In May 2016, it was confirmed that Ginsburg, Margera and Deis would be continuing as a three-piece CKY (with the guitarist also singing), performing at the Random Hero Festival (in honour of deceased CKY Crew member Ryan Dunn) in Cleveland, Ohio in June and recording a new album in July at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California. The following February, the band announced its first tour as a three-piece, with 12 shows in the UK (their first in the country since 2011) scheduled for May 2017. Due to "popular demand", a second date at London's Camden Underworld was later added to the end of the tour, while several other shows were upgraded to larger venues. The group also performed at all dates on the 2017 Warped Tour, which ran between June 16 and August 6, 2017 and included 41 shows in the United States and Canada. In March 2017, CKY signed a worldwide deal with Entertainment One Music, and released their fifth studio album, "The Phoenix", that June. Throughout October and November 2017, CKY toured the United States as the opening act for HIM on HIM's farewell tour.