 At Christmas 2014, Otway attempted to crack the Christmas market with the EP "A John Otway Christma5", the lead track "OK Father Christmas" basing a new lyric on top of the earlier single "DK 50/80".During 2016, Otway set up an online Kickstarter campaign for 'A New Album of Otway Songs'.The campaign was successful, raising £38,916 from a total of 838 individual backers.