

Once it’s established we can hear each other, Matlock heads inside, bemoaning his laptop’s flat battery as he does so, hence his need for handheld communication. Perched on the front steps of his home, being beamed via mobile phone. I wondered if, like me, my digital date had been over-egging his ease with this latest communication form.īut before I could type, ‘Stand by your phone and I’ll call you in five’, the man himself Zoom-ed into view. Glen and his bandīut come the appointed day and time, the only face filling my laptop’s screen was mine. ‘Any chance you could do it via Zoom’? ‘Sure’, I replied, a confirmed virgin when it came to hosting cyberspace socials with strangers, albeit one that is known as part of a band whose musical and cultural influence stands credible comparison to the Mop Tops and the pelvis-thrusting, burger-snaffling King across the water. We haven't got time to wait around for that, the music is hot and Mick Hucknall is singing hot so we're ready to go.In an exclusive interview, Glen Matlock shares what’s next for him and what exactly are the chances of the Pistols ever touring again. Of a future reunion with Stewart, Wood added: "We haven't ruled Rod out.

Guitarist Ronnie Wood told BBC News of early rehearsals: "Mick Hucknall was singing all the parts that Rod would sing back in the '70s, and he just had the electricity in his voice like no time had gone by and it was the same outfit." The reformed group, with Hucknall as lead singer and ex-Sex Pistol bassist Glen Matlock replacing the late Ronnie Lane, will play the first Vintage At Goodwood festival on August 13 before touring in January.

The band played a one-off date last year with various vocalists, including Hucknall. Mick Hucknall has joined the The Faces as a replacement for Rod Stewart.įormed in 1969 after the dissolution of the Small Faces, the Stewart-fronted group split in 1975.
