Editing Incubus (band) (section)

===''Light Grenades'' (2005–2008)===
[[File:Incubus live 2007 (1).jpg|thumb|210px|right|Incubus performing at the [[Virgin Festival]] in [[Baltimore]] in 2007]]

In the spring of 2005, the band went back into the studio with [[Brendan O'Brien (music producer)|Brendan O'Brien]]. Three new songs were released in late July 2005 as part of the soundtrack album to the [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony]] film ''[[Stealth (film)|Stealth]]''. The track ''[[Make a Move (Incubus song)|"Make a Move"]]'', was released to radio in late May, and song reached No. 17 (Alternative Charts) and No. 19 (Mainstream Rock Charts). Fan reaction towards "Make a Move" was lukewarm, but the other two new songs, "Admiration" and "Neither of Us Can See" (a duet with [[Chrissie Hynde]]), seemed to be much more well-liked. In January 2006, the first of a series of Incubus podcasts was released by the band via internet. Among other things, the podcast featured the band's thoughts about their 2005 South American tour, some information on their new album, a mash-up of "[[Drive (Incubus song)|Drive]]" and [[Tupac Shakur]]'s "[[Better Dayz]]", a cover of [[Soundgarden]]'s "[[Black Hole Sun]]", and a few live interludes.

On August 1, 2006, the band announced that album number six, ''[[Light Grenades]]'', was soon to be released and that it was being produced by Brendan O'Brien. A few weeks afterward, the release date was confirmed to be Tuesday, November 28. Upon release, ''Light Grenades'' debuted No. 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the first time Incubus has ever sat atop the album charts, despite only selling 165,000 copies (their lowest debut for an album since ''Make Yourself'') in the first week.

In November, Incubus played two exclusive European shows in Berlin and London. These were both in less than 2,000-capacity venues—a special occasion for the band and the fans (due to Incubus's mainstream success, the band now usually plays at large arenas worldwide). The band used these shows to showcase new material from ''Light Grenades''. The band's first single, "[[Anna Molly]]", had a music video which had mainstream success.

On December 27, 2006, Incubus launched the "I Dig Incubus" contest, in which participants cut together clips of the band performing their single "[[Dig (Incubus song)|Dig]]", to form a complete music video. On February 1, 2007, five finalists were announced for the "I Dig Incubus" contest. In a video interview on ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'', bassist and vocalist [[Ben Kenney]] said, "It's almost something that will happen whether or not we want to do it. People will make their own videos for songs. It's kind of a cool way for us to get together with fans out there who are artistic."<ref>{{cite news |title=Incubus: Exclusive Interview |publisher=Blender Magazine Online |url=http://www.blender.com/video/940/IncubusExclusiveInterview.video?src=GM7070:MD |access-date=February 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018075702/http://blender.com/video/940/IncubusExclusiveInterview.video?src=GM7070:MD |archive-date=October 18, 2007  }}</ref> On August 4, 2007, Incubus played on the first day at [[Baltimore]]'s [[Virgin Festival]] along with bands such as [[the Police]] and [[Beastie Boys]].

Michael Einziger had been suffering from [[carpal tunnel syndrome]] and although he had an operation that has corrected the problem, he needed to recuperate for a few months, hence recent tour plans were postponed. Incubus apologized to fans and continued the tour in the summer and autumn.

In February and March 2008, Incubus hit the road again starting in New Zealand and headlining the [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave]] festival in Australia alongside [[the Offspring]] and [[Alexisonfire]], and toured Asia performing to sell-out crowds. In Singapore, they met fans at a Meet and Greet session at Changi Airport and performed at Fort Canning Hill.
In April, Incubus performed at the [[Festival Imperial]] in Costa Rica, along with the bands [[the Smashing Pumpkins]] and [[Duran Duran]], and later in Venezuela at the [[Poliedro de Caracas]].
Incubus also performed a number of shows throughout Europe this summer including the [[Rock am Ring]] and [[Rock im Park]] Festivals in Germany, the [[Nova Rock Festival]] in Austria, [[Pinkpop Festival]] in the Netherlands and the [[Download Festival]] in England. In July 2008, the band played in a [[VH1]] tribute to [[the Who]] alongside [[Foo Fighters]], [[Pearl Jam]] and [[the Flaming Lips]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Incubus Performs on VH1's Rock Honors: The Who Show|url=http://blog.vh1.com/2008-06-13/incubus-celebrates-the-who-on-rock-honors/|work=VH1 Blog|date=June 13, 2008|access-date=June 18, 2008|archive-date=June 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614125311/http://blog.vh1.com/2008-06-13/incubus-celebrates-the-who-on-rock-honors/|url-status=dead}}</ref>