Editing Dexys Midnight Runners (section)

===Dexys Mark IV: 2003–present===
====Dexys reformed====
While recording two new songs, "Manhood" and "My Life in England" (both credited to Rowland, Paterson, and David Ditchfield) for a forthcoming Dexys greatest hits album, Rowland recruited Welsh classical violist (and studio musician) Lucy J. Morgan to play on the sessions along with original Dexys members Pete Williams as co-vocalist and "MD" [[Mick Talbot]] on keyboards, plus Paul Taylor on trombone and [[Neil Hubbard]] on guitar.<ref name="bio" />  Following the sessions, Rowland offered Morgan a permanent place in the group, and she accepted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/classical-violinist-lucy-j-morgan-1800171 |title=Classical violinist Lucy J Morgan on her role in Dexys Midnight Runners' new comeback album |publisher=Wales Online |date=10 December 2011 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415082055/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/classical-violinist-lucy-j-morgan-1800171 |url-status=live }}</ref>  With her addition, Rowland announced the reformation of Dexys in April 2003; he told Williams that his goal for the reformed band was to be true to the memory of Dexys but to "take it somewhere else".<ref name="2003int" /> 

The Dexys greatest hits album containing the new songs, ''[[Let's Make This Precious: The Best of Dexys Midnight Runners]]'', was released on EMI in September 2003,<ref name="2003int" /> followed by a successful tour 'to stop the burning' in October and November.<ref name="bio" /> The new songs on the album were touted as new singles, with Dexys even performing "Manhood" on ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref name="bio" />  However, despite promotional single releases for each by EMI and airplay on national radio, neither was officially released as a commercial single. Instead, a live performance by this 2003 version of Dexys was released on DVD, entitled ''It Was Like This – Live'' (although some versions were packaged with a misleading picture of Rowland from the 1980s on the cover). ''It Was Like This – Live'' was reissued in 2012 on CD and DVD as ''At the Royal Court, Liverpool''. It was released digitally in 2019, featuring songs from the first three albums plus "Because Of You", new song "Manhood" and the band's version of The Commodores' "Nightshift". 

In 2004, another Rowland-supervised reissue of the now-out-of-print ''Don't Stand Me Down'', subtitled "The Director's Cut", was issued on EMI with different remixing and remastering, an additional track ("Kevin Rowland's 13th Time"), and a different cover photograph showing the core trio (Rowland, Adams and O'Hara) walking in a park wearing "preppy" attire (instead of the previous business attire). In the liner notes, Rowland said that, after the remastering and track changes, the album "now sounds to me as it was intended to sound."<ref>Kevin Rowland, Liner notes for ''Don't Stand Me Down: The Director's Cut'' (2004). Retrieved 12 February 2015.</ref>

During a June 2005 interview on [[BBC Radio 2]], Kevin Rowland announced that Dexys were "back in the studio" and seeking a record deal for a new album. A new track, "It's OK Johanna", appeared on the band's MySpace site in 2007, and in January 2008, Rowland told ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' magazine further details about the album, saying in part: "I'm in the process of demo-ing the songs&nbsp;... I don't know when it will be ready or who will play on the record. I want to get everything 100 percent right, and know that it's the best I can do and every note is there for a reason&nbsp;... The only way I can be satisfied is to make the record I'm hearing in my head on my own terms."  As Rowland repeatedly stated, "Dexys are not a revival band. They are going forward, not backward."<ref name="rhinopr" />

====''One Day I'm Going to Soar'' and subsequent touring====
In 2011, with the band's name officially shortened to "Dexys", work on new material started again with Rowland, Pete Williams, Mick Talbot, Neil Hubbard, and Lucy Morgan, who had all been in Dexys since the 2003 reformation, plus Big Jim Paterson and new female vocalist Madeleine Hyland.<ref name="noise11.com">{{cite web |last=Cashmere |first=Paul |url=https://www.noise11.com/news/dexy's-midnight-runners-return-after-27-years-20120211 |title=Dexy's Midnight Runners Return After 27 Years |website=noise11.com |date=11 February 2012 |access-date=30 January 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Hyland was discovered at the last minute prior to recording, after what Rowland described as "about four years" of searching.<ref name="Kinney" />  Rowland stated that some of the songs Dexys were recording dated back "15 or 20 years."<ref name="Kinney" />  Dexys then announced that they would be embarking on another tour.

In February 2012, Rowland officially announced the imminent release of a fourth studio album for Dexys.<ref name="noise11.com"/> The band also released a preview of "Now", the album's first track. The album, entitled ''[[One Day I'm Going to Soar]]'', was released by [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]] on 4 June 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dexys-midnight-runners-1284271 |title=Dexys Midnight Runners to release first new album in 27 years |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=30 January 2020 |first=Leonie |last=Cooper |website=NME.com |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129224348/https://www.nme.com/news/music/dexys-midnight-runners-1284271 |url-status=live }}</ref> All but one song were co-written by Rowland and Talbot, usually with other co-writers such as Paterson or [[Glen Matlock]]; the album continued in the same style as ''Don't Stand Me Down'' (featuring spoken sections in the songs), which led the album to be described as "a concept album with an unreliable narrator".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16686-one-day-im-going-to-soar/ |first=Tom |last=Ewing |title=Dexys: One Day I'm Going to Soar |publisher=Pitchfork.com |date=13 June 2012 |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-date=22 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222063235/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16686-one-day-im-going-to-soar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first single from the album was "She Got a Wiggle", released 28 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/10/dexys-triumphant-return-soul-rebels |title=Dexys: triumphant return of the soul rebels |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=30 January 2020 |first=Tim |last=Jonze |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729215327/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/10/dexys-triumphant-return-soul-rebels |url-status=live }}</ref> They performed the song on ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]'' in May 2012. The group toured in September 2012 in the UK, performing their new album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dexys announce September UK tour – ticket details|url=https://www.nme.com/news/dexys/63919|publisher=www.nme.com|access-date=12 September 2012|archive-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525071639/http://www.nme.com/news/dexys/63919|url-status=live}}</ref>  Talbot left the group following this tour.

In 2013, the band announced that they would play nine shows in London's West End at the Duke of York's Theatre, St Martins Lane between 15 and 27 April.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dexys – Now In The West End – ticket details|url=http://www.dexysonline.com/news/article/?id=dexys-in-the-west-end-further-dates-on-sale|access-date=23 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130408013104/http://www.dexysonline.com/news/article/?id=dexys-in-the-west-end-further-dates-on-sale|archive-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> These shows would become the basis for a documentary on the group entitled ''Nowhere Is Home'', directed by [[Kieran Evans]] and [[Paul Kelly (film maker)|Paul Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesartsreview.org/nowhere-is-home-a-film-about-dexys/ |title=Documentary Nowhere is Home – a Film about Dexys |publisher=walesartreview.com |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163339/http://www.walesartsreview.org/nowhere-is-home-a-film-about-dexys/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  ''Nowhere Is Home'' was issued in both triple-CD and double-DVD formats in October 2014 on Dexys' own label, Absolute Dexys.<ref name="bio" />  Dexys played more live dates in 2014; however, as Hyland was not available for several shows during the summer, [[Siobhan Fahey]] replaced her in the Dexys lineup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhino.com/article/happy-birthday-siobhan-fahey-of-bananarama|title=Happy Birthday: Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama|publisher=[[Rhino Records]]|access-date=12 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216044907/http://www.rhino.com/article/happy-birthday-siobhan-fahey-of-bananarama|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>  (Fahey's sister, actress Máire Fahey, had portrayed "Eileen" in the [[Come On Eileen#Music video|music video]] and picture sleeve for "Come On Eileen" in 1982.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2013/03/29/5-things-you-didnt-know-come-on-eileen-by-dexys-midnight-runners/ |title=5 Things You Didn't Know: "Come On Eileen" By Dexys Midnight Runners |publisher=[[WCBS-FM]] |date=29 March 2013 |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204053934/http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2013/03/29/5-things-you-didnt-know-come-on-eileen-by-dexys-midnight-runners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul''====
On St. Patrick's Day (Thursday, 17 March) 2016, Dexys announced the release of their fifth studio album, ''[[Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul]]'', which was subsequently released on 100%/[[Warner Music Group|Warner Music]] on 3 June 2016. The album features interpretations of Irish folk standards plus songs written by contemporary musicians.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme/92359 |title=Dexys announce new album |newspaper=New Musical Express |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320121232/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/92359 |url-status=live }}</ref>  The pre-release videos included on Dexys' Facebook page featured three band members: Rowland, Lucy Morgan, and Sean Read, whom Rowland described as the "nucleus" of the current version of Dexys.<ref name="rhinopr">{{cite web |url=https://media.rhino.com/press-release/dexys-new-album-let-record-show-dexys-do-irish-and-country-soul-available-june-3 |title=The Dexys New Album "Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul" Available June 3" |publisher=[[Rhino Records]] |date=6 March 2016 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414023234/http://media.rhino.com/press-release/dexys-new-album-let-record-show-dexys-do-irish-and-country-soul-available-june-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> The album also includes guest violinist [[Helen O'Hara]], recording with the band for the first time in 30 years. Rowland said that the idea for the album dated back to 1984–85, at which time the album would have been called ''Irish'' and featured only traditional Irish songs as interpreted by Dexys.<ref name="rhinopr" /> O'Hara, in fact, had released such an album in 1998, entitled ''A Night in Ireland'', which includes three of the same songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dexys.org/id15.html |title=New Dexys Album out in June |author=Dexys News |publisher=dexys.org |access-date=9 April 2016 |archive-date=6 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506131842/http://www.dexys.org/id15.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  According to Rowland, "the brief [has] expanded from solely consisting of Irish songs, to songs I've always loved and wanted to record", such as "[[You Wear It Well]]", "[[To Love Somebody (song)|To Love Somebody]]", and "[[Both Sides, Now]]".<ref name="rhinopr" />

Dexys made its only two live appearances of 2016 to support this release: one at a private reception at the Embassy of Ireland in London on 6 June and one at Rough Trade East in London on 3 June.<ref name="iw2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.theirishworld.com/dexys-announce-special-performances/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526111519/http://www.theirishworld.com/dexys-announce-special-performances/ |archive-date=26 May 2016 |title=Dexys announce special London performances |website=[[The Irish World (London)|The Irish World]] |url-status=dead |date=25 May 2016|access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>  They also performed two songs on the ITV program ''[[Weekend (TV programme)|Weekend]]'' on 11 June.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/DexysOfficial/status/741994102632423424 |title=If you missed Dexys on the Weekend show yesterday then you can now watch back online |author=Dexys |date=12 June 2016 |access-date=12 March 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417050548/https://twitter.com/DexysOfficial/status/741994102632423424 |url-status=live }}</ref>  For these three performances, O'Hara temporarily rejoined Dexys in place of Morgan, who was unavailable.<ref name="iw2016" />

The album entered the UK Official Albums Chart Top 100 at number 10 and remained there for one week.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/dexys-midnight-runners-let-the-record-show-dexys-do-irish-and/ |title=Let the Record Show - Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul by Dexys Midnight Runners |website=Official Charts |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>

====''Too-Rye-Ay As It Could Have Sounded'' and cancelled 2022 tour====

In September 2021, Dexys announced both an upcoming 40th-anniversary remix of ''Too-Rye-Ay'', to be done by Rowland, O'Hara, and longtime Dexys engineer Pete Schwier and tentatively entitled ''Too-Rye-Ay As It Could Have Sounded'', and a September/October 2022 tour to support the reissue.<ref name="remix">{{cite news |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/232848/9 |first=Jon |last=Stickler |title=Dexys Plot Headline UK Tour For 2022, Share Details Of 'Too-Rye-Ay' Rework |work=Stereoboard.com |date=6 September 2021 |accessdate=7 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906205518/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/232848/9 |url-status=live }}</ref> The publicity photo for the tour, which would have played the album in its entirety along with other Dexys material, shows, from left to right, Read, Rowland, O'Hara, and Paterson.<ref name="remix" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Just booked: Dexys to perform at York Barbican |url=https://yorkmix.com/just-booked-dexys-to-perform-at-york-barbican/ |website=YorkMix |access-date=8 September 2021 |date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=8 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908014755/https://yorkmix.com/just-booked-dexys-to-perform-at-york-barbican/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rowland stated, "There is no way on earth I would be doing this tour or even promoting a normal 40th anniversary re-issue, if it wasn't for the opportunity to remix it and present it how it could have sounded. This is like a new album for me."<ref name="remix" /> The ''Too-Rye-Ay'' 40th anniversary tour was cancelled in March 2022 after Rowland was injured in a motorcycle accident and needed time to recover from this and other health issues.<ref name="dexyscancel">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Adam |title=Dexy's cancel 40th anniversary Come On Eileen tour due to motorbike accident |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2022/03/16/dexys-cancel-40th-anniversary-come-on-eileen-tour-due-to-kevin-rowlands-motorbike-accident/ |publisher=Express & Star|date=16 March 2022 |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316151246/https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2022/03/16/dexys-cancel-40th-anniversary-come-on-eileen-tour-due-to-kevin-rowlands-motorbike-accident/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although the tour would not move forward, the band promised material from the ''Too-Rye-Ay As It Could Have Sounded'' project would be performed the next time they tour.<ref name="dexyscancel"/>

====''The Feminine Divine''====

In December 2022, 100% Records announced via Twitter that they had signed Dexys and that the band's sixth studio album, ''[[The Feminine Divine]]'', was scheduled for release in 2023.<ref name=":1">{{Cite tweet |user=@100__PERCENT |author=100% Records |number=1600444155808735233  |date=7 December 2022 |access-date=8 December 2022 |title=We are thrilled to announce that we have signed the legendary Dexys and will be releasing their sixth studio album "The Feminine Divine" in 2023.}}</ref> The band lineup for ''The Feminine Divine'' is Rowland, Paterson, Sean Read and Michael Timothy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Key |first1=Iain |title=Watch This! New Dexys single and album announcement |url=https://louderthanwar.com/watch-this-new-dexys-single-and-album-announcement/ |website=Louder Than War |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=3 April 2023 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404114551/https://louderthanwar.com/watch-this-new-dexys-single-and-album-announcement/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The album was preceded by the singles and videos "I'm Going To Get Free", "Coming Home" and "My Submission". The album received 4-star reviews in ''Uncut'' magazine, ''Record Collector''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/the-feminine-divine |title=The Feminine Divine: Dexys |first=Shaun |last=Curran |date=21 July 2023 |magazine=Record Collector |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> and ''The Guardian''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/27/dexys-the-feminine-divine-review |title=Dexys: The Feminine Divine review – Kevin Rowland worships at the altar of women |first=Alexis |last=Petridis |date=27 July 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> amongst others, and entered the UK Official Albums Chart at number 6.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/travis-scott-utopia-number-1-album/|title=Travis Scott secures first Number 1 album with UTOPIA &#124; Official Charts|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref>

The song "It's Alright Kevin (Manhood 2023)" is a re-recorded version of the song "Manhood" which was released before on the 2003 compilation album ''[[Let's Make This Precious: The Best of Dexys Midnight Runners]]'' and on the live album ''At The Royal Court 2003''. 

Dexys toured ''The Feminine Divine Live!'' across the UK and Ireland in September 2023.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Dexys Official |url=https://dexysofficial.com/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Dexys |language=en}}</ref> The show was divided into two halves with the first part featuring ''[[The Feminine Divine]]'' album performed in its entirety in the order the tracks appear on the album. The second half saw Dexys play many of the songs that appeared on the ''[[Too-Rye-Ay]]'' album: "Soon", "Plan B", "I'll Show You", "All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)", "Until I Believe In My Soul", "[[Come On Eileen]]", "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)". Other songs performed in the second part of the show were "Geno", "Free", and "Carrickfergus".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dexys Concert Setlists |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/dexys-63deaa7f.html |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=setlist.fm |language=en}}</ref> The band line up for these live shows was Kevin Rowland (vocals), Mike Timothy (keyboards) Sean Read (keyboards, saxophone), Claudia Chopek (violin), Alistair Whyte (trombone) and Tim Weller (drums).<ref>Announcement on @DexysOfficial twitter account</ref> Dexys toured Europe in October.<ref name=":2" />  

On 30 July, the band announced its first 14-date US tour in 40 years, to take place in October and November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dexys-announce-first-north-american-tour-dates-in-40-years-3475303|title=Dexys announce first North American tour dates in 40 years|first=Will|last=Richards|website=[[NME]] |date=30 July 2023}}</ref> The tour was cancelled at the start of October 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/dexys-midnight-runners-have-canceled-their-first-north-american-tour-in-40-years/ |title=Dexys (Midnight Runners) have canceled their first North American tour in 40 years |first=Bill |last=Pearis |date= |publisher=3 October 2023 |access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>

On 20 April 2024, Record Store Day UK,  Dexys released a special vinyl release of the song "Dance With Me", remixed by Manchester art-pop band [[Dutch Uncles]].{{cn|date=March 2025}}

On 22 March 2024 the band announced the release of 2CD/3LP live album ''The Feminine Devine + Dexys Classics: Live!'', featuring a full performance of ''The Feminine Divine'', as well as Dexys classics including "Come On Eileen", "Geno", "Jackie Wilson Said", "Plan B" and many more.<ref>{{Facebook|kevinrowlandanddexys}}</ref> It was released on 24 May, accompanied by the announcement of a series of UK festival shows, including an appearance at [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]]. The setlist for the 2024 Festival Tour featured songs from each of the band's albums. The shows opened with "To Love Somebody" from 2016's ''[[Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul|Let The Record Show]]'' and closed with "This Is What She's Like". ''Mojo'' reviewed the Glastonbury show positively, saying "A slimmed down Dexys win out thanks to a magnificent turn from their leader."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/new-music/dexys-at-glastonbury-review/ |title=Dexys At Glastonbury Review: Kevin Rowland soars during stripped back set |first=Chris |last=Catchpole |date=28 June 2024 |website=Mojo |access-date=1 July 2024 |publisher=Bauer Media Group}}</ref>