NEWS DIGEST: Tuesday, December 2

10:30 AM GMT 02/12/2008

The Specials are to tour in 2009.

The ska legends will celebrate their 30th anniversary by playing a series of shows in the UK during April and May next year. Original members, Terri Hall, Neville Staple, Sir Horace Gentleman, Roddy Radiation, Lynval Golding and John Bradbury are all on board.

A question mark remains over the involvement of keyboard player and founding member Jerry Dammers.

The Specials play:

Newcastle Academy (April 22)
Sheffield Academy (23)
Birmingham Academy (25, 26)
Glasgow Academy (28)
Manchester Apollo (May 3)
London Brixton Academy (6, 7)

Tickets go on sale at 9am (GMT) on Thursday, December 11.

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Ronnie Wood has been updating Rolling Stone on next year's Faces reunion.

"We had a few fantastic rehearsals last week and we’re ready to go," revealed the Stones axe-man. "It’s like no time has passed by”. Original bassist and enigmatic Small Face Ronnie Lane passed away in 1997, meaning a whole list of four-string fanatics are lining up to join Wood, Rod Stewart, Ian McLagen and Kenney Jones onstage next year. "There’s a lot of guest bass players that want to do it - including Flea" says Wood. Currently, Stewart’s touring bassist Conrad Korsch is working with the band. "We just have to sort out when and where and drop all of the management egos and just do what we can... It’s just a matter of getting everyone’s availability sometime next year.”

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A host of rock superstars have had some of their most celebrated songs inducted into the Grammys Hall Of Fame. Jimi Hendrix's version of the Star-Spangled Banner, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama, The Police's Synchronicity, Queen's We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions and Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to The Good, The Bad And The Ugly were all included in this year's entry list.

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The Jesus Lizard, the noisenik post-punk trio from Chicago, are set to reform for a limited series of live dates in 2009.

The original line-up oif David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm.Sims and Mac McNeilly will play the All Tomorrow’s Parties event in Minehead on May 9 and 10, eventually arriving back in their hometown for a one-off gig in late November. These shows will be the Jesus Lizard’s first since disbanding in 1999. Touch and Go Records will reissue four full-length releases from the band to coincide with the shows in May 2009.

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 10:30 AM GMT 02/12/2008

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From what I've heard Jerry Dammers hasn't been asked to join the Specials reunion and as he founded the band and kept the band going under the name the Special AKA I'm not sure how this can be a proper Specials reunion. There's an album called In The Studio, it's amazing but unfortunately by this time Terry Hall and friends had chosen to leave the band. While I'm sure this will be great fun, please remember Jerry's integral role in the band.

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