of festival appearances. The tour was to include shows in Italy, Switzerland and Amsterdam, but were left out due to time constraints. During this tour, the album was released in Europe on August 20. Similar to the European tour, the band were due to perform on the Vagrant America arena tour alongside other Vagrant Records bands but had to cancel. Further European shows were planned but also abandoned due to scheduling conflicts, resulting in the band staying at home. They played a few Midwest US shows in November and December, before embarking on another European tour with Koufax in January 2003. In February and March, the band toured Japan, Canada and the US; they played with Hot Rod Circuit and Moneen. A music video for "Stay Gone", directed by Brock Batten and Jonathan Green, was released on the Vagrant Records Another Year on the Street Vol. 3 compilation in June 2004. Reception Critical Reception On a Wire charted at number 57 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 on the Independent Albums charts. While the album was received with mild praise from more mainstream publications like Rolling Stone, many smaller publications felt that the band had abandoned their roots as second-wave emo group. However, despite the criticism, the band still incorporated much of their musical growth into their follow-up Guilt Show, which was much better received. However, many fans were upset with the concerts, since many of the songs on the album did not fit well with the band's usually energetic live show. Fan Response Despite moderately positive critical reception and modest sales, fan response was largely dismissive and angry. In 2019, Pryor recounted "I think when we made On A Wire, we thought we were confident, but we were actually just arrogant. 'Oh yeah, everyone’s always liked what we do, so they’re gonna totally understand why we’re doing a complete 180.' And some of them didn’t!" On a Wire is one in a line of albums from second-wave emo bands that marked an attempt to expand the sound and met with resistance from fans, having been compared to Wood/Water by The Promise Ring, as well as releases by their labelmates, such as The Anniversary's sophomore album Your Majesty and Saves The Day's In Reverie. Legacy The poor reception of the album had a larger impact on the band's widespread popularity as a whole. In an interview with AP Magazine,