul Rodgers embarked on a world tour, which was the first time Queen toured since their last tour with Freddie Mercury in 1986.

1 ), Steve Jolliffe ( wind instruments and vocals on Cyclone and the following tour ; he was also part of a short-lived 1969 line-up ), Ralf Wadephul ( in collaboration with Edgar Froese recorded album Blue Dawn, but it was released only in 2006 ; also credited for one track on Optical Race ( 1988 ) and toured with the band in support of this album ), and Linda Spa ( saxophonist who appeared on numerous albums and concerts between 1990 and 1996, as well as 2005 onwards ).

In 2005 the full band toured in Europe and the Americas playing settings ranging from small clubs to medium-sized theatres.

Meanwhile their enthusiasm for side projects has continued, as Patrick Codenys started appearing with a new group called Red Sniper, Bresanutti started recording with a new group called Troissoeur, and Codenys and Richard 23 formed a quasi-DJ project called Coder23 which toured in late 2004 and early 2005 as the opening act for VNV Nation.

Front 242 toured through twenty venues in North America in November 2005, their first tour as a full band since 2000.

They toured the UK in 2005, playing a selection of small venues.

Overkill toured the eastern US in April 2005, and just before they went on a European tour in May, it was announced that Tim Mallare would not take part in this tour.

In autumn 2005, Hanson toured in the U. S. and Canada to support The Best of Hanson: Live & Electric.

Hanson toured South America, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina ; and Europe and performed their first full electric shows in Australia during the 2005 " Live and Electric " tour.

The band toured intermittently in support of the album until 2005, when Ramone left the band and was replaced by Robo.

In 2005, she toured the United States in a Royal Court Theatre production of Sarah Kane's theatrical piece, 4. 48 Psychosis.

In 2005, President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, and former First Lady Nancy Reagan toured VC-137C SAM 27000 | SAM 27000, the aircraft that served seven presidents from 1972 – 2001 ; it is now housed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

All three performers toured together, while inviting music duo Floetry in 2005 and singer Kelis in 2006 as opening acts.

Jackson toured 45 US and European cities in 2005 with Todd Rundgren and the string quartet Ethel, appearing on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien performing their collaborative cover version of " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ".

Before embarking on a third leg in the fall of 2005, Queensrÿche toured with Judas Priest across North America, playing an hour-long set consisting mostly of the band's older works and one song from the soon-to-be released sequel, entitled " I'm American.

Burke's daughter, Melanie " Honey " Burke McCall, a Neo Soul singer who is an accomplished artist as well as a freelance background recording artist with companies such as Daxwood Records, Casablanca, A & M and Rawkus Records and a studio artist for groups such as Billy Preston, Peacock ( Anna Gayle group ), and Leslie Uggams, and toured with Chaka Khan, and wrote and produced Family, & Friends, a 14-song original soundtrack for Ms, which was released in 2005, and opened for Jocelyn Brown, Jaheim, Norman Connors, and Angela Bofill, as well as for her father at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in 2006.

From March 2005, Kravitz toured all over the world with the tour Electric Church, which ended at the Brixton Academy, London in July 2005.

Chicago and EWF once again toured together in 2005 and collaborated for a new recording of Chicago's ballad " If You Leave Me Now ", that was included on Chicago's 2005 compilation album Love Songs.

Andersson's next project was Mamma Mia !, a musical built around 24 of ABBA's songs, which has become a worldwide box-office blockbuster with versions in several languages currently being played in many countries, including the UK ( West End premiere in April 1999 ), Canada ( Toronto premiere in 2000 ), the USA ( Broadway premiere in 2001 ), and Sweden ( Swedish language premiere in 2005 ).

A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America ( 2005 ) ( UK title Dr Franklin Goes to France )

* United Kingdom: The UK introduced universal BCG immunization in 1953, and until 2005, the UK policy was to immunize all school children at the age of 13, and all neonates born into high-risk groups.

Routine immunization with BCG was withdrawn in 2005 because of falling cost-effectiveness: whereas in 1953, 94 children would have to be immunized to prevent one case of TB, by 1988, the annual incidence of TB in the UK had fallen so much, 12, 000 children would have to be immunized to prevent one case of TB.

These pieces were continuations of the original Coldcut audiovisual piece " Revolution " ( 2005 ) which used samples of the UK political elections as source footage.

Krulak has served as the Senior Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MBNA Europe ( 2001 – 2005 ) and was based at the Chester campus in the UK.

Nine of the 14 episodes from the first ( Rediffusion ) series were released on DVD in the UK and the US in August 2005.

* " Ethiopia's digital dream " ( 2005 Guardian UK article )

The UK communications regulator Ofcom later found that the episodes depicting the storyline were in breach of the 2005 Broadcasting Code.

UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

The year 2005 saw the emergence of The British Urban Film Festival, a timely addition to the film festival calendar which recognised the influence of Kidulthood on UK audiences and which consequently began to showcase a growing profile of films in a genre which previously was not otherwise regularly seen in the capital ’ s cinemas.

* The Problem With First-Past-The-Post Electing ( data from UK general election 2005 )

In the UK, the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 outlawed the procedure in Britain itself, and the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation ( Scotland ) Act 2005 made it an offence for FGM to be performed anywhere in the world on British citizens or permanent residents.

In the UK, city councils have the power to take action against the owner of any property that has been defaced under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 ( as amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 ) or, in certain cases, the Highways Act.

In 2005, C. Davis and C. Johnson, working at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK, demonstrated that the Es layer was indeed enhanced as a result of lightning activity.

Two books have been published with write-ups on some of the winners: The Ig Nobel Prize ( 2002, US paperback ISBN 0-452-28573-9, UK paperback ISBN 0-7528-4261-7 ) and The Ig Nobel Prize 2 ( 2005, US hardcover ISBN 0-525-94912-7, UK hardcover ISBN 0-7528-6461-0 ), which was later retitled The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself ( ISBN 0-452-28772-3 ).

Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs ( Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2005 )

In 2005 Diabetes UK named its offices in London in honour of J. J. R.

In 2005, against the backdrop of renewed UK government interest in nuclear power, Lovelock again publicly announced his support for nuclear energy, stating, " I am a Green, and I entreat my friends in the movement to drop their wrongheaded objection to nuclear energy ".

In the 2005 season, Spacey made his UK Shakespearean debut, to good notices, in the title role of Richard II directed by Trevor Nunn.

* The UK Mental Capacity Act of 2005

In June 2005, Macrovision sent a cease and desist letter to " Lightning UK!