Editing XTC (section)

===Reissue programme and TC&I ===
XTC did not technically break up in a legal sense. As of 2014, the group still existed as a trademark controlled by Partridge and Moulding.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=xtcfans|last=Partridge|first=Andy|author-link=Andy Partridge|number=501119551971815424|date=17 August 2014|title=THE CORRECTOR- XTC has never split,legally it still exists,as Colin and myself}}</ref> Throughout the 2010s, selected albums from the band's catalog were reissued as deluxe packages centred on new stereo and [[surround sound]] mixes by [[Steven Wilson]].<ref name="teamrock16">{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Rob|title=Andy Partridge: The Big Interview|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-08-18/andy-partridge-discusses-the-pitfalls-of-fame-in-the-prog-interview|website=Team Rock|date=18 August 2016|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> Partridge said that he did not "insist on any mastering or messing with XTC 5.1" and that his involvement with Wilson's mixes goes only as far as authorizing them.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=xtcfans|last=Partridge|first=Andy|author-link=Andy Partridge|number=944611842193838080|date=23 December 2017|title=Sadly, I have to be the CHRISTMAS CORRECTOR.-I do not add or insist on any mastering or messing with XTC 5.1 as people are saying on 5.1 fora. They are not later 'mastered' either. Steven just mixes them and I let him.That's it. Be cool yulesters.}}</ref> The official XTC [[Twitter]] account @xtcfans was originally managed by writer Todd Bernhardt. According to Partridge, after some time, "I sort of took it over, because I thought it was weird that there was another person in the way." In 2016, Partridge and Bernhardt released a book, ''Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC'', that contains discussions between the two about 29 XTC songs, one Partridge solo track, and an overview of his approach to songwriting. It was published by Jawbone Press.<ref name="Zaleski2016">{{cite web |last1=Zaleski |first1=Annie |title="Music is so abused these days": XTC's Andy Partridge opens up about songwriting, painting and developing the "cruel parent gene" toward your own art |url=http://www.salon.com/2016/03/20/music_is_so_abused_these_days_xtcs_andy_partridge_opens_up_about_songwriting_painting_and_developing_the_cruel_parent_gene_toward_your_own_art/ |website=[[Salon magazine|Salon]] |date=20 March 2016|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

Until 2016, Moulding remained largely inactive as a musician. In October 2017, he and Terry Chambers issued a four-song EP, ''[[Great Aspirations]]'' (credited to "TC&I").<ref name="TCI2017">{{cite magazine|last1=Ham|first1=Robert|title=Colin Moulding on Reteaming With Terry Chambers for 'DIY' New Project & Possibility of XTC Reunion|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8046313/colin-moulding-xtc-tci-interview|magazine=Billboard|date=26 November 2017|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> Its release coincided with a televised documentary film of the band's career, ''[[XTC: This Is Pop]]'', which premiered on Sky Arts on 7 October.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=xtcfans|last=Partridge|first=Andy|author-link=Andy Partridge|number=903314641497063424|date=31 August 2017|title=XTC TV doc THIS IS POP will be broadcast on Sky Arts on Saturday Oct. 7th at 9pm GMT. Date for your diary.}}</ref> The documentary featured new interviews with Partridge, Gregory, Moulding and Chambers.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=xtcfans|last=Partridge|first=Andy|author-link=Andy Partridge|number=807296972675760129|date=9 December 2016|title=@SongIsKing Being made now.Interviews with all band,bar Barry, HOPE HOPE it's going to be good.Same fella did 10cc one, see that?}}</ref> Moulding praised the film and commented on the possibility of a full-fledged XTC reunion: "They say never say never, don't they? It would seem unlikely, put it that way."<ref name="TCI2017"/> As of January 2018, Partridge maintained that the group would "not be recording together again."<ref>{{cite tweet|user=xtcfans|last=Partridge|first=Andy|author-link=Andy Partridge|number=952303691637370882|date=13 January 2018|title=I've been away for a bit, back now, to try and answer all your questions...there is no XTC these days, we will not be recording together again. Ummm....is that all?}}</ref> From 29 October to 1 November, TC&I performed four sold-out shows at Swindon's Art's Centre, in Old Town. It was the first time Moulding and Chambers had played a live gig in decades.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peacock |first1=Tim |title=XTC's Colin Moulding And Terry Chambers Announce First Live Gigs Since 1982 |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/xtc-colin-moulding-terry-chambers-gigs/ |website=Udiscovermusic.com |access-date=31 October 2018 |date=31 July 2018}}</ref>

In 2021, Moulding told ''Mojo'' that he and Partridge had recently become on good terms with each other. "[Andy and I] didn't speak for a long time, except about business, and then it was quite terse. But we're quite cordial with each other now, it's probably as good as it's been for quite some time. Would we do XTC again? (''laughs'') I don't think we would, because I'm not sure whether I could put up with his dictatorial ways any more, or whether he could put up with me."<ref name="mojo2021">Mojo 2021 issue{{full citation needed|date=October 2021}}</ref>

On 13 April 2024, it was announced that original keyboardist Jon Perkins had died at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ponting |first1=Noel |title=Tributes paid to XTC's first keyboardist Jonathan Perkins |url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/24345492.tributes-paid-xtcs-first-keyboardist-jonathan-perkins/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |publisher=Swindon Advertiser |date=29 May 2024}}</ref>