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Mair currently lives in London and has played in both of his band reunions. On 23 December 2005, he played in a Beatstalkers reunion in Glasgow.<ref name=beat />
 
In 2007, Mair was the driving force in reforming the Only Ones, who performed to a sell-out show at [[ShepherdsShepherd's Bush Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=another-whirl-&method=full&objectid=18073984&siteid=66633-name_page.html |title=Another Whirl |work=Daily Record |location=Scotland |date=10 November 2006 |accessdate=11 November 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610064027/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline%3Danother-whirl-%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D18073984%26siteid%3D66633-name_page.html |archivedate=10 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This was followed by shows at the [[O2 Wireless Festival]] in London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] and [[Harewood House]] in Yorkshire with the [[White Stripes]], and the first ever [[Connect Festival]] at [[Inveraray Castle]] in Scotland where they shared bills with [[Primal Scream]], [[Big Star]], and [[Johnny Marr]]. In 2009, they extended their touring to take in the [[Netherlands]], Japan, [[Hultsfred Festival]] in Sweden, and in 2012, they played at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool and headlined the Opera House stage in The Winter Gardens on Saturday 4 August. Mair remastered all three CBS studio albums for the band, which were re-released with bonus tracks in February 2009.
 
In 2014, Mair started to record tracks for a solo album ''Field of One'' planned for release on his own label IKA Records. His debut single "Four Winds", taken from the album was released in December 2014, and his second single "Stairway to Hell" was released in August 2015.<ref name=Mair>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/music/interview-with-alan-mair-of-british-punk-legends-the-only-ones/article/437900 |title=Interview with Alan Mair of The Only Ones (Includes interview) |publisher=Digitaljournal.com |date=10 July 2015 |accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref> Mair also signed other groups to IKA Records including Zal Cleminson's "Tandoori Cassette"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alanmair.com/inte.htm |title=Field of One – The Lenny Helsing Interview |publisher=Alanmair.com |accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref>