Editing Wire (band) (section)

===1999 to present===

With Gotobed back in the line-up (now using his birth name, Robert Grey), the group initially reworked much of their back catalogue for a performance at [[Royal Festival Hall]] in 2000. Wire's reception during a short tour in early May of the US, and a number of UK gigs, convinced the band to continue. Two EPs, ''[[Read & Burn 01]]'' and ''[[Read & Burn 02]]'' were released in 2002. Seven of the tracks from the two EPs were collected with four previously unreleased tracks on the 2003 album, ''[[Send (album)|Send]]''. Wire collaborated with stage designer [[Es Devlin]] and artists [[Jake and Dinos Chapman]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.projectdark.demon.co.uk/DJK/wire.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031205113845/http://www.projectdark.demon.co.uk/DJK/wire.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2003 |title=Wire + Jake & Dinos Chapman + ES Devlin with Kirsten Reynolds (Project Dark) |publisher=projectdark.demon.co.uk |access-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> In 2005, ''[[The Scottish Play: 2004]]'', which contained recordings of live performances from this era, was released.

In 2006, Wire's 1970s albums were remastered and re-released with the original vinyl track listings. In 2007, ''[[Read & Burn 03]]'' was released. According to Newman, Gilbert featured in a minimal capacity on this EP; Gilbert would no longer feature in Wire after this release. Later, in 2020, Wire would release ''[[Send (album)#Send Ultimate|Send Ultimate]]'' which added a bonus disc to the ''Send'' album. ''Send Ultimate'' collected all the tracks from the first two Read and Burn EPs along with other unreleased material and both sides of the "Twelve Times You" single. A full-length album of new material entitled ''[[Object 47]]'' was released in July 2008 with Wire now consisting of three members.

[[File:Matt Simms sep 2013.jpg|thumb|Matt Simms, 2013]]In January 2011, Wire released ''[[Red Barked Tree]]'', which according to the band's press release "rekindles a lyricism sometimes absent from Wire's previous work and reconnects with the live energy of performance, harnessed and channelled from extensive touring over the past few years".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pinkflag.com (the official Wire website) - Press - Red Barked Tree|url=http://pinkflag.com/press/red-barked-tree/|access-date=2020-08-28|website=pinkflag.com}}</ref> The album was written and recorded by Newman, Lewis and Grey, but speaking to [[Marc Riley]] on the day of the release, Newman introduced as "a new boy" guitarist [[Matthew Simms|Matt Simms]] (from It Hugs Back), who had been a touring member with the band since April 2010.<ref name="Marc Riley">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xbbmz#segments |title=Wire |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=16 February 2012}}</ref>

In March 2013 the band released ''[[Change Becomes Us]]'', their 13th studio album, which was very well received.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/wire-change-becomes-us-pink-flag/ | title=Wire, ''Change Becomes Us'' (Pink Flag) | author=Gubbels, Jason | work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=28 March 2013 | access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17720-wire-change-becomes-us/ | title=Wire – ''Change Becomes Us'' | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] | date=2 April 2013 | access-date=2 April 2013 | author=Wolk, Douglas}}</ref> Their fourteenth album, eponymously titled ''[[Wire (2015 album)|Wire]]'', was released in April 2015. The following year, in April 2016, the band's 15th studio album, entitled ''[[Nocturnal Koreans]],'' was released on their label Pinkflag. The album consisted of eight songs recorded during the sessions for their previous album which were as of then unreleased. [[Stereogum]] named ''Nocturnal Koreans'' the Album of the Week. Reviews for the album were mostly positive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1872193/album-of-the-week-wire-nocturnal-koreans/franchises/album-of-the-week/|title=Album Of The Week: Wire Nocturnal Koreans|date=19 April 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref> In 2017 Wire celebrated 40 years since their debut gig on 1 April 1977 by releasing their 16th studio album, ''[[Silver/Lead]]'', and headlining the Los Angeles edition of their DRILL : FESTIVAL.

In 2018, Wire released multi-disc special editions of their first three albums. Each album was housed in a book containing lyrics and other information about the album. The three releases collected non-LP singles and the demo sessions from this era along with remastered versions of the original albums. Also in 2018, Wire released a nine-disc vinyl box set, ''Nine Sevens'', which compiled their first eight singles and the free EP given away with ''154''. ''Nine Sevens'' was rereleased in April 2025 as a double vinyl set as part of Record Store Day.

In January 2020, Wire released ''[[Mind Hive]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Pearis|first=Bill|title=Wire announce new album 'Mind Hive' and 2020 tour (listen to "Cactused")|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/wire-announce-new-album-mind-hive-and-2020-tour-listen-to-cactused/|work=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=22 October 2019|access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref> on their own Pinkflag label.<ref name="mhv">{{cite web|last=Gentile|first=John|title=Wire to release new album|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/71095/wire-to-release-new-album|website=Punknews.org|date=22 October 2019|access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref> The band appeared on the front cover of [[The Wire (magazine)|''Wire'']] magazine (issue 432) published in January 2020; it featured an interview with the band about the new album and discussed the enduring nature of the group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/432|title=Issue 432 of The Wire|date=February 2020}}</ref>

On [[Record Store Day]], June 2020, Wire released an eight-song album entitled [[10:20 (Wire album)|''10:20'']].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schatz|first=Lake|title=Wire Announce New Album 10:20, North American Tour|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/wire-new-album-1020-tour-dates-tickets/|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=11 March 2020|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref> Side one of the vinyl LP consists of four tracks that were originally released as the limited edition ''Strays'' EP, which was given away with mail ordered copies of ''Red Barked Trees''. Side two contains four tracks that were recorded during the ''Mind Hive'' sessions but not released until their appearance on ''10:20''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pearis|first=Bill|title=Wire share "Small Black Reptile" from RSD20 LP, on tour now (NYC this week)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/wire-share-small-black-reptile-from-rsd20-lp-on-tour-now-nyc-this-week/|work=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=11 March 2020|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref>

In June 2021, in conjunction with Record Store Day, Wire released ''PF456 Deluxe'' an 18-song vinyl-only compilation of the first two Read and Burn EPs, the "Twelve Times You" single, and the four unreleased tracks from ''Send''. Concurrently, Wire released a CD version of ''PF456 Redux'', a 16-song vinyl-only compilation, originally released in 2003, of edited versions of all the songs from the first two Read and Burn EPs along with the unreleased songs on ''Send''.

In April 2022, in conjunction with Record Store Day, Wire released ''Not About to Die'' which was originally released as a bootleg in the early 1980s. The album consists of recordings made for EMI as demos for the 1978 and 1979 albums, ''Chairs Missing'' and ''154''. The songs on ''Not About to Die'' were also previously released in 2018 by Wire on the special editions of the two EMI albums.