The first edition of this series featured new performances by Razorlight and Nelly Furtado recorded after the final episode of Top of the Pops.

The NME gave the album 8 / 10 and said: “ A soulful romantic album that sees Razorlight comfortably leap the ‘ difficult second album ’ trap ,” The Observer Music Monthly gave it 4 / 5 saying “ His band ’ s second album justifies the self-belief .” Q Magazine called it “ The best guitar album since Oasis ’ s ‘ Definitely Maybe ’.”

The Razorlight singer next emerged in October, duetting with The Kinks ’ Ray Davies on ‘ Sunny Afternoon ’ for the BBC Electric Proms at London ’ s The Roundhouse.

The critical reception was generally good, receiving good reviews from NME (“ Razorlight ’ s debut packs more tunes than Franz, more spirit than The Strokes and more balls than nearly every band out there right now .”), Q magazine, Billboard and Rolling Stone who said

After 2004 ’ s constant touring Borrell was placed at No. 4 in the NME ’ s Cool List and Razorlight won Best New Act at 2004 ’ s Q Awards and the Best New Band category at the NME Awards In Feb 2005.

French fashion brand Dior ’ s creative director Hedi Slimane based his 2005 Autumn / Winter collection on Borrell and Pete Doherty and chose Razorlight to write music for the Paris show.

In the Spring of 2005 Razorlight played two sold out shows at London ’ s Alexandra Palace with Noel Fielding from The Mighty Boosh as their support act.

High profile support slots with U2, Queen, The Who and Oasis and the band ’ s appearance at Live 8 kept Razorlight occupied through the rest of the year prior to entering the studio for their second album in early 2006.

Two round the world tours, including first visits to Australia, a move to a new US label, Mercury Records / Island Def Jam and major festival appearances in the UK and across Europe took Razorlight to the end of the decade, finishing with a December headline at XFM ’ s Brixton Academy Christmas show where they donated their fee to Borrell ’ s charity of choice, Anno ’ s Africa.

Razorlight were deemed to be one of the highlights of the 2 July 2005 Live 8 charity concert in Hyde Park and continued to support Borrell ’ s global warming concerns by taking part in the 7 July 2007 Live Earth event at Wembley Stadium.

Razorlight have also regularly supported Nelson Mandela ’ s 46664 Aids charity.

Through his love of cricket ( he appeared on the cover of Time Out ’ s cricket edition in August 2005 holding a cricket ball ) Borrell has become friends with some of the English cricket team including former captain Andrew Flintoff who asked Razorlight to play at the inaugural night of his charity, The Andrew Flintoff Foundation ( Of which he is a patron ) in July 2009 at London ’ s The Hurlingham Club.

Razorlight contributed the song " Kirby's House " to the War Child charity album Help!

In 2005, he was involved in a feature titled British Rule for GQ, charting the British influence on rock and roll, photographing several musicians including Paul Weller, Jarvis Cocker, Razorlight, Brian Eno, M. I. A., Ian Brown, The Futureheads, Belle & Sebastian, Damon Albarn, Dizzee Rascal, Kaiser Chiefs, Robyn Hitchcock, Super Furry Animals, and Colin Blunstone.

In 2007, Razorlight received a worst album nomination for their self-titled album, which NME themselves gave 8 / 10.

On their 2006 European tour, they were supported by Razorlight and Johnossi, and for the British leg of the tour they were a joint support act for the Dirty Pretty Things along with Larrikin Love.

Razorlight is the album by which many of the original Razorlight fans lost interest in the band, and some accused them of ' selling-out ' by diluting their raw, edgy rock sound to cater for a new, radio-friendly mainstream audience.

In 2007, Razorlight were nominated for two BRIT Awards – one for ' Best British Band ' and the other for ' Best Song ', " America ".

Razorlight was intended to perform for BBC Children in Need 2008, but cancelled due to Borrell reporting vocal problems.

One of the first covers of the song was by indie rock band Razorlight, who performed the song with the London Community Gospel Choir for a BBC Radio 1 session, later releasing their version as a B-side for their single " Vice ".

In 2006, he produced the debut album by newcomers Tiny Dancers entitled ' Free School Milk ' for Parlophone, the EP ' Fast ', and the track ' Back To The Start ' for Razorlight for Vertigo / Mercury.

Noel Fielding also opened for Razorlight at their two sold out Alexandra Palace shows in 2005 and appeared in the Razorlight video for the song ' In the Morning ' and ' Up All Night '.

Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Ludacris, Corinne Bailey Rae, Goo Goo Dolls, Razorlight, and Jamelia performed for Nelson Mandela on stage.

Razorlight debut album, Up All Night, was released on 28 June 2004, reaching number 3 in the UK album charts.

The song, which was originally over 4 minutes long, was later cut down almost in half and re-mastered, appearing as the eighth track on the band's second album, Razorlight.

Continuing their association with The Who which started at the Live 8 gig, Razorlight debuted some of new songs from their forthcoming second album live on 30 March 2006, in one of a chain of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts, organised by Roger Daltrey.

Razorlight released their second album Razorlight on 17 July 2006, in the United Kingdom and it debuted at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart a week later.

After many months of producing new material, some of which was written on the Isle of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides, Razorlight released their third studio album, Slipway Fires, on 3 November 2008 with the lead single, " Wire To Wire ", being released on 20 October 2008.

* Up All Night ( Razorlight album ), 2004, or the title song

Hassall attended Highgate School, where he was classmates with Johnny Borrell of Razorlight. It is reported Borrell was actually part of the band's line up as bass player before Hassall ; Another band member was quoted saying he left because he could not keep up with a song they were practising ( alledgly ' Horrorshow ', a song from the band's Up The Bracket-their first album ).

Keith stated originally they were going to work with a number of different drummers on their third album, however instead decided to work purely with Burrows after he left Razorlight.

" Vice " is the fifth single released by English rock band Razorlight, taken from their debut album Up All Night.

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In March 2011, Razorlight announced a London festival exclusive with their new line-up, and played at Get Loaded In The Park on Clapham Common on Sunday 12 June.

Some of the artists the band have toured, played or showcased with include Sloan, Feist, Joel Plaskett, The Meligrove Band, The Bicycles, The Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Bloc Party, Blue Rodeo, Major Grange, Roky Erikson, Thurston Moore, Electric Six, The Willowz, Ida Maria, Malajube, Peter Elkas, Liam Finn, Bahamas, Zeus, White Cowbell Oklahoma, The Balconies, Hexes and Ohs, Rich Aucoin, Jason Collett, State Radio

Carl had never played bass until he arrived at a Razorlight rehearsal, but his tasteful, subtly melodic playing immediately provided a solid bottom end for the band, allowing Ågren, drummer Christian Smith Pancorvo ( later replaced by Andy Burrows ) and singer / songwriter Johnny Borrell an unusual rhythmic and melodic freedom.

The band also played dates supporting The Who, Mötley Crüe, Mark Lanegan, Razorlight, The Killers, and appeared at the Oxegen, T In The Park, Isle of Wight, Fuji Rock, Reading And Leeds, Glastonbury, Jersey Live, and Tennents ViTal festivals.

On 7 July 2007, Razorlight performed at both the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London, and T in the Park in Balado, Scotland.

Johnny Borrell ( born Jonathan Edward Borrell, 4 April 1980, Muswell Hill, London ) is an English guitarist and singer, currently the frontman of the band Razorlight.

The band also opened shows for Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Razorlight.

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* 2006: Cassius, Klaxons, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, The Horrors

Borrell has appeared twice on The Mighty Boosh, once alone as a giant rapist rabbit in the 2006 stage show and once with Razorlight in the episode " The Priest and the Beast ".

have all performed at the festival, and both Razorlight and Faithless performed in 2006.

In September 2006, the Like supported Muse on a short string of tour dates in the U. S., before heading to Europe to support UK band Razorlight.