Editing John Otway (section)

===2010s and 2020s===
Otway is still touring in various formats. In 2009, he was re-united with Wild Willy Barrett for a UK tour, the duo now perform together regularly and even recorded a new album in 2011 called ''40-Odd Years of Otway and Barrett'' consisting of re-workings of old songs and a new, previously unrecorded song "The Snowflake Effect". Otway also tours as a solo act, as a [[duet (music)|duo]] with [[Richard Holgarth]] and often with his Big Band which includes [[Murray Torkildsen]] (guitar and [[stylophone]]), Seymour Fluids (bass), Adam Batterbee (drums) and guest keyboard player [[Barry Upton]].

In October 2012, to celebrate his 60th birthday, Otway booked the [[Odeon Leicester Square]] to show the documentary of his life. Titled ''[[Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie]]'', the screening saw cinematic history made with the final scenes of the movie being filmed from the red carpet on the morning of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/john-otways-world-record-film-attempt|title=John Otway's world record film attempt|work=[[Channel 4 News]]|date=7 October 2012|access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref> The film was funded by fans becoming producers who, as with the Hit campaign, were all individually credited in the movie credits. Following the success of the producers' premiere, 2013 saw Otway take the completed movie to the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Anthony Barnes|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cannes-film-festival-2013-veteran-pop-flop-john-otway-showcases-biopic-rock-and-rolls-greatest-failure-8617157.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220613/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cannes-film-festival-2013-veteran-pop-flop-john-otway-showcases-biopic-rock-and-rolls-greatest-failure-8617157.html|archive-date=13 June 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=Cannes Film Festival 2013: Veteran pop flop John Otway showcases biopic Rock And Roll's Greatest Failure|newspaper=The Independent|date=15 May 2013|access-date=20 July 2013}}</ref> Ever resourceful and still with an eye for a publicity stunt, Otway and 100 of his fans (who donned Otway masks and dressed up in Otway's traditional black jeans and white shirt) travelled down the [[Promenade de la Croisette]] to the red carpet.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/more-news/otway-rocking-down-the-street-in-cannes-1-5114397|title=Otway rocking down the street in Cannes – More News|newspaper=[[Bucks Herald]]|date=25 May 2013|access-date=20 July 2013|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143134/http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/more-news/otway-rocking-down-the-street-in-cannes-1-5114397|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film also had its theatrical release at [[Glastonbury Festival]] in June 2013, before going on a national cinema tour in the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otwaythemovie.com/screenings.html|title=Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure|website=Otwaythemovie.com|access-date=20 July 2013|archive-date=27 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727133824/http://www.otwaythemovie.com/screenings.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He delivers occasional (humorous) lectures on the theme, "Making Success Out of Failure", and the sequel to his autobiography, ''I Did It Otway'' (subtitled ''Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure'') was published in May 2010. The book was designed by John Haxby who has also designed Otway's album sleeves over the past 15 years.

At Christmas 2014, Otway attempted to crack the Christmas market with the EP ''A John Otway Christma5'', the lead track "OK Father Christmas" basing a new lyric on top of the earlier single "DK 50/80".

During 2016, Otway set up an online Kickstarter campaign for 'A New Album of Otway Songs'. The campaign was successful, raising £38,916 from a total of 838 individual backers. The resulting album and DVD, [[Montserrat (album)|''Montserrat'']], was recorded at Olveston House, [[Montserrat]], in September 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songlink.com/news20161014-john-otways-mission-to-monserrat.html|title=John Otway's Mission To Montserrat|work=Song Link International|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref> and released in March 2017, to those who had supported the Kickstarter campaign, followed by general release on 1 May 2017.

Following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Otway started a series of Facebook live concerts on 28 March 2020. These receive around 10 thousand views per stream.{{cn|date = April 2021}} He performed nine such between March and May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeopro.com/otwaythemovie/lockdown|title=Lockdown Shows|website=Vimeopro.com|access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>

On 2 April 2022, Otway played his 5,000th career gig, which, as a milestone event, was held at the O<sub>2</sub> [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]]. This featured performances of many of his popular songs from his career, with a first set played with long time musical partner [[Wild Willy Barrett]] and a second set with the Otway Big Band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/john-otway-shepherds-bush-empire-london-live-review/|title=John Otway Shepherds Bush Empire review|first=Mike|last=Bennett|website=Louderthanwar.com|date=6 April 2022|access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref>

In September 2022, Otway received a Honorary PhD in Music presented by [[Oxford Brookes University]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/22569209.singer-songwriter-john-otway-picks-oxford-brookes-honorary-degree/|title=Singer songwriter John Otway picks up Oxford Brookes degree|newspaper=[[Oxford Mail]]|access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>