Editing Barenaked Ladies (section)

==History==
===Origins (1988–1991)===
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Barenaked Ladies began as a duo of Ed Robertson and Steven Page.<ref name="MMMBio" /><ref name="Leahey" /> Both attended [[Churchill Heights Public School]] and met after a [[Peter Gabriel]] concert; they were counsellors at Interprovincial Music Camp in [[McKellar, Ontario]].<ref name="Barenaked Truth bonus">{{Cite AV media |title=The Barenaked Truth (bonus interviews) |date=2004 |medium=DVD |publisher=Take 3 Productions/Casablanca Media Television |people=[[Jim Creeggan]], [[Kevin Hearn]], [[Steven Page]], [[Ed Robertson]], [[Tyler Stewart]]}}</ref> Page was impressed by Robertson's harmonizing when they began playing songs together.<ref name="Barenaked Truth">{{Cite AV media | people = [[Jim Creeggan]], [[Kevin Hearn]], [[Steven Page]], [[Ed Robertson]], [[Tyler Stewart]] | title = The Barenaked Truth | medium = Television documentary/DVD | publisher = Take 3 Productions/Casablanca Media Television | date = 2004 }}
</ref> While attending a [[Bob Dylan]] concert at [[Exhibition Stadium]], they decided on the name "Barenaked Ladies."<ref name="Talk to the Hand">{{Cite AV media |title=[[Talk to the Hand]] ("behind the scenes" feature) |date=2007 |medium=DVD |publisher=Morningstar Entertainment/Desperation Records |people=[[Jim Creeggan]], [[Kevin Hearn]], [[Steven Page]], [[Ed Robertson]], [[Tyler Stewart]]}}</ref><ref name="Distinguished Artists">{{Cite AV media | people = [[Ed Robertson|Robertson, Ed]] & Frohman, Lorne (Interviewer/Host) | title = Distinguished Artists | medium = TV-series | publisher = Humber College School of Media Studies | location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | date = 2005 }}</ref>

They first performed a largely-improvised set during a [[battle of the bands]] at [[Nathan Phillips Square]] for the [[Second Harvest Toronto|Second Harvest]] [[food bank]] on 1 October 1988.<ref name="Star89">{{cite news | title=We finally get date with Barenaked Ladies | last = Potter | first = Mitch | newspaper = [[Toronto Star]] | date= November 24, 1989}} "But they finally managed a first-ever rehearsal the morning of Oct. 1, 1988, about ''five hours'' before making a stage debut at a Nathan Phillips Square benefit concert."</ref> The duo opened for [[the Razorbacks]] and others, developing their improvised set to include comedy, songs, and audience interactions.<ref name="Behind the Music" /><ref name="Talk to the Hand" /><ref name="Distinguished Artists" />

Page and Robertson continued performing, and began writing songs together. Their first tape, ''[[Barenaked Ladies demo tapes#Buck Naked|Buck Naked]]'' (1989), was made with a four-track recorder<ref name="Barenaked Truth" /> in basements and bedrooms. They became followers of the comedy group [[Corky and the Juice Pigs]], whom they credited with exposing them to a comedic stage presence. Page and Robertson presented the group with their tape, and were invited to open for the Juice Pigs on their national tour.<ref name="Distinguished Artists" /> Page and Robertson invited two friends from music camp, brothers [[Andy Creeggan]] (percussion) and [[Jim Creeggan]] (bass),<ref name="Barenaked Truth bonus" /> to play with them at a 1989 Toronto Christmas show. With the Creeggan brothers, [[Barenaked Ladies demo tapes#Barenaked Lunch|''Barenaked Lunch'' (also known as ''The Pink Tape'')]] was released in 1990.<ref name="Barenaked Truth bonus" />

[[File:JimCreeggan1.JPG|right|thumb|upright=0.7|alt=Jim Creeggan playing an upright bass onstage|Jim Creeggan in 2008]]
Andy Creeggan left for a student-exchange trip to South America six months later, leaving the band without a percussionist. They met drummer [[Tyler Stewart]] in [[Waterloo, Ontario]] in the summer of 1990, and he joined the band.<ref name="Behind the Music" /> The band received attention during Andy Creeggan's absence, receiving the 1990 [[YTV Achievement Awards|YTV Achievement Award]] for Best Band/Musical Group<ref name="Barenaked Truth" /><ref name="RPM22Dec1990">{{cite news |title=YTV Achievement Awards recognize young talent |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/90s/1990/RPM-1990-12-22.pdf |access-date=11 October 2022 |issue=6 |publisher=RPM |date=22 December 1990 |volume=53 |page=7}}</ref> and squeezing into a ''[[Speakers Corner (TV series)|Speaker's Corner]]'' video booth to perform "[[Be My Yoko Ono]]".<ref name="Barenaked Truth" /> Andy Creeggan returned in early 1991, playing keyboards, [[congas]] and other percussion instruments, and the band soon began their first Canadian tour.<ref name="Behind the Music" />

===Early Canadian success (1991–1992)===
Their first commercial release was 1991's ''[[The Yellow Tape]]''. A demo tape created for [[South by Southwest]], it was the first recording with all five members<ref name="Barenaked Truth bonus" /> and was turned down by every Canadian record label.<ref name="Distinguished Artists" /> They sold copies off the stage; people began asking for the tape at local stores, and it was released commercially.<ref name="Distinguished Artists" /> Sales increased due to word of mouth and the band's live shows.<ref name="Behind the Music" /> Page's father, Victor, founded the independent label Page Publications to manufacture and distribute the cassette.<ref>{{cite book|last=Myers|first=Paul|title=Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTRuJKlUoHcC&pg=PP1|date=October 2003|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7432-3835-9}}</ref>

The band received radio airplay with a live cover of [[Dean Friedman]]'s "McDonald's Girl", which included a rap break incorporating lyrics from the [[Beastie Boys]]' "[[Hey Ladies]]".<ref>"Goofiness is its own reward for boys from the 'burbs". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', August 10, 1991.</ref> Barenaked Ladies contributed a cover of [[Bruce Cockburn]]'s "[[Lovers in a Dangerous Time]]" to the Cockburn tribute album ''[[Kick at the Darkness]]'' in November 1991, and it was the band's first Top 40 hit in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/cityguides/vancouver/story.html?id%3Db5392b2e-b0c7-4143-a013-4645a0600fc6%26k%3D24078 |title=Barenaked Ladies feel 'a bit of anxiety' |access-date=2007-11-17 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206013841/http://www.canada.com/cityguides/vancouver/story.html?id=b5392b2e-b0c7-4143-a013-4645a0600fc6&k=24078 |archive-date=December 6, 2007 }}</ref>

[[File:TylerStewart2.jpg|thumb|alt=Tyler Stewart onstage, holding a microphone|Tyler Stewart in 2005]]
The band was removed from the lineup of the 1991 New Year's Eve concert in [[Nathan Phillips Square]] outside [[Toronto City Hall]] because a staffer for Mayor [[June Rowlands]] believed that its name objectified women,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-mayor-says-sorry-to-miss-universe-1.550549 | title=Toronto mayor says 'sorry' to Miss Universe | publisher=CBC News | date=July 20, 2005 | access-date=August 12, 2014 | archive-date=August 16, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816012719/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-mayor-says-sorry-to-miss-universe-1.550549 | url-status=live }}</ref> a decision affirmed by city councillor [[Chris Korwin-Kuczynski]].<ref name=newrules>"Barenaked Ladies ban prompts new city rules". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', February 25, 1992.</ref> The group booked another show at [[McMaster University]].<ref name="Barenaked Truth bonus" /> By February 1992, ''The Yellow Tape'' outsold [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'', [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]' ''[[We Can't Dance]]'', and [[U2]]'s ''[[Achtung Baby]]'' at some downtown Toronto record stores.<ref>"Ladies don't have record deal yet". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', February 7, 1992.</ref> [[MuchMusic]] offered the band its second ''[[Intimate and Interactive]]'' special on 17 January<ref>"Looking for a hit". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', February 1, 1992.</ref> and the tape was the first [[indie rock|indie]] release to go [[music recording certification|platinum]] in Canada, selling 100,000 copies.<ref name="Behind the Music" />

By the end of February, the [[Toronto City Council]] revised its rules for event bookings at Nathan Phillips Square.<ref name=newrules /> The City Hall story has followed the band, with Robertson crediting it to a slow news week.<ref name="Behind the Music" /><ref name="Barenaked Truth" /><ref name="Distinguished Artists" />

===First albums (1992–1997)===
[[File:Andrew creeggan.jpg|thumb|alt=A bespectacled Andy Creegan, playing a keyboard at a library|Andy Creeggan performing with the Brothers Creeggan in [[London, Ontario]], in 2002]]
Barenaked Ladies were signed to [[Sire Records]] in April 1992.<ref>"Barenaked Ladies sign U.S. deal". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', April 30, 1992.</ref> They performed at Toronto's [[Ontario Place Forum]] the following month, and were the quickest act to sell out the venue.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/90s/RPM-1992-07-11-OCR-Page-0007.pdf|title=Barenaked Ladies play Kingswood in August|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>

The band's first full album, ''[[Gordon (album)|Gordon]]'', was released in July 1992 and was successful in Canada;<ref name="MMMBio" /> by the end of August, it had been certified platinum.<ref>"The Ladies and Gordon". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', August 27, 1992.</ref> The album included some of the band's best-known songs, including "[[Enid (Barenaked Ladies song)|Enid]]", the first single; "[[Be My Yoko Ono]]", which helped fund the album; "[[If I Had $1000000]]", spawning a practice of throwing [[Kraft Dinner]] during live shows which the band later discouraged;<ref name="Talk to the Hand" /><ref name="Distinguished Artists" /> and "[[Brian Wilson (song)|Brian Wilson]]", named after [[Beach Boys|Beach Boy]] [[Brian Wilson]] (who covered the song on [[Live at the Roxy Theatre|a live album]]). A number of ''Gordon''{{'s}} songs were live favourites, and had already been recorded. Although the band was doing well in Canada, US success was elusive.<ref name="Behind the Music" />

Their second album, ''[[Maybe You Should Drive]]'' (1994),<ref name="MMMBio" /> was less popular in Canada.<ref name="Behind the Music" /> The band's US tour lost money, despite an appearance on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''. Before the next release, Andy Creeggan decided to leave the band; he had become disillusioned with its direction,<ref name="Barenaked Truth" /> and was uncomfortable with their new fame.<ref name="MMMBio" /> According to Page, Creeggan had considered leaving during rehearsals for ''Drive''; the band convinced him to stay to record that album and for its subsequent tour. Creeggan wanted to study music at [[McGill University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/32/13/kaleidoscope|title=Kaleidoscope|website=Mcgill.ca|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418163316/http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/32/13/kaleidoscope/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tyler Stewart has suggested that Creeggan had never fully accepted his replacement as a percussionist.<ref name="Behind the Music" /> He left when band members were tiring of one other, with Page and Robertson rarely communicating; Stewart cites Creeggan's departure as worsening the situation. Page developed alcohol abuse and depression.<ref name="Behind the Music" /><ref name="Barenaked Truth" /> To reverse their fortunes, they signed with [[Terry McBride (CEO)|Terry McBride]] and [[Nettwerk]] for management.<ref name="Barenaked Truth" />

The band released ''[[Born on a Pirate Ship]]'' as a quartet in 1996.<ref name = "Barelaked Nadies" /> The album's "[[Shoe Box]]" was included on the ''[[Friends]]'' soundtrack,<ref name = "Barelaked Nadies" /> and the [[Jason Priestley]]-directed video for "[[The Old Apartment]]" received notable US airplay.<ref name = "Barelaked Nadies" /> Although the album had better sales than ''Maybe You Should Drive'', it did not match the success of "Gordon".<ref name="MMMBio" /> Barenaked Ladies appeared on an episode of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' ("Spring Breakdown") performed "The Old Apartment", "Life, In a Nutshell", and "Brian Wilson" at the Peach Pit After Dark night club. Tyler Stewart invited his friend [[Kevin Hearn]] to replace Andy Creeggan as a keyboardist for the tour, and Hearn joined the band full time. They had a cameo appearance in the Canadian film ''[[The Wrong Guy]]'' with [[Dave Foley]] in 1997, performing "Gangster Girl".<ref name="Behind the Music" /><ref name="Barenaked Truth" />

Barenaked Ladies recorded two dates on their 1996 ''Born on a Pirate Ship'' tour and released ''[[Rock Spectacle]]'', a live album with a modest American radio hit in "Brian Wilson". The album was their first US gold record, and they saw their next one as a chance to make it big in the States.<ref name="Behind the Music" /><ref name="Barenaked Truth" />

===<span class="anchor" id="Breakthrough success in the United States (1998–2004)"></span>US success (1998–2004) ===
''[[Stunt (album)|Stunt]]'' (1998) was the band's greatest mainstream success; its single, "[[One Week (song)|One Week]]", spent (coincidentally) one week atop the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. ''Stunt'' reached number three on the US [[Billboard 200|'' Billboard'' 200]] and number nine in Canada. Kevin Hearn was diagnosed with [[leukemia]] shortly after the album was released; he receiving bone marrow transplants from his brother, and missed most of the ''Stunt'' tour.

[[File:KevinHearn2.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|left|alt=A smiling Kevin Hearn|Kevin Hearn in 2005]]
The band toured with friends [[Chris Brown (Canadian musician)|Chris Brown]] and [[Greg Kurstin]] filling in on keyboards until Hearn recovered enough to rejoin them on tour. The singles "[[It's All Been Done]]" (the opening theme of the animated television series ''[[Baby Blues (American TV series)|Baby Blues]]'') and "[[Call and Answer]]" (which appeared in the film ''[[EdTV]]'') were modest hits. The band was asked to contribute a song ("[[Get in Line]]") to the soundtrack of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] animated series ''[[King of the Hill]].''<ref name="Barelaked Nadies">{{Cite AV media | people = [[Jim Creeggan]], [[Kevin Hearn]], [[Steven Page]], [[Ed Robertson]], [[Tyler Stewart]] [[Andy Creeggan]] | title = [[Barelaked Nadies]] (DVD Commentary) | medium = DVD | publisher = Warner Bros. Records | date = 2002 }}</ref> 

Led by the single "Pinch Me", ''[[Maroon (Barenaked Ladies album)|Maroon]]'' (2000)<ref name="MMMBio" /> reached number five on the ''Billboard'' Top 100 and topped the Canadian charts. A compilation album, ''[[Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991–2001)]]'', was released in 2001.<ref name="MMMBio" /> After finishing a tour on 31 December 2001 in [[Rosemont, Illinois]] to promote the compilation, the band decided to take a year off (with a perforamance at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]' Medals Plaza) before returning to the studio in April 2003.

''[[Everything to Everyone (album)|Everything to Everyone]]'' was released on 21 October of that year,<ref name="MMMBio" /> coinciding with the start of their Peep Show tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barenaked Ladies on tour Peep Show |url=https://guestpectacular.com/artists/barenaked-ladies/events/tour/peep-show |website=guestpectacular.com |publisher=Guestpectacular |access-date=20 March 2022 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326235525/https://guestpectacular.com/artists/barenaked-ladies/events/tour/peep-show |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's first single was "[[Another Postcard]] (Chimps)", which received some radio play. "Testing 1,2,3", the second single, had a video but no CD single; "[[Celebrity (Barenaked Ladies song)|Celebrity]]" was released in the UK with a CD single, but no video. "Maybe Katie" and an edited version of "For You", from a concert in [[Glasgow]], were released as [[Promotional recording#Single|radio singles]]. The album, their weakest seller in years, fulfilled their contract with [[Reprise Records]]. The group was independent for the first time since 1992, although they retained a distribution relationship with [[Warner Bros. Records]]. On its early-2004 Everywhere For Everyone tour, the band began offering live shows and subsequent studio releases for purchase as a download or CD-R on its website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bnlmusic.com/store |title=BNL :: Barenaked Ladies Official Website |access-date=2007-12-09 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213091104/http://www.bnlmusic.com/store/ |archive-date=December 13, 2007 }}</ref>

===Return to independence (2004–2008)===
[[File:Kevin Hearn with fellow Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page (left) and Ed Robertson (right).jpg|right|thumb|alt=Hearn, in the center, is playing an electric mandolin|Page, Hearn and Robertson live in 2005]]
The band's next album was ''[[Barenaked for the Holidays]]'', released on 5 October 2004. It was their first independent record since ''The Yellow Tape'' and the first album recorded at Fresh Baked Woods, Page's recently-completed farmhouse studio. The band established the Desperation Records label for this album.<ref name="Blue Room 20 Years">{{cite web |url=http://attblueroom.com/music/mediaplayer.php?pid=115007 |title=attblueroom.com |website=Attblueroom.com |access-date=2017-04-17 |archive-date=December 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213212436/http://attblueroom.com/music/mediaplayer.php?pid=115007 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

They taped a January 2005 television pilot for a variety show, tentatively entitled ''Barenaked Ladies Variety Show'', which was rejected by the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/music/markets-festivals/fox-loves-the-ladies-1117911041/|title=Fox loves the Ladies|first=Josef|last=Adalian|date=September 28, 2004|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210042547/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117911041.html?categoryid=16&cs=1|archive-date=February 10, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, they were asked to write music for the [[Stratford Festival of Canada]]'s musical production of [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[As You Like It]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90670.html |title=Playbill News: Heigh-Ho! Pop Group Barenaked Ladies Will Score Shakespeare's as You Like It |access-date=2007-11-17 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213213131/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90670.html |archive-date=December 13, 2007 }}</ref> Page wrote most of the music (Shakespeare had provided lyrics in the play), and the band recorded it for the actors to sing over.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/multimedia/audio/bnl_asyou.cfm|title=As You Like It|website=Canadianshalespeares.ca|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=December 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219000242/http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/multimedia/audio/bnl_asyou.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref> The recording (with Page's vocals) was available on CD from the festival and on the band's website. On 2 July, they participated in the [[Barrie, Ontario]] [[Live 8 concert, Barrie|Live 8 concert]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.555902 |title=CBC.ca |website=CBC.ca |access-date=2017-04-17 |archive-date=July 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703001621/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/07/02/live8barrie.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Barenaked Ladies performing on-board Ships and Dip III cruise in 2008.jpg|thumb|alt=The band onstage, with Page playing guitar in the center|The band performing on its 2008 Ships and Dip III cruise]]
The band released ''[[Snacktime!]]'', an album of original material for children, on 6 May 2008. The album contains artwork by Hearn in its [[liner notes]], which is also available in hardcover-book form with a CD included. The album was promoted with a series of television and in-store appearances at bookstores in Toronto and the US northeast and West Coast. They cancelled appearances at several Disney Music Block Party concerts after Page's arrest for cocaine possession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bnlmusic.com/default2.asp |title=BNL :: Barenaked Ladies Official Website |access-date=2008-07-16 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716111048/http://www.bnlmusic.com/default2.asp |archive-date=July 16, 2008 }}</ref> Robertson [[Ed Robertson#Plane crash|crashed his single-engine plane]] in August, and his mother died that December.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/TheStar/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=121430975|title=Death Notices – Robertson, Wilma|date=December 16, 2008|access-date=2008-12-17|work=Toronto Star|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213858/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=121430975|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Departure of Page (2009–2011)===
On 24 February 2009, Barenaked Ladies and Steven Page announced separately that Page had left the band by "mutual agreement." The remaining members continued as a quartet; Page pursued solo projects, including theatrical opportunities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bnlmusic.com/ |title=BNL :: Barenaked Ladies Official Website |access-date=2005-07-18 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050718081930/http://www.bnlmusic.com/ |archive-date=July 18, 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestevenpages.blogspot.com/2009/02/gone-solo.html|title=The Steven Pages: Gone Solo|first=Steven|last=Page|date=February 24, 2009|website=Bnlmusic.com|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628181011/http://thestevenpages.blogspot.com/2009/02/gone-solo.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In July, it was announced that the band had left its Nettwerk management and hired the newly-merged management firm CAM 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kelowna.com/2009/07/22/barenaked-ladies-look-south-for-manager/ |title=Barenaked Ladies look south for manager &#124; Kelowna.com |access-date=2009-07-28 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727225200/http://www.kelowna.com/2009/07/22/barenaked-ladies-look-south-for-manager/ |archive-date=July 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i42f2b2f43cf6c38073d7660d7903ef75 |title=MGMT Firms Merge to Form Cam 8 |access-date=2009-07-28 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813092622/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i42f2b2f43cf6c38073d7660d7903ef75 |archive-date=August 13, 2009 }}</ref>

Robertson said about the departure of one of the band's founding members,
{{Blockquote|Our relationship with Steve Page was great and very fruitful. It lasted almost 20 years, but it was time to move on. Now we're doing something that feels really fresh and exciting to me. His departure left four singers and three multi-instrumentalists in the band, so we're not lacking for musical ideas, and now there's more room for the other writers in the band to bring songs to the table.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/All-Good-Time-Barenaked-Ladies/dp/B00368PSHS |title=review of ''All in Good Time'' |website=Amazon.com |access-date=2011-06-06 |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309160019/http://www.amazon.com/All-Good-Time-Barenaked-Ladies/dp/B00368PSHS |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

As a quartet, Barenaked Ladies began recording a new album in May 2009 with producer [[Michael Phillip Wojewoda]]. "You Run Away", the album's lead single, was released to Canadian radio on 8 January. ''[[All in Good Time (Barenaked Ladies album)|All in Good Time]]'' was released on 23 March 2010 in Canada and on 30 March in the US.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schnell |first=Caramie |url=http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20091211/AE/912119983/1078&ParentProfile=1062 |title=Vail Daily |publisher=Vail Daily |date=December 11, 2009 |access-date=2011-06-06 |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529121215/http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20091211/AE/912119983/1078%26ParentProfile%3D1062 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="EMI announcement" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/barenaked-ladies-steven-page-to-drop-new-albums-1.471050 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111085553/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100106/barenaked_ladies_100106/20100106?hub=EntertainmentV2 |url-status=live|archive-date=January 11, 2010 |title=Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page to drop new albums |website=Ctv.ca |date = 6 January 2010|access-date=2011-06-06 }}</ref> Barenaked Ladies announced on 6 January 2010 that the band and Raisin' Records (their label) had signed a worldwide distribution agreement with EMI Label Services.<ref name="EMI announcement">{{cite web |url=http://barenakedladies.com/blog/barenaked-ladies/201001/06-barenaked-ladies-sign-worldwide-deal-emi-music-new-album-all-good-ti |title=Barenaked Ladies Sign Worldwide Deal with EMI Music – New Album "All In Good Time" in Stores March 30th in US and March 23rd in Canada |website=Barenakedladies.com |date=January 6, 2010 |access-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707212921/http://barenakedladies.com/blog/barenaked-ladies/201001/06-barenaked-ladies-sign-worldwide-deal-emi-music-new-album-all-good-ti |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

''All in Good Time'' was generally well-received by critics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hare |first=Jason |url=http://popdose.com/cd-review-barenaked-ladies-all-in-good-time/ |title=''All in Good Time'' review from |website=Popdose.com |date=March 29, 2010 |access-date=2011-06-06| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716183823/http://popdose.com/cd-review-barenaked-ladies-all-in-good-time/| archive-date= July 16, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> The band toured the U.S. and Canada during the summer of 2010, with an autumn leg in the United Kingdom. Asked about Page's departure, Tyler Stewart said: "We don't keep in touch, but we certainly we{{sic}} wish him the best, and there's good will there."<ref>{{cite web |last=Schnell |first=Caramie |url=http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20091211/AE/912119983/1078&ParentProfile=1062 |title=vaildaily.com |website=Vaildaily.com |date=December 11, 2009 |access-date=2011-06-06 |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529121215/http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20091211/AE/912119983/1078%26ParentProfile%3D1062 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2010, Page said that he had no imminent plans to rejoin the band other than for a one-off performance. He added that it felt strange that the group continued to use the same name and perform the songs that he wrote and performed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/875419--steven-page-won-t-rejoin-barenaked-ladies |title=Steven Page won't rejoin Barenaked Ladies |access-date=October 15, 2010 |work=Toronto Star | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101017040022/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/875419--steven-page-won-t-rejoin-barenaked-ladies| archive-date= October 17, 2010 | url-status= live| date=October 14, 2010}}</ref>

Page said in August 2011 that around the time of his arrest for cocaine possession, "the band was no longer the joyous place that it once was, but it hadn't been joyous for a long time before that. It wasn't that we didn't put on good shows, we still had a great time onstage every night". He added, "But it became a place where work was just about the stress and not the end product."<ref name=jed>{{cite news | first = Jed | last = Gottlieb | url = http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/2011_0826no_longer_one_of_the_ladies_ex-barenaked_singer_page_is_his_own_man/srvc=home&position=also | title = Ex-Barenaked singer Steven Page is his own man: No longer one of the ladies | work = The Boston Herald | date = August 26, 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-01 | archive-date = October 7, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121007032914/http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/2011_0826no_longer_one_of_the_ladies_ex-barenaked_singer_page_is_his_own_man/srvc%3Dhome%26position%3Dalso | url-status = live }}</ref> [[TMZ]] uncovered court documents in September 2015 indicating that Page sued Robertson about the ''Big Bang Theory'' theme song, saying that he had been promised 20 percent of the proceeds but Robertson kept the money.<ref name="Barenaked Ladies lawsuit">{{cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2015/09/11/barenaked-ladies-big-bang-theory-lawsuit-steven-page/ |title=Barenaked Ladies—My Ex-Bandmate Is Screwing Me Out of 'Big Bang' Money |work=TMZ |date=September 11, 2015 |access-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-date=December 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225005046/https://www.tmz.com/2015/09/11/barenaked-ladies-big-bang-theory-lawsuit-steven-page/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===<span class="anchor" id="Modern day (2011–present)"></span>Since 2011===
The band released a second greatest-hits album, ''[[Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before]]'', via [[Rhino Entertainment]] (a division of their former parent label, [[Warner Music Group]]) on 27 September 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mydrivefm.com/pages/morningshow.html?article=8854444 |title=Ed Robertson from Barenaked Ladies |website=Mydrivefm.com |date=July 20, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-28 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001171611/http://www.mydrivefm.com/pages/morningshow.html?article=8854444 |archive-date=October 1, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Another Rhino album, ''[[Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before]]'', with previously-recorded but unreleased rarities, was planned for release later in 2011;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://barenakedladies.com/blog/barenaked-ladies/201109/27-greatest-hits-out-today-rarities-disc-released-later-year#disqus_thread |title=Barenaked Ladies web newsfeed |publisher=T & M |date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=2011-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114145259/http://barenakedladies.com/blog/barenaked-ladies/201109/27-greatest-hits-out-today-rarities-disc-released-later-year#disqus_thread |archive-date=November 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> it was released on 8 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Youve-Heard-This-Before/dp/B007L9IZVY/ref=sr_1_32?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1332018775&sr=1-32 |title=Stop Us If You've Heard This Before: Barenaked Ladies: Music |website=Amazon.com |access-date=2012-04-11 |archive-date=October 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213857/https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Youve-Heard-This-Before/dp/B007L9IZVY/ref=sr_1_32?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1332018775&sr=1-32 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Barenaked Ladies were commissioned to compose the score for a musical based on ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Casey-Nicholaw-to-Helm-New-ANIMAL-HOUSE-Musical-20120305 | title=Casey Nicholaw to Helm New ANIMAL HOUSE Musical; Barenaked Ladies to Write Score! | newspaper=BroadwayWorld.com | date=March 5, 2012 | access-date=March 6, 2012 | archive-date=March 9, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309034126/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Casey-Nicholaw-to-Helm-New-ANIMAL-HOUSE-Musical-20120305 | url-status=live }}</ref> but were dropped from the production by mid-2013. They returned to the studio in May 2012 to record a single, "Boomerang", produced by [[Gavin Brown (musician)|Gavin Brown]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twitvid.com/SXYUO |title=Producer Gavin Brown's Big Muff Fuzz. #NewBNLMusic |website=Twitvid.com |access-date=2013-02-19 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110030659/http://www.twitvid.com/SXYUO |url-status=live }}</ref> The song was planned for release during the summer of 2012 in conjunction with the band's Last Summer On Earth tour, during which it was performed nightly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/barenaked-ladies-keeping-active-set-to-play-wolf-trap/article/2501765 |title=Barenaked Ladies keeping active, set to play Wolf Trap |work=[[Washington Examiner]] |date=2012-07-10 |access-date=2013-02-19 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110031633/http://washingtonexaminer.com/barenaked-ladies-keeping-active-set-to-play-wolf-trap/article/2501765 |url-status=live }}</ref> Also performed on the late-2012 Symphony Barenaked Tour, it remained unreleased. 

The band entertained the possibility of abandoning the album concept and releasing only singles and EPs, but recorded ''[[Grinning Streak]]'' in February and March 2013; the album<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/music/barenaked-ladies-about-to-record-new-album-target-late-spring-release-1.54795 | title=Barenaked Ladies about to record new album, target late spring release | first=Nick | last=Patch | work=Times Colonist | date=January 23, 2013 | access-date=January 24, 2013 | archive-date=January 26, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126084502/http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/music/barenaked-ladies-about-to-record-new-album-target-late-spring-release-1.54795 | url-status=live }}</ref> was released as on 4 June of that year. They signed with Vanguard Records for the release, their first label album of originals since becoming independent after 2003's ''Everything to Everyone''.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barenaked-ladies-sign-vanguard-records-429486 | title= Barenaked Ladies Sign with Vanguard Records, Announce Summer Tour Dates | date= March 18, 2013 | work= Hollywood Reporter | access-date= June 12, 2013 | archive-date= May 24, 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130524003306/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barenaked-ladies-sign-vanguard-records-429486 | url-status= live }}</ref> "Boomerang" was added to the new album, and was released as a single on 26 March 2013. Two other singles were released: "Odds Are" in late 2013, and "Did I Say That Out Loud?" in mid-2014. Each of the latter singles had a music video produced by [[Rooster Teeth Productions]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://roosterteeth.com/watch/music-videos-season-1-barenaked-ladies-odds-are-official-music-video |title=Rooster Teeth · Barenaked Ladies – "Odds Are" (Official Music Video) |website=Roosterteeth.com |date=2014-02-13 |access-date=2021-05-25 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326235527/https://roosterteeth.com/watch/music-videos-season-1-barenaked-ladies-odds-are-official-music-video |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://roosterteeth.com/watch/music-videos-season-1-barenaked-ladies-did-i-say-that-out-loud-official-music-video |title=Rooster Teeth · Barenaked Ladies – "Did I Say That Out Loud?" (Official Music Video) |website=Roosterteeth.com |date=2014-07-17 |access-date=2021-05-25 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326235527/https://roosterteeth.com/watch/music-videos-season-1-barenaked-ladies-did-i-say-that-out-loud-official-music-video |url-status=live }}</ref>

Barenaked Ladies began work on a new album in December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/barenakedladies/status/544229325080645632|title=Barenaked Ladies on Twitter|website=Twitter.com|access-date=June 20, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214929/https://twitter.com/barenakedladies/status/544229325080645632|url-status=live}}</ref> The band's 11th studio album, ''[[Silverball (Barenaked Ladies album)|Silverball]]'', was released on 2 June 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barenakedladies.com/news/245273|title=Barenaked Ladies – US / Canadian Tour 2015|website=Barenakedladies.com|access-date=June 20, 2015|archive-date=June 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603061812/http://barenakedladies.com/news/245273|url-status=live}}</ref> three days before beginning its Last Summer on Earth 2015 tour with [[Violent Femmes]] and [[Colin Hay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barenakedladies.com/news/240283|title=Barenaked Ladies – US / Canadian Tour 2015|website=Barenakedladies.com|access-date=June 20, 2015|archive-date=May 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512125550/http://www.barenakedladies.com/news/240283/|url-status=live}}</ref> The album's lead single, "[[Say What You Want (Barenaked Ladies song)|Say What You Want]]", was released on 28 April 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/silverball/986083819|title=iTunes – Music – Silverball by Barenaked Ladies|work=iTunes|date=2 June 2015|access-date=June 20, 2015|archive-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604022609/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/silverball/id986083819|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bnlfans.net/2015/04/say-what-you-want-listen/|title=LISTEN to "Say What You Want"|work=Barenaked Ladies Fans|access-date=June 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530095802/http://www.bnlfans.net/2015/04/say-what-you-want-listen/|archive-date=May 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The music video for the next single, "Duct Tape Heart", included footage of the band's performance at [[Red Rocks Amphitheatre]] on the Last Summer On Earth 2015 tour and was released on 19 October to coincide with the start of the Canadian leg of the Silverball tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=213p9UCU_HE|title=Barenaked Ladies - Duct Tape Heart|last=Barenaked Ladies (official)|date=October 19, 2015|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=October 19, 2015|archive-date=March 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310135938/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=213p9UCU_HE|url-status=live}}</ref>

They released their second live album, ''[[BNL Rocks Red Rocks]]'', on 20 May 2016;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://getbarenaked.net/2016/02/bnl-rocks-red-rocks-set-for-release/ |title="BNL Rocks Red Rocks" set for release |publisher=Get Barenaked! |date=2016-02-01 |access-date=2017-04-17 |archive-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206215920/http://getbarenaked.net/2016/02/bnl-rocks-red-rocks-set-for-release/ |url-status=live }}</ref> it was recorded at [[Red Rocks Amphitheatre]] on the Last Summer on Earth 2015 tour. The band's Last Summer on Earth 2016 tour, with [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] and [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]], coincided with the new live album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://getbarenaked.net/2016/02/barenaked-ladies-omd-and-howard-jones-its-last-summer-on-earth-2016/ |title=Barenaked Ladies, OMD and Howard Jones – it's Last Summer on Earth 2016! |publisher=Get Barenaked! |date=2016-02-01 |access-date=2017-04-17 |archive-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206215914/http://getbarenaked.net/2016/02/barenaked-ladies-omd-and-howard-jones-its-last-summer-on-earth-2016/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

On 23–24 October 2016, Barenaked Ladies recorded an album with [[New York City]] a cappella group [[The Persuasions]] and producer [[Gavin Brown (musician)|Gavin Brown]]. The album, ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions]]'', contained new versions of Barenaked Ladies songs, one Kevin Hearn song, and one Persuasions song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://getbarenaked.net/2016/10/bnl-persuasions-lp/ |title=Barenaked Ladies hit the studio with The Persuasions this weekend |publisher=Get Barenaked! |access-date=2017-04-17 |archive-date=April 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401084241/http://getbarenaked.net/2016/10/bnl-persuasions-lp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was released on 14 April 2017.<ref name="barenakedladies.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.barenakedladies.com/new-album-april-14-pre-order-starts-friday/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110195850/https://www.barenakedladies.com/new-album-april-14-pre-order-starts-friday/ | archive-date=10 January 2024 | title=Last Summer on Earth 2025 }}</ref>

The band recorded its 12th studio album, ''[[Fake Nudes]]'', in the winter of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://getbarenaked.net/2017/09/fake-nudes-announcement/#more-8352|title=Barenaked Ladies announce release of "Fake Nudes" - Get Barenaked!|website=Getbarenaked.net|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=October 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016091642/http://getbarenaked.net/2017/09/fake-nudes-announcement/#more-8352|url-status=live}}</ref> Its lead single, "Lookin' Up", and "Bringing It Home" were made available for download to those who pre-ordered the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barenakedladies.com/bnl-announces-new-album-tour/|title=Barenaked Ladies 2017 Tours|website=Barenakedladies.com|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174336/http://www.barenakedladies.com/bnl-announces-new-album-tour/|archive-date=August 30, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was released on 17 November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Fake-Nudes-Barenaked-Ladies/dp/B0757ZR57C/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1506408486&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0|title=Fake Nudes|access-date=November 3, 2017|website=Amazon.com|archive-date=7 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213857/https://www.amazon.com/Fake-Nudes-Barenaked-Ladies/dp/B0757ZR57C/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1506408486&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 25 March 2018, the band was inducted into the [[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2018|Juno Awards]] in [[Vancouver]]. They performed with former members Steven Page (who was included in the induction) and Andy Creeggan. It was Page's first performance with the band since his departure in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2018-highlights-1.4592582|title=Junos 2018: Barenaked Ladies reunite, Michael Bublé returns and Rascalz rhyme|publisher=CBC|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=March 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326050413/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2018-highlights-1.4592582|url-status=live}}</ref> Although he was at the ceremony, Andy Creeggan was not inducted into the Hall with the other five members. There are reportedly no plans for another reunion, but neither side has ruled it out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/barenaked-ladies-steven-page-junos-reunion-hall-of-fame-1.4586823|title=Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page aim to 'remember the past without getting mired in it' at Junos|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325203755/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/barenaked-ladies-steven-page-junos-reunion-hall-of-fame-1.4586823|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the summer of 2019, Barenaked Ladies took a break from their Last Summer On Earth tours and opened for [[Hootie and the Blowfish]] on their 44-date Group Therapy Tour.<ref name="Group Therapy">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/hootie-and-the-blowfish-2019-tour-new-music-darius-rucker-762456/|title=Hootie and the Blowfish Announce First Tour in More Than a Decade|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Parton|first=Chris|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 3, 2018|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203202734/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/hootie-and-the-blowfish-2019-tour-new-music-darius-rucker-762456/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apnews.com/5a7e556d2f6b479f9e21825166507c15|title=Rockers Hootie & the Blowfish return with new album, tour|work=Associated Press|last=Hall|first=Kristin M.|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 3, 2018|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203144502/https://apnews.com/5a7e556d2f6b479f9e21825166507c15|url-status=live}}</ref> On 4 October of that year, [[Rhino Records]] released a greatest-hits collection entitled ''Original Hits, Original Stars'' on vinyl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Original-Hits-Stars-1LP/dp/B07RR74KMT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LLOPFE98H81A&keywords=barenaked+ladies+original+hits&qid=1580241645&sprefix=barenaked+ladies+origin,digital-music,148&sr=8-1|title=Barenaked Ladies - Original Hits, Original Stars (1LP) - Amazon.com Music|website=Amazon|date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324162553/https://www.amazon.com/Original-Hits-Stars-1LP/dp/B07RR74KMT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LLOPFE98H81A&keywords=barenaked+ladies+original+hits&qid=1580241645&sprefix=barenaked+ladies+origin,digital-music,148&sr=8-1|access-date=July 17, 2021|archive-date=24 March 2021}}</ref>

Robertson said on 14 January 2020 that he was working on songs for a new album,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UFp_nHdO_/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/barenakedladiesmusic/2221425392233599935 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Barenaked Ladies on Instagram: "When you're trying to record a demo, the first step is to spend an hour looking for one of these. Then you can start updating the firmware…"|website=Instagram.com}}{{cbignore}} </ref> with a tour to follow supported by [[Gin Blossoms]] and [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bM2iNHnTj/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/barenakedladiesmusic/2223427365174670563 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Barenaked Ladies's Instagram profile post: "Barenaked Ladies' Last Summer On Earth tour returns in 2020! The North American tour sees the band joined by their good friends…"|website=Instagram.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The tour, scheduled to begin on 3 June in [[St. Augustine, Florida]] and end on 23 July in Toronto, was delayed until 2021 and again until 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The band launched the "Barenaked Bytes" [[mobile app]] in conjunction with the original tour announcement, allowing fans to gain access to ticket pre-sales, VIP packages, news, and discounts on merchandise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/barenakedladies/videos/the-barenaked-bytes-app-is-a-must-have-for-all-bnl-fans/2690801541149743/|title=The Barenaked Bytes app is a must have for all BNL fans.|website=Facebook.com|access-date=April 25, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213926/https://www.facebook.com/barenakedladies/videos/the-barenaked-bytes-app-is-a-must-have-for-all-bnl-fans/2690801541149743/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Their 13th studio album, ''[[Detour de Force]]'', was released on 16 July 2021. That September, Robertson said that Barenaked Ladies were working on a "secret project" with [[Rush (band)|Rush]] bassist [[Geddy Lee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/barenaked-ladies-are-working-on-a-secret-project-with-geddy-lee|title=Barenaked Ladies are working on a "secret project" with Geddy Lee|last=Scarlett|first=Elizabeth|date=8 September 2021|publisher=[[Louder Sound]]|accessdate=8 September 2021|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908181802/https://www.loudersound.com/news/barenaked-ladies-are-working-on-a-secret-project-with-geddy-lee|url-status=live}}</ref>