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Since the split, Adderley, Barnett and Pulzer have also been working on music together. Barnett formed a supergroup of sorts under the name The New Royal Family (featuring Adderley on bass, and present and former members of
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Two more singles followed in 2006 along with an eponymous album released in October, but The Boyfriends split soon after, following a tour in support of
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who, after going to one of their shows, was supposedly so impressed he offered them the supporting slot on his 2006 European tour on the spot.
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and offered the band a deal. Their debut single "I Love You" was released in 2005 and they rose to prominence when the
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listed them in the Top 50 essential bands to see. In June, they were the first band ever to play the newly christened
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Stage at that year's Glastonbury Festival and had been likened to
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The band released a split single on 9 August 2004 with
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