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Rod Stewart's daughter teases Faces reunion at Glastonbury
5 December 2024, 14:24
Faces have been a bit quiet since they announced their comeback.
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Even though he's approaching his 80th birthday next month, Rod Stewart has been as busy as ever in recent years.
He released the Swing Fever collaboration with Jools Holland a few months back, which followed his own solo album The Tears of Hercules in 2021.
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Sir Rod has also been entertaining fans on the road across the world, with both his regular headline shows and his Las Vegas residencies.
He's been so busy that we'd almost forgotten that he'd confirmed a Faces reunion not that long ago, with the promise of not just live shows with Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones, but even new studio material.
Kenney Jones later confirmed that the group had recorded 14 new songs, mixing up salvaged tracks from their first time around with brand new material.
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We hadn't had an update on how Faces were getting on, and with Ronnie Wood being kept just as busy as Rod with the Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds comeback and live shows, it wasn't certain that anything was moving.
But earlier this week, Rod shared a photo of himself, Ronnie and Kenney sat on a sofa together.
There was no caption on the image, but it certainly grabbed attention, racking up over 25,000 Likes and hundreds of comments.
Among them was famous fan Gary Kemp, who said: "A Nod is as Good is one of the Crown Jewels of music. Good luck boys!"
Also weighing in was Rod's daughter Ruby, who offered a cheeky response that has got tongues wagging even more.
"Glasto reunion? 🤔🤫" she said.
Sir Rod was the first big name announced for Glastonbury 2025, with it being confirmed that he would play the so-called 'Legend's Slot' on the Pyramid Stage on Sunday afternoon.
"I'm proud, ready and more than able to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury in June," Stewart said on his announcement, with no mention of the possibility of any other Faces joining him for the show.
Faces formed in 1969 when Steve Marriott quit The Small Faces to form Humble Pie.
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Small Faces bass player Ronnie Lane, keyboardist Ian McLagan and drummer Jones instead joined up with Stewart and Wood, who had left the Jeff Beck Group, to form Faces.
During their first run, they release four classic albums – First Step, Long Player, A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse and Ooh La La – before they split in 1975.
Founding member Lane died in 1997 and was replaced by Conrad Korsch when the band reformed in 2008.
The Faces played a one-off charity show in 2009, but without Rod Stewart and with ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman playing bass.
A new Faces lineup with Simply Red's Mick Hucknall on vocals and Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock on bass toured in 2010-11, before a combined Small Faces/Faces lineup was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
Stewart intended on playing with the band at the induction but was replaced by Hucknall once more due to illness.
McLagan died in 2014 but the three surviving Faces eventually reunited on stage the following year, and again at the 2020 Brit Awards.
