Editing Huey Lewis and the News (section)

===The 21st century===
[[File:Huey-Lewis-and-the-News-Brighton-Beach-(edit).jpg|thumb|right|300px|The band playing at [[Brighton Beach]] in August 2008]]

The band's lineup has changed moderately since its heyday. Bassist Mario Cipollina left the band in 1995, and was replaced by John Pierce. [[Tower of Power]], which often served as the band's touring horn section in the 1980s, ceased their work with the band in 1994. Horn players Marvin McFadden, Ron Stallings and Rob Sudduth joined the group in their place as "The Sports Section". In 2001, Chris Hayes retired to spend more time with his family after performing on the album ''Plan B''. Guitarists Stef Burns became Hayes's successor, while James Harrah filled in for Burns occasionally. On April 13, 2009,  touring saxophonist Ron Stallings died from [[multiple myeloma]].<ref name=RonDies>{{cite news |title=Ron Stallings, prominent saxophonist, dies |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ron-Stallings-prominent-saxophonist-dies-3164375.php |access-date=May 27, 2015 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=April 16, 2009 |first=Aidin |last=Vaziri}}</ref>

In 2001, the News released their first album in seven years, ''[[Plan B (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Plan B]]'', on [[Jive Records]]. It only briefly made the charts, with the lead single, "Let Her Go & Start Over", becoming a minor adult contemporary hit. In December 2004, Huey Lewis and the News recorded their first live album, ''[[Live at 25]]'', at the [[Sierra Nevada Brewing Company]] in [[Chico, California]], commemorating the band's 25th anniversary. In 2008, they recorded the theme song to the action-comedy film ''[[Pineapple Express (film)|Pineapple Express]]'' at the request of [[Seth Rogen]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stereogum.com/7365/seth_rogen_brings_huey_lewis_aboard_pineapple_expr/video |title=Seth Rogen Brings Huey Lewis Aboard Pineapple Express |newspaper=Stereogum |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> The song is played over the end credits of the film and appears on the film's soundtrack album.

The band returned to the studio in 2010, recording their first album in nearly a decade. The album, entitled ''[[Soulsville (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Soulsville]]'', is a [[Stax Records]] tribute album recorded at the legendary [[Ardent Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Daniel |last=Russo |date=January 22, 2010 |url=http://ardentstudios.com/2010/01/22/huey-lewis-and-the-news-at-ardent-studios |title=Huey Lewis and the News at Ardent Studios |work=ardentstudios.com |access-date=January 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127011042/http://ardentstudios.com/2010/01/22/huey-lewis-and-the-news-at-ardent-studios/ |archive-date=January 27, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite interview |last=Lewis |first=Huey |subject-link=Huey Lewis |title=Huey Lewis |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/archive/201011/20101105_lewis.html#video |type=Interview: Video & transcript |work=[[The Tavis Smiley Show]] |publisher=[[KCET]] |location=Los Angeles, CA |date=May 11, 2010 |access-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> They continued to tour regularly, playing around 70 dates a year, until 2018, when the band halted all touring after it was revealed that Lewis had [[Ménière's disease]], an inner ear disorder.<ref name="Kreps">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/huey-lewis-and-the-news-cancel-2018-shows-due-to-singers-hearing-loss-628736/ |title=Huey Lewis and the News Cancel 2018 Shows Due to Singer's Hearing Loss |first=Daniel |last=Kreps |website=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |date=April 14, 2018 |access-date=July 10, 2019}}</ref> In January 2019, Huey Lewis and the News signed with [[BMG Rights Management]]. On February 14, 2020, as Harrah became an official member, they released ''[[Weather (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Weather]]'' (their first studio album of new songs since ''Plan B''),<ref name="Greene"/> which contains songs the band recorded prior to Lewis's hearing loss.<ref name="Steinberg"/><ref name="Lifton"/>

On November 1, 2023, a new musical comedy inspired by the hits of Huey Lewis and the News was announced, ''[[The Heart of Rock and Roll (musical)|The Heart of Rock and Roll]]''. A [[romantic comedy]], it contains a number of the band's hits like "[[Workin' for a Livin']]", "[[Stuck with You]]" and "[[If This Is It (Huey Lewis and the News song)|If This is It]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heart of Rock and Roll Coming To Broadway! |date=November 1, 2023 |website=Official Huey Lewis and the News website |url=https://hueylewisandthenews.com/heart-of-rock-and-roll-coming-to-broadway |access-date=December 7, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>