Reunion performance at Royal Festival Hall

With Gotobed back in the line-up (now using his birth name, Robert Grey), the group initially reworked much of their back catalogue for a performance at Royal Festival Hall in 2000. Wire’s reception during a short tour in early May of the US, and a number of UK gigs, convinced the band to continue. Two EPs, Read & Burn 01 and Read & Burn 02 were released in 2002. Seven of the tracks from the two EPs were collected with four previously unreleased tracks on the 2003 album, Send . Wire collaborated with stage designer Es Devlin and artists Jake and Dinos Chapman . In 2005, The Scottish Play: 2004 , which contained recordings of live performances from this era, was released.