Shortly after their last album release, James reached the end of their contract, and Tim Booth announced he was leaving the band to concentrate on other projects of his own. They played a farewell tour of the UK at the end of the year. Their final hometown gig, at the Manchester Evening News arena on 7 December, was recorded for a live CD and DVD, "Getting Away With It... Live". Past members Larry Gott and Andy Diagram rejoined them for the tour, and Brian Eno also joined them onstage at London's Wembley Arena during the tour. The albums "Gold Mother", "Laid", and "Whiplash" (each containing bonus tracks) were re-released by Mercury Records the following year, as well as a B-sides compilation entitled "B-Sides Ultra".