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== "Promised Land" 2014β2017 == In 2014, Marc Mysterio helped form a new lineup with Roberts and Mark Crozer from Jesus and Mary Chain.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theindyreview.com/2019/10/02/comeback-alert-crash-test-dummies-promised-land-feat-marc-mysterio-mark-crozer/ | title=Comeback Alert: Crash Test Dummies β Promised Land (Feat. Marc Mysterio & Mark Crozer)|website=Theindyreview.com | date=2 October 2019 }}</ref> This led to the release of the re-vamped lineup's debut single "[[Promised Land (Crash Test Dummies song)|Promised Land]]", featuring both Marc Mysterio and Brad Roberts on lead vocals, with Mark Crozer on Bass and Drums. Mysterio wrote, composed and produced the song as well as playing guitar and keyboard on the record.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/14232-exclusive-marc-mysterio-teams-with-crash-test-dummies-to-help-refugees | title=Exclusive: Marc Mysterio Teams with Crash Test Dummies to Help Refugees|website=Looktothestars.org | date=14 September 2015 }}</ref> Proceeds went to benefit the International Red Cross to assist with the unprecedented refugee crisis in Europe.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://daily.plaympe.com/marc-mysterio-crash-test-dummies-promised-land-feat-mark-crozer-radio-edit/ | title=Marc Mysterio & Crash Test Dummies - Promised Land (Feat. Mark Crozer) (Radio Edit)|website=Daily.plaympe.com | date=14 September 2015 }}</ref> Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies described how the new group came to be to scores of media outlets, "Marc Mysterio and I shared a few common friends and when his deal with Godsmack fell through, I stepped up to record the new song. In studio, Marc asked me to add in humming to the track and then after, my wife commented, 'Marc is really on to something there'".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.antimusic.com/news/15/March/19Crash_Test_Dummies_Score_EDM_Hit_With_Marc_Mysterio_Collaboration.shtml|title=Crash Test Dummies Score EDM Hit With Marc Mysterio Collaboration ::Marc Mysterio News|website=Antimusic.com}}</ref> "Promised Land" went on to score a Top 10 on radio in United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://daily.plaympe.com/adult-contemporary-top-10-download-september-21st-2015/ | title=Adult Contemporary Top 10 - Download (September 21st, 2015)|website=Daily.plaympe.com | date=21 September 2015 }}</ref> === Second hiatus, solo tour, side projects: 2015β2016 === Following the completion of touring for ''Oooh La La'', the band went on an indefinite hiatus, as Ellen Reid decided to retire from performing and Brad Roberts began to develop back problems. However, the hiatus was ended when Brad Roberts decided to go on a solo tour in 2015.<ref name="SoloTourSept2015">{{cite web|url= http://jamminjava.com/event/926405|title= Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummes)|access-date= 21 September 2015|work= Jammin Java|archive-date= 4 March 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092944/http://jamminjava.com/event/926405|url-status= dead}}</ref> In the spring of 2016, Brad Roberts announced his first tour of Canada in five years. In an interview about the tour, Roberts provided an update about the other members of the band, who he still keeps in touch with: Dan Roberts now has a family in Winnipeg, Mitch Dorge devotes most of his time now to motivational speaking at schools, Ellen Reid is married and spends her time creating elaborate Facebook pages with all her own illustrations, and Benjamin Darvill has found success for himself as [[Son of Dave]]. Roberts confirmed that he is the last remaining active member of Crash Test Dummies, with it just being him and guitarist Stuart Cameron going on tour.<ref name="DummieUpdateSept2016">{{cite web|url= http://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2016/04/20/brad-roberts-announces-first-tour-five-years|title= Brad Roberts Announces First Tour In Five Years|access-date=20 April 2016|work= FYI Music News|date= 20 April 2016}}</ref> On May 28, 2016, to commemorate his first Canadian tour in five years, Brad Roberts released the new song "[[I'll Be Peaceful Then]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/crash-test-dummies-brad-roberts-1.3604485|title=Crash Test Dummies singer Brad Roberts glad to be back touring|access-date=2015-05-31 |publisher=CBC}}</ref> === Full band reunion and nostalgia tours: 2017βpresent === In the summer of 2017, the full band, except for [[Benjamin Darvill]], reunited for a show in Winnipeg and Brad Roberts went on a tour of South Africa in early 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/480/172199.html|title=Crash Test Dummies: Q&A with Brad Roberts|access-date=2018-02-11 |publisher=BizCommunity}}</ref> The band continued to perform together that summer, including a stop at Ontario's [[Burl's Creek Event Grounds]] in July.<ref>[https://885thejewel.com/2018/07/23/weather-turns-perfect-just-time-barenaked-ladies-burls-creek/ "Weather Turns Perfect Just In Time for Barenaked Ladies at Burls Creek"]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Jewel 88.5 Toronto'', July 23, 2018</ref> In the fall of 2018, it was announced that Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Dan Roberts, and Mitch Dorge would be going on their first full tour of Canada and the United States in nearly two decades to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ''God Shuffled His Feet''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/crash-test-dummies-reunion-tour-1.4831751|title=Crash Test Dummies reunite for 25th anniversary of breakout album|access-date=2019-03-30 |publisher=CBC}}</ref> The band continued to tour through 2022 in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their first album, ''[[The Ghosts That Haunt Me]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/entertainment/superman-never-made-any-money-but-crash-test-dummies-will-play-kelowna/|title=Superman never made any money, but Crash Test Dummies will play Kelowna|date=24 May 2022 |access-date=2022-12-07 |publisher=CBC}}</ref> In early 2023, the band released "Sacred Alphabet", their first song with the full band in over a decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2023/03/06/crash-test-dummies-singer-talks-tour-that-finishes-in-greensburg/69957577007/|title=Crash Test Dummies singer talks tour that finishes in Greensburg|access-date=2023-03-11|publisher=Beaver County Times}}</ref> The song did not chart and received no substantive airplay on radio in Canada or elsewhere. 2024 and 2025 saw the band touring internationally playing the majority of [[God Shuffled His Feet]] live to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary. The current lineup is Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Mitch Dorge and Dan Roberts joined by touring musicians [[Stuart Cameron (musician)|Stuart Cameron]] (guitars and backing vocals) and Leith Fleming-Smith (keyboards and backing vocals).
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