Rockblog

British glam rockers Mott the Hoople have announced they will reunite to perform two 40th anniversary concerts in October 2009. The Mott the Hoople reunion concerts will include all five original dudes, though they’re not so young anymore, and take place at the Hammersmith Apollo on October 2nd and 3rd. These will be the first Mott the Hoople concerts since 1974!

Considering the reunion-mania that usually surrounds rock and roll, these gigs have been kept relatively low key so far. I received no e-mails from ticket companies telling me tickets went on sale Thursday for the shows, and my time-zone traveling earlier in the week left me thinking they did not go on sale until Friday.

I was able to buy Mott the Hoople tickets on Thursday night for the first show on the Friday night.

Lead singer Ian Hunter wrote on his website: “Why are we doing it? I can’t speak for the others, but I’m doing it just to see what it’s like. Short of war, death, famine etc. …it’s ON.”

Should be a good night and I’m looking forward to seeing these legends back together.