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In 2005 the band was on the road again and played plenty open air stages all over
Ukraine. Mad Heads XL also appeared abroad, at Rock for People 2005 festival in Czech Republic. In September 2005 ZYX Music released maxi-CD “Nadiya Yea” in Germany. The album “Nadiya Yea” was released in the end of
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started. Group cancelled their commercial gigs and played on the central square of Kiev, Maidan
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Tavria Games to perform for 75,000 people. There was also a live broadcast on M1 – the main
Ukrainian music TV channel. That show brought the band to 9 more big open air stages in the next few months, with the audience varied from 5,000 to 100,000 (Day of Youth on the main Kiev's square,
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