Blaise solo single was 'Fool for Love', featuring only Tara's voice and a string quartet. Both 'Fool for Love' and followup 'Paperback Cliché' were playlisted by BBC Radio 2 in the UK, and Tara covered much ground with a tour of UK regional radio stations, performing with Corrs guitarist Anthony Drennan. 'Paperback Cliché' was a huge radio hit in Ireland, gaining more than 400 plays, and listed at No 2 in the Irish artist airplay chart, and was featured in the movie Tara Road. The album Dancing on Tables Barefoot was released in the summer of 2005, and described by Hot Press as 'a warm and honest record, lit by a genuine sense of personal adventure, and delivered with feeling and panache in equal measure'. The Sunday Times said 'Pretty much everything here could be a single'. Live shows in the summer of 2005 included The Isle of Wight Festival (where a video was shot for third single 'The Three Degrees'), T in the Park, the Richmond Festival, Yorks, The Secret Garden, V Festivals in Chelmsford & Staffs and in Ireland the Oxegen Festival (Naas, County Kildare). Blaise headlined London's Bush Hall in September 2005, and had her first headlining Irish tour, culminating in a Dublin show at the Sugar Club in November. A slightly different version of Dancing on Tables Barefoot was released in Spain in February 2006 on the DRO/Atlantic label, part of the Warner Music Group. Their first single was 'The Three Degrees', which reached number 9 in the Spanish airplay Chart. Tara and guitarist Anthony Drennan made various appearances in Spain to promote the album in early March, returning in late June / early July. In July 2006 Tara toured Spain in support of the second single 'Paperback Cliché', playing a special acoustic concert in Santiago de Compostela, plus live in-store appearances in FNAC (Madrid) and Discos Castello (Barcelona). Accompanied by Irish guitarists Anthony Drennan and Conor Brady, these appearances prefaced future acoustic shows to be announced. Great Escape In March and April 2007 Tara opened for Michael Ball on his 23-date UK tour. Tara released the single 'Fall at the Start' in June 2007 and featured on 'The Tao of Bergerac', a comedy show by Will Smith and Roger Drew on BBC Radio 4 on 15 August 2007 which was later released. In April and May 2008 Blaise opened for Brian Kennedy on his Irish