Editing Badfinger (section)

==Post-Badfinger solo activities==
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Following the demise of Badfinger, each of the three living former members (Joey Molland, Bob Jackson, and Mike Gibbins) continued to record and play new music.  Molland has released five solo albums, ''After the Pearl'' (1983), ''The Pilgrim'' (1992), ''This Way Up'' (2001), ''Return to Memphis'' (2013), and ''Be True To Yourself'' (2020). In 1998 he released a collection of demos called ''Demos Old and New'' on his own label, Independent Artists.<ref name="MollandBiographyBadfinger">{{cite web|url=http://www.badfingersite.com/badfinger-bios/joey-molland|title=Joey Molland Biography|publisher=Badfinger|access-date=26 April 2011|archive-date=17 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117085737/http://www.badfingersite.com/badfinger-bios/joey-molland/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1995, Jackson re-joined the Fortunes, where he sang lead, and they consistently performed Badfinger songs in their set.  In 1996, Gibbins contributed two songs to the compilation album, ''[[Young Savage Florida]]'' (1996). He later released four solo albums through Exile Music: ''A Place in Time'' in 1998, ''More Annoying Songs'' (featuring ex-Iveys member Griffiths singing on 2 tracks) in 2002, ''Archeology'' (Griffiths on 1 track) in 2005, and ''In the Meantime'', also in 2005.<ref name="GibbinssoloCDs">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Mike-Gibbins/e/B000AP88MW|title=Mike Gibbins' solo recordings|publisher=Exile Music|access-date=27 April 2011}}</ref> The latter included different re-recordings of both the Badfinger hit "Come and Get It" and Gibbins's  "In the Meantime", originally from the ''Wish You Were Here'' album in 1974.<ref name="MikeGibbinsObit"/>

Also, posthumous collections were released for both Pete Ham and Tom Evans.  In both 1997 and 1999, two collections of Ham's home recordings were released: ''[[7 Park Avenue]]'' (1997), and ''[[Golders Green (album)|Golders Green]]'' (1999),{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=vii}} with extra instruments added by Jackson and Griffiths.<ref name="BIGO/MatthewLewis">{{cite web|url=http://www.mindspring.com/~crimson3/bigo.html|title=No Matter What|first=Matthew|last=Lewis|publisher=Matovina /Lewis|date=September 1997|access-date=21 April 2011|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730143016/http://www.mindspring.com/~crimson3/bigo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1995, a posthumous Evans album was released, ''Over You: The Final Tracks'', which was produced by Evans's friend and songwriting partner Rod Roach.<ref name="OverYouTheFinal">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0047JAYM4|title=Over You (The Final Tracks)|publisher=Gipsy Records|access-date=27 April 2011}}</ref>

Former manager Bill Collins died in August 2002, aged 89,<ref name="VH1documentary">{{cite web|url=http://www.mindspring.com/~crimson3/VH-1report.htm|title=The VH-1 documentary – Badfinger: Behind The Music|first=Dan|last=Matovina|publisher=Matovina|access-date=21 April 2011|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000739/http://www.mindspring.com/~crimson3/VH-1report.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and on 4 October 2005, Mike Gibbins died in his sleep at his home in [[Oviedo, Florida]] from a brain aneurysm. He was 56, had been married twice and had three sons.<ref name="MikeGibbinsObit">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mike-gibbins-509884.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115211334/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mike-gibbins-509884.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2010|title=Mike Gibbins: Drummer with Badfinger|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=7 October 2005|access-date=21 April 2011}}</ref>[[File:Badfinger 2016.jpg|thumb|Badfinger's Bob Jackson in 2016 with former Iveys bassist Ron Griffiths]]

In June 2006, a Badfinger convention took place in Swansea, featuring a performance by Bob Jackson. The event brought together Bob Jackson, Ron Griffiths, and some members of the Ham, Evans and Gibbins families. On 1 January 2008, [[BBC Wales]] broadcast a one-hour documentary about Badfinger.<ref name="BadfingerRadio">{{cite web|url=http://home.comcast.net/~badfinger2|title=Badfinger Radio Documentary on 1 January|publisher=Comcast|access-date=7 August 2008}}</ref>

On 27 April 2013 an official [[blue plaque]] was unveiled by the Swansea City Council to honour Pete Ham in his home town of Swansea. The public event was also attended by two former members of the original Badfinger band, the Iveys, Ron Griffiths and Dai Jenkins, plus former Badfinger member, Bob Jackson. The plaque honored Pete and all the Iveys and Badfinger members of Pete Ham's lifetime. A concert followed the unveiling of the plaque featuring former Badfinger members Bob Jackson and Al Wodtke.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22321354|title=Badfinger's Pete Ham: Beatle widow Olivia Harrison joins plaque tributes|date=2013-04-27|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2013-04-27}}</ref>

Joey Molland's wife, Kathie Molland, died on 24 March 2009,<ref name="KathieMollandDeath">{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/startribune/obituary.aspx?n=katherine-lee-molland-kathie&pid=125478043&fhid=9267|title=Katherine Lee "Kathie" Molland |newspaper=Star Tribune|date=26 March 2009|access-date=26 April 2011}}</ref> and Stan Polley died on 20 July 2009 in California.<ref name="stanpolleydead">{{cite web|url=http://www.the27club.net/crooked-manager-stan-polley-dead-badfinger|title=One less crooked manager: Stan Polley dead|publisher=Samadhi Creations|date=23 November 2009|access-date=21 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515030204/http://www.the27club.net/crooked-manager-stan-polley-dead-badfinger|archive-date=15 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Molland, the last surviving member of the band's classic lineup, continued to tour under the name Joey Molland's Badfinger in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35253779|title=Badfinger's last original member still playing their music|last=Wood|first=Chris|date=2016-01-30|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-11-25}}</ref> In 2015, former member Bob Jackson formed his own version of Badfinger with current members Andy Nixon, Michael Healey, and Ted Duggan to honour the memory of Pete Ham, Tom Evans, and Mike Gibbins and undertook a 23 date UK theatre tour, playing to over 20,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/13616306.THE_GUIDE_INTERVIEW__Badfinger_star_Bob_Jackson_talks_Breaking_Bad__the_All_Star_60s_show_and_The_Beatles/|title=THE GUIDE INTERVIEW: Badfinger star Bob Jackson talks Breaking Bad, the All Star 60s show and The Beatles|website=Dorset Echo|date=21 August 2015 |access-date=2016-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/badfinger-announce-string-uk-dates-11723230|title=Badfinger announce string of UK dates|last=Rodger|first=James|date=2016-08-09|newspaper=coventrytelegraph|access-date=2016-11-25}}</ref> In 2016 the band continued to play UK shows

Molland continued to lead his Badfinger touring group until 2024; he died the following year, on 1 March 2025, aged 77.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/joey-molland-dead-badfinger-guitarist-dies-obituary-1235912993/|title=Joey Molland, Guitarist and Last Surviving Member of Badfinger, Dies at 77|first=Mitchell|last=Peters|publisher=Billboard|date=March 2, 2025|accessdate=March 2, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/joey-molland-dead-badfinger-guitarist-no-matter-what-1236324755/|title=Joey Molland, Badfinger Guitarist Who Kept the Group's Flag Flying for Decades After Other Band Members' Deaths, Dies at 77|first=Chris|last=Willman|publisher=Variety|date=March 2, 2025|accessdate=March 2, 2025}}</ref>