The Faces are reuniting.........er....sort of.

[Sebastian Doyle]

The Faces Set to Reunite Without Rod Stewart
Ronnie Wood and Co. prep tour with Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall, draft Noel Gallagher and Slash as special guests

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 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 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.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/;kw=<36885,157979>#

OK, I can see Glen Matlock on bass. Ronnie Lane was his biggest influence, and he'll be honored to do it. But Mick fucking Hucknall? Simply Red?? Not seeing it. If they HAD to go with a scab singer, Chris Robinson would be a better choice.

And Rod Stewart..... FUCK YOU if you can't take time out of your "career" of half-assed big band covers to sing the best goddamn music you ever made - no, make that the ONLY decent music you ever made - one more time.