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chefcraig
05-26-2010, 07:10 PM
The Faces Set to Reunite Without Rod Stewart


By Daniel Kreps
May 26, 2010 9:05 AM EDT

The Faces will no longer wait for Rod Stewart to reunite, announcing on their website yesterday (http://www.the-faces.com/whatsnew.htm) that three of the original members of the legendary British band — guitarist Ronnie Wood, drummer Kenney Jones and keyboardist Ian McLagan — will team up with Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall and Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock. The group is set to perform as the Faces at this year's Vintage at Goodwood festival in England on August 13th. "It's exciting to be on this path again and I hope that the Faces fans are excited as we are," Wood said in a statement. "I'm just really looking forward to seeing them this summer — bring it on!"

As Rolling Stone previously reported, the Faces, without Stewart but with Hucknall and former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, reunited in October 2009 to perform at London's Royal Albert Hall. (Wyman, who will be replaced by Matlock, filled in for Faces bassist Ronnie Lane, who passed away in 1997.) In 2008, a Faces reunion with Stewart nearly took place: the group rehearsed to see if they "still remember[ed] the songs." But Stewart quickly quashed reunion talk by saying there would be no Faces concerts in 2009 as he was busy with other commitments. After the Royal Albert Hall gig, Wood, Jones and McLagan all expressed a desire to keep the reunion going, with or without Stewart.

"The timing is just right, we can feel the excitement and we cannot wait to be back on stage playing to a live audience again," Jones said in a statement. "It's going to be lots of fun." In an interview with the BBC, Wood also revealed that the band is in talks to bring special guests out on stage, including Noel Gallagher, Slash and the Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson. "There's loads of people that have said, 'Please, let us sing with you.'" Wood said. The newly reunited crew is currently drawing up their schedule for a tour.

ROLLING STONE (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/;kw=[36885,157979])

VIDEO LINK: Hitler reacts to the news that The Faces reunion gig will take place without Rod Stewart. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERDiogP4tY)

FORD
05-26-2010, 07:56 PM
Matlock is actually a solid choice for a bass player, as he idolized Ronnie Lane. He will do great in that role, and Johnny's off playing with PiL this year, so it's not like this is hurting the Pistols. Same way Woody's absence doesn't affect the Stones, as they're reliving 1972 all this year with the Exile project and the release of the concert fiim "Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones" later on.

But doing it without Rod is just idotic. Sure he's spent the last decade singing big band shit, and was doing disco/top 40/cheese crap for years before that, but I can't believe he would pass on the opportunity to once again sing the best music of his life.

Mick Hucknall? I'm not seeing how this would work. If they had to go with a scab singer, why not Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes?

Diamondjimi
05-26-2010, 08:05 PM
Faces To Reunite Without Rod Stewart = FAIL

FORD
05-26-2010, 08:20 PM
Sound quality is pretty bad here, but ...... judge for yourself (from last year's gig with Wyman on bass)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e11itaXsFs

indeedido
05-26-2010, 08:28 PM
Musically it's solid with Ronnie Wood. The vocals, :umm:

Mr. Vengeance
05-26-2010, 08:37 PM
Hey....why don't we just have a Thin Lizzy reunion while were at it?? Oh..wait....

FORD
05-27-2010, 02:44 PM
Hey....why don't we just have a Thin Lizzy reunion while were at it?? Oh..wait....

Maybe they can get the guy from Spandau Ballet to sing for them? :lmao: