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The soundtrack to the 2002 film, Heartlands, contained "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World".
In late 2005 Eric toured the UK (also playing Dublin) supporting fellow ex-Stiff artists The Damned.
A tribute album to Wreckless Eric is currently being recorded, featuring cover versions of his songs performed by upcoming bands like The Crimea, plus established acts, such as The Wedding Present, among others.
In the 2006 film, Stranger Than Fiction, starring Will Ferrell, Ferrell sings "Whole Wide World" while playing the guitar, until the original Wreckless Eric version takes over.
In 2008, Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby was released. The album had a sound that is described as including "lots of strummed acoustic guitars, insistent and melodic bass lines and atmospherics created by vintage keyboards, synthesizers, processed electric guitars and electronic effects". They are touring to support the album.
Eric joined The Proclaimers onstage at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, on 19 July 2008, to perform his song, "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World" which they covered on their album, Life With You. Eric and Amy Rigby joined John Wesley Harding onstage at Wiggins Park in Camden, New Jersey on 25 July 2009, to perform "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World".
In September 2010, Eric and Rigby offered a track for the compilation album, Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos. They recorded a cover of the 1950s doo-wop song, "I Want To Be Your Happiness." The Wind Records, along with Norton Records, released the album.
In 2012 Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby recorded a version of the Bread song "The Guitar Man" for a fund raising cd titled "Super Hits Of The Seventies" for radio station WFMU.
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