In October 2023, Wheatus returned to Sony to release a five-track EP titled Just a Dirtbag Christmas . Drummer Dustyn Murphy joined the band in August 2024. On November 15, 2025, the band announced that their original, longtime percussionist/multi-instrumentalist, Phil Jimenez, would be rejoining them on their upcoming tour of…
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As well as continuing to record their sixth album, Brown stated that the band was in the midst of preparing a 20th-anniversary expanded edition of their self-titled debut album, due out in 2020 alongside a 20th-anniversary tour. A 20th-anniversary re-recording of their debut, titled Wheatus 2020 , was released in…
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In early 2019, Wheatus announced plans for their first world tour since 2000, playing in the US and South Africa as well as 48 dates across Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. On April 5, 2019, they played a special show at the Mercury Lounge in New York, which featured…
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In November 2018, Wheatus returned to the UK to tour as a support act for A . In early 2019, the band provided direct support to Mike Doughty on the first leg of his twenty-fifth anniversary tour of Soul Coughing ‘s Ruby Vroom , their first full US tour in…
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In late 2016, Brown stated in an interview, “Album [seven] is almost ready to be recorded, and we’ll be working on that over the winter and hope to have that done by 2017”. He also mentioned that twenty songs had been written for the release, and the band was aiming…
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Following the album’s release, Wheatus recorded a new single, “Only You”, a collaboration with two members of One Direction ‘s band, bassist Sandy Beales and drummer Josh Devine . The single was released on July 6, 2014. The collaboration came about as a result of One Direction covering “Teenage Dirtbag”…
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Since 2014, Wheatus has been in the process of recording a sixth studio album. Tentatively titled Beasts of the Unknown , Brown has stated that the direction of the record will be “80’s metal”, inspired by the bands he grew up listening to as a teenager. The first track from…
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An album sampler was released on YouTube on July 27, 2013, while full tracks from the record were uploaded between August 14 and September 9. The Valentine LP was released on August 2, 2013, through the band’s website, with a vinyl version shipping in late 2013. The digital version of…
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Following a re-release of the single “Lemonade”, supported by the first of three Lego videos created by Oliver Broadbent, Wheatus released their fifth studio album, The Valentine LP , in 2013. Brown described it as a set of “post-apocalyptic love songs”, adding that he delved into the concept of “reconstituting…
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In November 2012, the EPs were released together as the band’s fourth studio album, Pop, Songs and Death .