Editing Portishead (band) (section)

=== ''Third'' (2005–2008) ===
In February 2005, the band appeared live for the first time in seven years at the Tsunami Benefit Concert in Bristol.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2005/02/18/tsunami_views_feature.shtml Tsunami benefit concert review] [[BBC Music]]. Retrieved 5 January 2008</ref> Around that time, Barrow revealed that the band was in the process of writing its third album. In August 2006, the band posted two new tracks on its [[MySpace]] page (called "Key Bored 299 03" and "Greek Jam"), described by Barrow as "doodles".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/comment/story/0,,1859997,00.html Quote from Geoff Barrow] ''[[The Guardian]]'' 29 August 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2007</ref> Around the same time, Portishead covered [[Serge Gainsbourg]]'s "Un Jour Comme un Autre (Requiem for Anna)" on the tribute album ''[[Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited]]''.

On 2 October 2007, Portishead stated that the new album ''[[Third (Portishead album)|Third]]'' had been [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] and was nearly complete, and was due for release in early April 2008. The release was later pushed to 28 April. On 8 and 9 December 2007, the band curated the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festival in [[Minehead]], England. The festival featured their first full live sets in nearly 10 years.<ref>[http://strangeglue.com/news/atp-the-nightmare-before-xmas-portishead-review/990 Review of December 2007 ATP shows] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114060323/http://strangeglue.com/news/atp-the-nightmare-before-xmas-portishead-review/990 |date=14 January 2009 }} StrangeGlue.com. Retrieved 27 December 2007</ref> They premiered five tracks from the new album: "Silence", "Hunter", "[[The Rip (song)|The Rip]]", "We Carry On", and "[[Machine Gun (Portishead song)|Machine Gun]]". On 21 January 2008, a European tour to support the album was announced,<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/portishead/33772 Portishead announce 2008 tour] ''NME''. Retrieved 27 January 2008</ref> together with a headline spot at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] on 26 April 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coachella.com/updates/news|title=Coachella lineup|website=Coachella.com|access-date=22 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213011312/http://www.coachella.com/updates/news|archive-date=13 December 2007}}</ref> their only U.S. date on the tour.

[[File:Beth Gibbons - Portishead.jpg|thumb|Beth Gibbons in 2008]]

''Third'' was made available on [[Last.fm]] the week before release, attracting 327,000 listeners in just under 24 hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=31271_0_2_0_C |title=Portishead fans flock together for early album stream |website=Side-line.com |date=1 May 2008 |access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> It was the first time Last.fm had made an album available before its official release date. The album was released on 29 April 2008 to coincide with the band's appearance at Coachella.<ref>{{cite web|last=Broadley |first=Erin |url=http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Portishead/ |title=> Interviews > Portishead |website=SuicideGirls.com |date=5 May 2008 |access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> On 18 May 2008, Barrow expressed Portishead's enthusiasm for recording new material on their website's blog, stating that he "can't wait to write some new tunes".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portishead.co.uk/blog.php |title=back home |website=Portishead.co.uk |access-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402070726/http://www.portishead.co.uk/blog.php |archive-date=2 April 2010 }}</ref>

[[File:Adrian Utley - Portishead - 2.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Adrian Utley in 2008]]