The Futureheads on how they revved up The Killers on the classic 2005 NME Awards tour

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The Futureheads have told NME about their experience touring with The Killers during the 2005 NME Awards tour.The tour, which ran in the lead-up to the 2005 awards ceremony, saw The Killers, The Futureheads, Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs play shows across the UK.

At the time, the venues – which included universities – were the biggest the bands had ever played in.Prior to 2005’s edition, the likes of Coldplay and Franz Ferdinand had become household names following their participation in the tour.Speaking to NME recently, Futureheads frontman Barry Hyde had been reminiscing about the impact of the tour, which provided a pivotal platform to the bands, who all went on to have illustrious careers.“All the bands hung out together, and there was a positive competitiveness.

We were below headliners The Killers, and they changed their setlist depending on how we went down,” Hyde told us. “We went down extremely well in Glasgow – so much so that The Killers decided to start with ‘Mr Brightside’!”“Retrospectively, it was an exciting time for British indie music, and I would love there to be a positive nostalgia trip for the Noughties.

Looking back, we were so young. Our drummer was only 16 and wasn’t even legally allowed in the venues for our first tours of America.”Hyde also recalled the 2005 NME Awards ceremony, which marked the end of the tour. “That was a heavy-duty Noughties night!