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Pandemic adjustments: No Simple Thing EP, Live at Lee's (2020 - 2021)
Coming off the international success of Changing Colours and subsequent busy touring schedule, the Sheepdogs announced in early 2020 that they would be embarking on a 10-date Canadian tour with The Black Keys.

It was also announced that the Sheepdogs would appear as part of the 2020 Juno Awards as presenters in their hometown of Saskatoon.

In March 2020, the COVID19 pandemic stopped all touring and live performance activities. The Sheepdogs took part in a live CBC Canada Day performance on July 1st, 2020 from Montreal, Quebec marking their first performance since the beginning of the pandemic.

Following this performance the Sheepdogs stayed in Montreal and began tracking songs at MixART studios, tracking new songs together for the first time since the release of Changing Colours. The songs were recorded all in a room together, live off the floor to a Studer A827 24 2” tape machine.

In the summer and fall of 2020 the band performed a series of drive-in performances in Ontario and a concert series in Regina, Saskatchewan playing to hotel room balconies.

On April 30th 2021 it was announced that an EP, No Simple Thing would be released. The first single “Keep On Loving You” was released on that day.

With touring still not happening in a normal capacity, the Sheepdogs built a makeshift TV studio and filmed a series of performance videos for every song on the album. The album garnered two top 5 singles in Canada. The band played a limited number of live performances in Canada in the summer of 2021 and performed at the halftime show at the annual Saskatchewan Roughrider game the Labour Day Classic at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.

In November 2021, coinciding with the return of full capacity indoor shows, the Sheepdogs announced they would be performing four nights at Lee's Palace in Toronto (November 17-20). The four sold-out shows were filmed and recorded. Live at Lee's, the band's first live album, was released in February 2022.

Lineup change and new album: Outta Sight (2022 - present)
In the spring of 2022, the Sheepdogs announced an extensive world tour of nearly 100 dates including stops in the UK, Europe and North America.

Shortly after this the band announced that their new album, Outta Sight, would be released in June 2022. The album's first single, "Find the Truth," was released April 2022.

In August of 2022 the band announced that Jimmy Bowskill would be stepping away from touring with the band for the time being to focus on other projects. Guitarist Ricky Paquette joined the band on the North American tour starting in September of 2022.

The Sheepdogs released their first Christmas song, “I’m Ready For Christmas,” in December 2022.

The Live and Outta Sight Tour concluded in Ottawa January of 2023 with a majority of the dates selling out across North America. In January, following the conclusion, additional dates in Australia were announced to take place in April.

Also in January, Outta Sight was nominated for a Juno Award for Rock Album of the year.

Timeline

Side projects

 * Brothers Ewan and Shamus Currie have recorded an album together in a project called BROS. The debut LP, Vol.1, was released in October 2016. A second album, Vol. 2, was released in July 2021.
 * Front man Ewan Currie released his debut solo album, Out of My Mind, in March 2019.
 * In January 2023, it was announced that Shamus Currie would release a fantasy rock concept album The Shepherd and the Wolf was released on February 24, 2023. The first single, “Days of High Adventure,” was released on January 6, 2023.
 * In February 2023, it was announced that Sam Corbett would release a solo effort under the name Nutana, to be released on April 7th, 2023.