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===Post–breakup (2018–present)=== In September 2018, one month following their final performance in Stirling during ''The Last Dance'', Sony Music released a box set compilation entitled ''Original Album Classics''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Original Album Series - Runrig {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/original-album-series-mw0002588022 |website=AllMusic |access-date=26 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, the band announced the release of the concert on audio and film formats entitled ''The Last Dance – Farewell Concert''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arndt |first1=Cameron |title=Runrig to release The Last Dance - farewell concert |url=https://musictalkers.com/latest-news/5822-runrig-to-release-the-last-dance-farewell-concert |website=Music Talkers - Latest Music News & Artist Exposure |access-date=26 December 2024 |language=en-gb |date=6 August 2019}}</ref> In 2021, [[BBC Alba]] broadcast ''The Last Dance'' from Stirling in April, marking the first time the performance had been broadcast on television, alongside other programmes devoted to the band over the course of the weekend spanning 2–4 April 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ross |first1=John |title=Fans to re-live Runrig's Last Dance during weekend of programmes devoted to the band |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/2999128/runrig/ |website=Press and Journal |access-date=26 December 2024 |date=25 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PICTURES: BBC Alba to screen special Easter weekend of programmes featuring Runrig |url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/pictures-bbc-alba-to-screen-special-easter-weekend-of-progr-232666/ |website=Northern Times |access-date=26 December 2024 |language=en |date=24 March 2021}}</ref> Bruce Guthro, who joined the band in 1998 following the departure of original lead singer Donnie Munro,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strachan |first1=Graeme |title=When Runrig turned to the classified ads to replace Donnie Munro |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-times/5374624/runrig-bruce-guthro/ |website=Press and Journal |access-date=26 December 2024 |date=9 February 2023}}</ref> died on 5 September 2023 from cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bruce-guthro-songwriter-obituary-1.6957898|title=Cape Breton singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro dies at 62|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
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