In October 2006, members of the band helped put together a CD collection of new songs for children titled Colours Are Brighter, with the involvement of major bands such as Franz Ferdinand and The Flaming Lips .< ref >

* Cone Five, an indie noise-pop band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, active from 1999 to 2006

A band of Ogaden National Liberation Front rebels in Ethiopia, 2006

* Chimera ( Andromeda album ), a 2006 album by Swedish progressive metal band Andromeda

* The indie rock band The Essex Green recorded a song titled " Elsinore " for their 2006 album Cannibal Sea.

Bauhaus ( band ) | Bauhaus — Live in concert, 3 February 2006

Lee appeared in Broken Social Scene's music video for their 2006 single " Fire Eye'd Boy ", judging the band while they perform various musical tasks, and in 2006, Lee joined Lifeson's supergroup the Big Dirty Band, to provide songs accompanying Trailer Park Boys: The Movie.

In 2006, Sixx published his diaries as a best selling novel: The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, and in 2007 Sixx's side project band Sixx: A. M. released The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack as a musical parallel to the novel.

The band broke up twice, in 1996 and 2002, but reunited again in 2006.

In 2006, Gerd Leers, then mayor of the border city of Maastricht, on the Dutch-Belgian border, criticised the current policy as inconsistent, by recording a song with the Dutch punk rock band De Heideroosjes.

At the end of the Buenos Aires show in November 2006, Peter Hook suggested that the band should stop touring.

In September 2011, the band announced that they would perform for the first time since 2006, at the Ancienne Belgique, Brussels on 17 October and at the Bataclan, Paris on 18 October.

The band continued to make appearances through 2006 and 2007, culminating in their first-ever appearances in Australia.

Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2006, showing a quartet lineup for a rock band of a lead vocalist, guitarist, bassist, and drummer

During promotional interviews for the R30 Live In Frankfurt DVD, the band revealed their intention to begin writing new material in early 2006.

The band officially entered Allaire Studios, in Shokan, New York in November 2006 in order to record the bulk of the material.

Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God set out to break the new band in by performing a successful sold out series of dates of Australia in 2005 and then in 2006 returned to the US to promote their new release My Hand, My Heart with another sold-out US Tour and major press, radio and television appearances.

During July 2006, the band toured Europe.

The band covered the Beatles hit " Good Day Sunshine " for the 2006 album All Together Now: Beatles Stuff for Kids of All Ages.

The band was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the annual Meteor Ireland Music Awards in February 2006.

In March 2006, the band played their first U. S. dates with Shane in over 15 years.

In May 2006, Roberts left the band, and The Stranglers were now back to a four-piece line-up: Burnel, Black, Greenfield and Warne, with the lead vocals shared between Warne and Burnel.

In March 2006, the band released their eighth studio album, Flat-Pack Philosophy, on Cooking Vinyl Records, the supporting tour found them playing on a leg of the mid-2006 Vans Warped Tour.

In 1984, the first official representative matches of International Rules were played, and these were played annually each October between the AFL and the Gaelic Athletic Association, also known as the GAA, between 1998 and 2006.

In 2006, 615, 549 registered participants played Australian football in Australia.

* Cyril Domoraud ( b. 1971 ), Ivorian football player ( senior career 1992 – 2008 ) who played for the Côte d ' Ivoire national team ( 1995 – 2006 )

The Panthers and Cardinals have played each other every season since 2001 with the lone exception of the 2006 & 2012.

Circuit Park Zandvoort played host to the first race in the 2006 / 07 season of A1 Grand Prix from 29 September-1 October 2006.

During this time, England played at a number of different venues across the country, though by the time of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers this had largely settled down to having Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium as the primary venue, with Newcastle United's St. James ' Park used on occasions where Old Trafford was unavailable.

A prior study by the FSTA showed 19. 4 million people age 12 and above in the U. S. and Canada played fantasy sports in 2006 and 34. 5 million people had ever played fantasy sports.

Early finals were played in other locations and, due to extensive redevelopment of Wembley, finals between 2001 and 2006 were played at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

The planet was not referred to by name until the 2006 Christmas Special, was depicted in a flashback in " The Sound of Drums ", and played an important role in the plot of " The End of Time ".

He played Grace's husband, Dr. Leo Markus, on the TV sitcom Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006.

Home games are played at the AWD-Arena, which hosted matches in the 1974 and 2006 World Cups and the Euro 1988.

In December 2006, Polgár played a six-game match of blindfold rapid chess against former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov.

He was also the Host of the 230th July 4, 2006 of the PBS July 4 " A Capitol Fourth " Celebrations in Washington, D. C. in which he sang, danced, and played tuned drums.

Joe Orton was played by the actor Kenny Doughty in the 2006 BBC film Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa !, starring Michael Sheen as Kenneth Williams.

In 2006, Spacey played Lex Luthor in the Bryan Singer – directed superhero film, Superman Returns.

She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette ( 2006 ) and starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People ( 2008 ).

During the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt survived a five-set match against South Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee that was played over two days.

On March 23, the Saints announced that the team's two 2006 preseason games were to be played at Shreveport, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi. After a $ 185 million renovation of the historic stadium, on April 6 the Saints released their 2006 schedule, with all home games scheduled to be played at the Superdome.