Editing The Stooges (section)

===Reunion and Ron Asheton's death (2003–2009)===
Pop and the Ashetons first reunited that year, sharing four songs on the ''[[Skull Ring]]'' album with Pop on vocals, Scott Asheton on drums, and Ron Asheton on both guitar and bass. Soon afterward, the Stooges reunited officially, performing a series of live shows in the United States and Europe, with Watt on bass at Ron Asheton's request,<ref name="Mike Watt Interview">[http://crasierfrane.blogspot.com/2009/12/mike-watt-interview.html Mike Watt Interview] Clark, Alistair. "Mike Watt Interview", ''Crasier Frane''. Retrieved 2009-12-16.</ref> and ''Fun House–''era saxophonist Steve Mackay. Their Detroit homecoming show, postponed by the [[2003 North America blackout]], was released as the DVD ''[[Live in Detroit (The Stooges album)|Live in Detroit]]''.

On August 16, 2005, [[Elektra Records]] and [[Rhino Records]] issued newly remastered two-CD editions of the first two Stooges albums, featuring the original album on disc one and outtakes (including alternate mixes, single versions, etc.) on disc two. Unlike the 1997 ''Raw Power'' reissue, which was a total remix from the original multitracks, these remasters are faithful to the original mixes.
[[File:Iggy and the Stooges - Sziget Fesztivál, 2006.08.15 (27).jpg|thumb|Iggy and the Stooges – Sziget Fesztivál, 2006.]]
[[File:Iggy and the Stooges - Sziget Fesztivál, 2006.08.15 (6).jpg|thumb|Iggy and the Stooges – Sziget Fesztivál, 2006.]]
In 2007, the band released an album of all-new material, ''[[The Weirdness]]'', with [[Steve Albini]] recording, and mastering done at [[Abbey Road Studios]] in [[London]], England.<ref name="albini">[http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,17937566-39917,00.html News.com.au interview with Iggy Pop, accessed January 2006].</ref> The album received mixed to negative reviews from the press. The band also contributed a cover of [[Junior Kimbrough]]'s "You Better Run" to a tribute album for the late blues artist.

The Stooges were voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/99-stooges |title=Stooges |publisher=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends |access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>

The Stooges spent the years between 2003 and 2008 touring extensively, playing shows on five different continents. Highlights included performances at several events involved with the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] concert series, Pop's 60th birthday on the stage of [[San Francisco]]'s Warfield Theater,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/23/the-iguana-at-60/ |title=The Iguana at 60 |publisher=Stuck Between Stations |date=2007-04-23 |access-date=2015-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107054014/http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/23/the-iguana-at-60/ |archive-date=2015-11-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> touring with the [[Lollapalooza]] festival, and a performance of two [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] covers at the Michigan-born singer's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in protest of the Stooges' failure to receive an induction into said institution despite six nominations. (Two years later, the band was successfully inducted.) A low of this touring era occurred in August 2008 when the band's equipment was stolen in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].<ref name="stoogesgeartheft">{{cite web|author=Mike Watt |url=http://www.hootpage.com/stoogesstolenstuff/stoogesstolenstuff.html |title=Stooges stuff stolen on August 4, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec |publisher=Hootpage.com |date=2008-08-04 |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref> Initially, the reunited band's sets consisted solely of material from ''The Stooges'', ''Fun House'', ''Skull Ring'' and ''The Weirdness''. By 2008, they had added "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]", "I Got a Right" and "Raw Power" to its set lists. The band's final show with Ron Asheton was on September 29, 2008, in [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia.

On January 6, 2009, Ron Asheton was found dead in his home, having reportedly suffered a heart attack several days earlier.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Daniel Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/06/the-stooges-guitarist-ron-asheton-found-dead-at-60/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107091557/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/06/the-stooges-guitarist-ron-asheton-found-dead-at-60/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |title=The Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead At 60 &#124; Rolling Stone Music |magazine=Rollingstone.com |date=2009-01-06 |access-date=2011-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/01/rip_ron_asheton_19482009.html |title=Kerrang! RIP Ron Asheton (1948-2009) |publisher=.kerrang.com |date=2009-01-06 |access-date=2011-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214023729/http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/01/rip_ron_asheton_19482009.html |archive-date=2009-02-14 }}</ref> He was 60 years old. In their official statement, the group called Asheton "irreplaceable".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/06/stooges-guitarist-ron-asheton-dies | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton dies | first=Tim | last=Jonze | date=January 6, 2009 | access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref>

On October 1, 2009, ''The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story'' by Robert Matheu and [[Jeffrey Morgan (writer)|Jeffrey Morgan]] (authorized biographer of [[Alice Cooper]]) was published in hardcover by [[Abrams Books|Abrams]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Matheu, Jeffrey Morgan|title=The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story|publisher=Abrams|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8109-8289-5}}</ref>