Rod Stewart Says The Faces Will Hit The Road This Summer

Howie Edelson of KBS reports that rumors are true that the the Faces have rejoined, will go on tour, and have already begun rehearsing.
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Rod Stewart and his fellow faces (surviving), Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones and Ian MacLagan, Will be going out on tour the summer of ’09 (no dates  as of yet) for the first time since 1975 (before Ronnie Wood went on to join the Rolling Stones). They had their first rehearsal as a band this last Monday (Nov 16th)

It’s rumored that one of Rod Sterart’s touring band mates was on hand for the rehearsal, but no confirmation that hey will join the perspective tour.

Originally an offshoot of the Small Faces, The Faces formed when Steve Marriott left for the band Humble Pie along with Peter Frampton. The remaining member (notably bassist Ronnie Lane brought on at that time Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, who had played together in The Jeff Beck Group prior to the forming of this new band.

The Faces formed in 1969 when Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott quit the band to form Humble Pie with Peter Frampton. The band — which included cofounder and bassist Ronnie Lane — enlisted the help of Stewart and Wood — who, being several inches taller than their diminutive bandmates, forced the group to drop the “Small” from their name.

Last most of us has heard from the Faces was in 2004 when they came out with their box set Five Guys Walk Into A Bar. During that same year Ronnie Wood and Ian MacLagan Joined up with Rod Stewart for a couple songs on the Hollywood Bowl stage, during Rod’s tour.

~ by dstern on November 19, 2008.