Editing Chicago (band) (section)

=== 2000s ===
[[File:Chicagothebandmillbrook lar.jpg|left|thumb|Chicago in 2004 (l–r): Howland, Pankow, Champlin, Parazaider, Imboden, Loughnane, Scheff, and Lamm (behind Scheff)]]

In 2002, the band licensed their entire recorded output to [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Gallo |first=Phil |date=May 6, 2002 |title=Rhino Records' kind of town |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/rhino-records-kind-of-town-1117866449/ |access-date=April 14, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414195606/https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/rhino-records-kind-of-town-1117866449/ |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |url-status=live |language=en-US  }}</ref> after having recorded it at Columbia Records and Warner Bros. Records. In 2002, Rhino released a two-disc compilation, ''[[The Very Best of: Only the Beginning]]'', which spanned the band's career. The compilation made the [[Top 40]] and sold over 2 million copies in the U.S. Rhino also began releasing remastered versions of all of the band's Columbia-era albums. The following year, the band released their most comprehensive compilation to date in the form of a box set, simply titled ''[[The Box (Chicago album)|The Box]]''. In October 2003, Rhino reissued ''Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album'', along with six new recordings, as ''What's It Gonna Be, Santa?''.

The American cable music channel [[VH1]] featured the band in an episode of its ''[[Behind the Music]]'' series, "Chicago: Behind the Music", season 1, episode 133. The episode first aired on October 15, 2000.<ref name="VH1 2000">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/episodes/syqlfr/behind-the-music-chicago-behind-the-music-133-season-1-ep-133|title=Chicago: Behind the Music #133|date=October 15, 2000|publisher=VH1|access-date=October 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016231551/http://www.vh1.com/episodes/syqlfr/behind-the-music-chicago-behind-the-music-133-season-1-ep-133|archive-date=October 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2004, 2005, and 2009, Chicago toured with Earth, Wind & Fire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/10/chicago-earth-wind-fire-reunite-for-summer-tour|publisher=CNN|title=Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire reunite for summer tour|access-date=April 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090614083314/http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/10/chicago-earth-wind-fire-reunite-for-summer-tour|archive-date=June 14, 2009}}</ref>

On March 21, 2006, their first all-new studio album since ''Twenty 1'' arrived with ''[[Chicago XXX]]''. It was produced by [[Jay DeMarcus]], bassist/vocalist with the country trio [[Rascal Flatts]],<ref name="Las Vegas Sun">{{Cite news|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2006/mar/08/chicago-moving-to-las-vegas/|title=Chicago moving to Las Vegas?|date=March 8, 2006|publisher=Las Vegas Sun|access-date=October 1, 2017|location=Las Vegas, Nevada, USA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002022919/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2006/mar/08/chicago-moving-to-las-vegas/|archive-date=October 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> who was a long-time fan of Chicago and had cited the group as an influence on him as a musician in a previous fan letter to Jason Scheff.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/2006/07/09/their-kind-of-band-chicago-is/|title=Their kind of band, Chicago is|date=July 9, 2006|work=Orange County Register|access-date=October 1, 2017|publisher=Southern California News Group|location=Anaheim, California, USA|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002022419/http://www.ocregister.com/2006/07/09/their-kind-of-band-chicago-is/|archive-date=October 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It also marked the first time the band's music was available as a digital download. The album peaked at No. 41 in the U.S.,<ref name= "Chicago Billboard 200" /> spawning two minor adult contemporary hits: "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back". Two songs from this album, "Feel" and "Caroline", were performed live during Chicago's fall 2005 tour.

Chicago made multi-week appearances at the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas]] in March, May and October 2006.<ref name="Las Vegas Sun" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/mike-weatherford/chicago/|title=Chicago|last=Weatherford|first=Mike|date=October 10, 2008|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=October 1, 2017|publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc.|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002022027/https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/mike-weatherford/chicago/|archive-date=October 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2006, the band made a series of U.S. appearances with [[Huey Lewis and the News]].<ref name=Curtin>{{Cite news|url=http://poststar.com/lifestyles/old-acts-show-some-flash-at-spac/article_53da0c25-78f9-5455-83a1-7202ca4afd3a.html|title=Old acts show some flash at SPAC|last=Curtin|first=Mike|date=July 27, 2006|work=Glens Falls Post-Star|access-date=September 30, 2017|publisher=Robert Forcey|location=Glens Falls, New York, USA|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930222623/http://poststar.com/lifestyles/old-acts-show-some-flash-at-spac/article_53da0c25-78f9-5455-83a1-7202ca4afd3a.html|archive-date=September 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 2, 2007, Rhino Records released the two-disc ''[[The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition]]'' (''Chicago XXXI''), a new greatest hits compilation spanning their entire forty years, similar to ''[[The Very Best of: Only the Beginning]]'', released five years earlier.

In 2008, ''Stone of Sisyphus'' – once known as the aborted ''Chicago XXII'', now listed officially as ''Chicago XXXII'' – was released with an expanded format.<ref name="Payne June2008" /><ref name="LeRoy July2008" />

[[Drew Hester]], who was the percussionist and drummer for the [[Foo Fighters]], joined the band in January 2009 to temporarily fill in for an ill Imboden,<ref name=Pound>{{Cite web|url=http://staugustine.com/stories/040309/compass_040309_604.shtml|title=Chicago {{!}} StAugustine.com|last=Pound|first=Kara|date=April 3, 2009|publisher=staugustine.com|location=St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.A.|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155550/http://staugustine.com/stories/040309/compass_040309_604.shtml|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and continued with the band as a percussionist upon Imboden's return later in the year.<ref name="Lifton May2012">{{Cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/drew-hester-leaves-chicago/|title=Drew Hester Leaves Chicago|last=Lifton|first=Dave|date=May 27, 2012|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|language=en-US|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905053556/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/drew-hester-leaves-chicago/|archive-date=September 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2009, Champlin was fired from the band.<ref>{{Cite interview|last=Champlin|first=Bill|subject-link=Bill Champlin|interviewer=Nick Deriso|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2011/06/01/something-else-interview-bill-champlin-formerly-of-chicago/|title=Bill Champlin, formerly of Chicago: Something Else! Interview|date=June 1, 2011|website=Something ELSE!|language=en-US|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922050628/http://somethingelsereviews.com/2011/06/01/something-else-interview-bill-champlin-formerly-of-chicago/|archive-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He was replaced by Grammy-nominated keyboardist [[Lou Pardini]], who had worked with [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Santana (band)|Santana]].<ref name="CNN Aug2009">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/10/chicago.champlin/|title=Musician Bill Champlin leaves Chicago|last=Payne|first=Ed|date=August 11, 2009|publisher=CNN|language=en|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929000706/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/10/chicago.champlin/|archive-date=September 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>