However, in 2017 Aivars Virga announced that the group would reunite. They then proceeded to release a new album called ”Bez stepšeļiem”. in 2019 They released another album ”Pluss mīnuss”. They continue to have occasional concerts.
On June 15, 2010 the oldest member of the group Jānis Grodums died and the band broke up. In summer of 2013 they played a couple more concerts together.
In 2003 Virga returned from the USA. Brize returned to the band as well. The band had big plans, but on the 26th of July, 2003, while driving back from the festival Oldies Rock from Daugavpils, the car driven by Virga was involved in an accident. Drummer Dainis and sound-engineer…
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In 2000 Līvi recorded an album entitled 2001 in homage to the previous millennium. In 2001 Virga went to the USA and Līvi played without him for almost 2 years.
Two years later, Līvi released K.M.K.V.P. or “Kas Mums Var Ko Padarīt” (Who Can Do Anything To Us). Singles from the album included “Meitene”, “Bize”, and a jazz version of their old hit “Dzelsgriezējs”. In 1997, Līvi recorded their bestselling album Bailes par ziņģēm (Fear about Songs), and dedicated it…
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In 1994 Līvi released the studio album Karogi (Flags), their second recording since the death of Ķiģelis in 1985. The album went double platinum . The band toured across Northern Europe and Latvia to promote Karogi . In December 1994, Līvi released an album called Spoku Koks (“The Ghost Tree”).…
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In 1988 Līvi released their second studio album LIVI . Half of the songs being Ķigelis’ last compositions, the other half being new Virga, Grodums and Mucenieks songs.
In 1987 Štarks was replaced by Ainars’ younger brother Dainis, and in 1989, Tomass Kleins joined the band as a regular guitarist. At the time of the fall of the Soviet Union , Līvi had recorded dozens of hits and featured their most stable lineup, consisting of Brīze, Ainars Virga,…
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Ķiģelis’s protégé Ainars Virga became the band’s new leader in 1986. Virga was a fan of heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath , Scorpions , Deep Purple , and Led Zeppelin , so he set out to make Līvi more like them, with a harder sound, more guitar solos, and…
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In 1984, Līvi was featured in Riga Film Studio ‘s musical comedy, Vajadzīga soliste (Soloist Needed), performing the song Amors Superstars on stage. The film also featured a variety of bands from Latvia’s pop and rock scene of that era.