Editing Men at Work (section)

===Partial reunion and second break-up (1996–2002)===
By mid-1996, after a ten-year absence, Hay and Ham reformed Men at Work to tour South America.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/> They had enjoyed strong fan support there during their earlier career and demands for a reunion had persisted.<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> The 1996 line up had Stephen Hadley on bass guitar and backing vocals (ex-The Black Sorrows, [[Bands and accompanying musicians of Paul Kelly#Paul Kelly.27s Band .281995.E2.80.931997.29|Paul Kelly Band]]); Simon Hosford on guitar and backing vocals (Colin Hay backing band); and John Watson on drums (The Black Sorrows).<ref name="Holmgren"/> The tour culminated in a performance in [[São Paulo]], which was recorded for the Brazilian release of a live album, ''Brazil '96'', in 1997, which was co-produced by Hay and Ham for [[Sony Music]].<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> It was re-released worldwide in 1998 as ''[[Brazil (Men at Work album)|Brazil]]'' with a bonus track, "The Longest Night", the first new studio track since ''Two Hearts''.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/><ref name="Holmgren"/>

In 1997 drummer Tony Floyd replaced Watson but by 1998 the lineup was Hay, Ham, James Ryan (guitar, backing vocals), [[Richard Grossman (bassist)|Rick Grossman]] (of the [[Hoodoo Gurus]]) on bass <ref name="Holmgren"/> and Peter Maslen (ex-[[Boom Crash Opera]]) on drums. In 1999 Ryan, Grossman and Maslen were out and Hosford and Floyd were back in, along with bassist Stuart Speed. Rodrigo Aravena was brought in on bass in 2000, along with Heta Moses on drums. Moses was replaced by Warren Trout in 2001 as Stephen Hadley returned on bass.

The band toured Australia, South America, Europe and the US from 1998 to 2000.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/> Men at Work performed "Down Under" at the closing ceremony of the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney,<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> alongside [[Paul Hogan]] of ''[["Crocodile" Dundee]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1124485/20001002/inxs.jhtml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070830000828/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1124485/20001002/inxs.jhtml | url-status = dead | archive-date = 30 August 2007 | title = INXS : INXS, Midnight Oil, Colin Hay & Greg Ham of Men at Work Close Sydney Olympics – Rhapsody Music Downloads | publisher = VH1.com | access-date = 17 August 2010 }}</ref>

One of their European tours for mid-2000 was cancelled and the group had disbanded once again by 2002, although Hay and Ham periodically reunited Men at Work with guest musicians (including an appearance in February 2009, when they performed "Down Under" as a duo at the Australia Unites Victorian Bushfire Appeal Telethon).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio Swiss Pop - Music database - Band |url=http://www.radioswisspop.ch/en/music-database/band/913418b4e057eb59d3d134f62c94ec59fa7d0/biography |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Radioswisspop.ch |language=en |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022135949/https://www.radioswisspop.ch/en/music-database/band/913418b4e057eb59d3d134f62c94ec59fa7d0/biography |url-status=dead }}</ref>