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Faces to reunite for gig – without Rod Stewart

Band to get together for London gig.

Faces are set to reunite for a London gig next month without frontman Rod Stewart. Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagen and Kenny Jones will get together to play at the Royal Albert Hall on October 25. The gig will be in aid of the Performing Right Society's Music Members' Benevolent Fund and will also feature Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, former Spice Girl Mel C and Kiki Dee, reports BBC News. Wood did not give the reason for Stewart's absence, but mentioned the late band member Ronnie Lane. "This will be so special for us, staging a reunion for such a greatful and prestigious event," he said. "Unhappily Ronnie Lane can't be with us, but I'm sure he will be there in spirit, God bless him."Faces split in 1975 after forming in 1969. See Prsformusicfund.com for more information.To check the availability of Faces tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
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UK comedian Eddie Izzard completes epic run

LONDON – Standup comedian Eddie Izzard completed a 1,100 mile (1,770 kilometer) run across Britain on Tuesday, staggering across the finish line at London's rain-soaked Trafalgar Square.
The cross-dressing comic, better known for running through his routines in drag than running marathons, said he managed the feat of endurance with only five weeks' training.
"I ... feel ... exhausted," Izzard said, raising his hands in the air in front of assembled journalists.
Izzard covered the country in seven weeks, clocking up at least 27 miles (43 kilometers) nearly every day to raise money for Sport Relief, a U.K. charity which works in Britain and abroad.
The 47-year-old entertainer, known to U.S. audiences for his roles in FX's "The Riches" and Tom Cruise's World War II drama "Valkyrie," said the run had wrecked his feet.
"The small toes have lost their nails and they look like alien monsters but I'm told they will grow back," he said, adding that while everyone kept complementing him about the shape of his legs, "I thought they looked quite good beforehand."
Sport Relief spokeswoman Jeni Ayling said a BBC crew was accompanying him in a rickshaw the whole way, filming him as he ran. Also following him were his manager, a sports therapist, and an ice cream van which periodically played the theme song to "Chariots Of Fire."
The double Emmy award-winner's run took him across Britain, from London to Liverpool, Northern Ireland, Scotland and down back to the capital, according to the BBC. The broadcaster said Izzard effectively ran 43 marathons. It added that some of Izzard's runs had taken him as many as 10 hours to complete, although his last one was took just over five.
Izzard said told the broadcaster last month that "you have to be a little bit crazy" to tackle a challenge of this kind.
He said, "But doing standup comedy is a little crazy"

Eddie Izzard Bunny In Today's Daily TwitPic

Ah, Eddie Izzard. Where would we be without your hilarious comic stylings? I don't know what you're expecting from today's Daily TwitPic from that tough to decode headline, but the truth is really not quite as strange as it might seem. Izzard who is (or was, when the pic was taken) running his 39th marathon, noted that the path took him through the town of... Bunny. Since that's a funny name for a town, he posed in front of the sign.
What's outstanding about this pic is that Izzard is holding a flag. Anyone who's seen his classic stand up performance in "Dressed to Kill" knows what flags mean: they are (his idea, not mine) what the British used during the age of imperialism to claim a land. It's funnier in the telling. Anyway, Izzard's holding a flag. I think the unspoken assertion here is that Bunny now belongs to him.

Runs into Trouble Eddie Izzard

One time cross dresser and legend in his own make up bag Eddie Izzard today finished his 31st marathon in as many, if not more (or maybe fewer), days.But regrettably this has caused Izzard, in his forties according to some, to run into a big pile of problem. Leading doctors have confirmed that if a man as small as Mr Izzard, who was born a nanus and has lived his life surrounded by magnifying glasses, were to devour such vast amounts of chocolate then not only might his weight balloon but the confectionery may well have passed it sell by date as Marathons have not been made for over a decade.Mr Eddie said it was a risk worth taking as the marathon Marathon session was all in aid of charity therefore he was volition to digest a few spots. A spokesman for the Ancient Games of Athens said he could not speak or hear English.