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=== 2014: Hardcore Devo Tour, Bob Casale's death === On February 17, 2014, founding member Bob Casale died of heart failure at age 61.<ref>{{cite news| title=Devo's Bob Casale dead of heart failure, brother says |url= http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/showbiz/devo-bob-casale-dead |first=Alan |last=Duke |website=CNN |date=February 18, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, the group, a quartet for the first time in 38 years, embarked on their [[Hardcore Devo Live!|Hardcore Devo Tour]], a ten-show tour across the US and Canada between June 18 and July 2, 2014.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=DEVO Live Guide - 2013 to 2014|url=http://huboon.com/2013_14.html|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=huboon.com}}</ref> The tour focused on material the group had written before the release of their first album, which was largely written when the group were a quartet. Partial proceeds for the ten shows went to support Bob Casale's family after his sudden death. The show featured the group performing material written during 1974β1977.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Deb|date=December 22, 2014|title=Hardcore DEVO Live Uncontrollable Urge|url=https://www.d3bris.de/hardcore-devo-live-uncontrollable-urge/|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=D3bris Online Magazine|language=en-GB|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027121209/https://www.d3bris.de/hardcore-devo-live-uncontrollable-urge/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The June 28 Oakland show was filmed and later released as the concert film ''[[Hardcore Devo Live!]]'', released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Video on Demand on February 10, 2015, accompanied by CD and double-vinyl audio releases.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/devo_detail_hardcore_devo_live_concert_release |title=Devo Detail 'Hardcore Devo Live!' Concert Release |first=Gregory |last=Adams |date=December 17, 2014 |website=Exclaim! Music |access-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/pop-music/are-we-not-men-devo-s-gerald-casale-discusses-hardcore-live-1.574529 |title= Are we not men? Devo's Gerald Casale discusses 'Hardcore Live!' |newspaper=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] |first=Malcolm X. |last=Abram |date=March 13, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref>
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