Here is something new, something exciting. They’ve been talking about Flea playing with Faces before, but it hasn’t been official till now.

Ian McLagan, Faces keyboard player,  has confirmed that rehearsals for The Faces reunion in 2009 went well. The Faces evolved from 60s band The Small Faces and became known as The Faces in 1969 when Rod Stewart joined the band. They released four studio albums and the split up in 1975.

At his official website macspages.com, McLagan posted “The rehearsals were a lot of fun, everybody was in fine form and things are looking good for a gig or two next year, but these things take time to work out and I’m just going to wait until there’s something solid to report, so I’m not getting excited just yet………….I’m holding my breath”.

The Faces line-up will be McLagan on keyboards, Ronnie Wood on guitar, Kenney Jones on drums and Rod Stewart on vocals with, and now comes the most exciting part, Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea playing bass in place of the late Ronnie Lane.

The extent of a tour is yet to be worked out. “We just have to sort out when and where and drop all of the management egos and just do what we can. We know we can do it. It’s just a matter of getting everyone’s availability sometime next year,” Ronnie Wood told Rolling Stone.

I really hope Flea finds it fun, and we get to enjoy a gig or two listening to this great line-up.

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