free show as part of the television show Box Set. Coinciding with the release of Free All Angels, Ash toured the UK until May. Later in May, the band embarked on a European tour before returning to the UK to perform at festivals including Reading and Leeds and T in the Park, and to support Stereophonics for two shows. Ash then toured the US, Japan and Australia before another UK tour in December 2001. On 31 December, the band appeared on the British television show Later... with Jools Holland, performing "Shining Light", "Burn Baby Burn" and "Sometimes". On 5 January 2002, Ash performed "There's a Star" on the British television show CD:UK, then toured Europe in February. Coinciding with this tour, a tour edition of album with new artwork, and a second disc of B-sides, alternative versions and music videos, was released. In March, the band appeared at the French sporting event Chamjam and played several shows in the US, including an appearance at the South by Southwest festival. In May and June, the band performed at four US radio station festivals, and appeared at the Isle of Wight and Glastonbury festivals. In July, the band toured the US with Our Lady Peace before supporting Moby until August. In August, while in the US, the band were involved in a road accident that resulted in McMurray cracking his rubs. Going against his doctor's orders, McMurray played with the band at the Reading and Leeds Festivals at the end of the month. To coincide with the release of The Best of Ash in 2011, the band went on a tour in which they played Free All Angels in full. Critical receptionFree All Angels was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 76 based on 11 reviews. AllMusic reviewer Jack Rabid called Free All Angels "a happy kick, with big guitars and big attack and onrushing energy", adding Wheeler's "sunny melodies ... come to him so unequivocally that he should have to donate the excess he wrote for this LP to some public trust". The Guardian writer Betty Clarke said Ash had "rediscovered their enthusiasm" and that Wheeler had "a smile on his face". Clarke called the album "simply great. Sometimes introspective, a bit strange, but most of all fun, it's what being young is all about." In a review for NME,