< ! -- Deleted image removed : The band were one of the acts opening for Green Day , alongside Taking Back Sunday and Jimmy Eat World on their two-day residency of the Milton Keynes Bowl in June 2005 . Simple Plan were initially booked though cancelled only a few weeks before the show , and Hard-Fi were made as a last minute booking and opened on both days . Their debut album 's launch party was scheduled to be 7 July 2005 at Cheekees nightclub in Staines , however this was cancelled due to the ill health of Richard 's mother , and the London bombings also occurring that day . Her death resulted in the band pulling out of the Glastonbury festival . The launch party was rescheduled for 13 July 2005 and the venue changed to Ladbroke Grove , London
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7 July 2005 London bombings
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