The record is released on 2 March and will be preceded on 15 February by first single ‘Get On Yer Boots.’ As previously announced the band will perform the single live for the first time at the Brit Awards on 18th February.

The album features eleven new songs and is produced by long-term collaborators Brian Eno, Danny Lanois and Steve Lillywhite.

As with most physical album releases these days, No Line will be available in a range of standard, deluxe, super-deluxe and vinyl packages including CD, CD/DVD, Magazine, Digipak, Box and Vinyls.

Mott The Hoople Reunite: The original line-up of hugely influential rockers Mott The Hoople are to reunite for a pair of dates in October.

Ian Hunter, Verden Allen, Dale Griffin, Overend Watts and Mick Ralphs will reunite for the first time in 35 years for two dates at Hammersmith Apollo on 2-3 October.

The 40th Anniversary shows take place at the venue where part of Hoople’s classic Mott The Hoople Live album was recorded in 1973.

Jon Lord On “Hot Air &::: Wild Speculation”:

Stooges Guitarist Found Dead: Ron Asheton, guitarist with influential rockers The Stooges, has been found dead at the age of 60.

Asheton formed The Stooges along with his brother Scott, school friend Dave Alexander and singer Iggy Pop. Their heavy-duty garage rock was an early prototype for punk rock while they have also been named as influences by a number of hard rock bands over the years. Guns n Roses, The Sex Pistols, Nirvana and The White Stripes have all named The Stooges as great influences.

Asheton appeared on all four Stooges albums, including 2007’s comeback album The Weirdness and was ranked at number 29 in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time. The Stooges paid tribute to Asheton in a joint statement that said "We are shocked and shaken by the news of Ron's death. He was a great friend, brother, musician, trooper. Irreplaceable. He will be missed.

"For all that knew him behind the facade of Mr Cool &::: Quirky, he was a kind-hearted, genuine, warm person who always believed that people meant well even if they did not.” Cause of death has not yet been established, but early reports suggest that a heart attack may be responsible.