'' Stars of CCTV '' was originally released as a mini album , a very limited release which sold out very quickly . A few months after , the album had been going on sale on websites such as eBay for £ 25 . Talking about the situation , frontman Richard Archer said ; " We had no money but time was a luxury that we did have . So we spent a year planning , then recording it ourselves , and we did all the artwork ourselves too . Even our website was designed by us . We got a book out of the library so we could learn how to do it . Then we had to do it again cos it was a right palaver . So after all that , things took off really quickly and went crazy in the space of two months , which was quite surprising . " The album 's launch party was scheduled for 7 July 2005 at Cheekees night club in Staines ( where their top ten single " Hard to Beat " was filmed ) , but 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 . Richard says that he is no longer friends with Cheekee because of an incident involving him describing his nightclub to a newspaper like " a bad wedding " . Richard defended himself by saying " ... but everyone likes a bad wedding so I do n't see what the problem is . " After a successful campaign by Atlantic , the '' Stars of CCTV '' album re-entered the official UK album chart at No. 4 on 1 January 2006 . Two places higher than it originally went in on the week of its release . It reached No. 1 on 22 January 2006 . The band 's re-release of " Cash Machine " entered the official Top 40 singles chart at No. 14 on 1 January
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7 July 2005 London bombings
Stars of CCTV