In 2005 they performed on the Belgian festivals Dour, Zeverrock and Ackerrock; and in 2006 several others, including Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop.
Even though record sales were once again below expectations, the group scored some small radio-hits and toured extensively in the Benelux and played for large crowds at Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop festivals.
They also played at many festivals including Rockness, V Festival, Reading and Leeds, Pukkelpop as well as Lovebox and Glastonbury where they played three sets in one day across three different stages.
After the band released its second album The Closer You Get in 2004, Face Tomorrow toured all over Europe and the United States, playing festivals like Lowlands, Pukkelpop, Noorderslag, Bochum Total, Groezrock and Paaspop.
Following the success of their album, the band spent the next two years touring Belgium, France and Holland as well as playing prominent festivals, including one of Belgium’s biggest, Pukkelpop; and Marktrock.
In the last year Jagwar Ma played the "Summer Festival circuit" throughout the UK, EU and Australia including Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury, Pukkelpop, Latitude, Bestival, Paredes de coura, The Big Day Out, Splendour in the Grass among others.
A planned performance at the Belgian Pukkelpop festival in August 2011 was canceled after the venue was hit by an unusually heavy storm, which collapsed trees, tents and stages, killing several people.
On 20 August 2010, Charles Haddon, the lead singer of the band, died after a performance at Pukkelpop, Belgium.
Having gained a reputation as a live band with serious energy and professionalism – headlining almost every major festival, the band went off to Europe in August 2005 to play alongside the likes of Korn and Marilyn Manson at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium.
This summer the band will perform at a number of major European festivals, including Roskilde Festival, Pukkelpop and Lowlands.
In August 2009 near the beginning of the band's gig in Sydney, singer John Baillie Junior jumped off stage and broke his arm causing the band to cancel the remainder of their Australian tour, as well as appearances at Pukkelpop and Belladrum festivals.
It was filmed by Shane McCauley and Aymen Ahmed, edited by Kyle DePinna, and was shot on location at the Pukkelpop Festival in Hasselt, Belgium, the Notting Hill Carnival in London, UK, and the Mad Decent Block Party in Philadelphia, PA.
Summercamp toured the US, Europe and Japan in support of their release, including the second stage of the 1997 Lollapalooza, the 1997 Pukkelpop, and appearing at the very first Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, 1997.