The Faces Live

Last night at The Royal Albert Hall three of the four remaining Faces took to the stage to headline the 'Helping The Heart Of Music' event in aid of PRS' Music Members Benevolent Fund with guest vocalists replacing the absent Rod Stewart.

The PRS helps and supports musicians, songwriters, composers and their dependents and aided former Faces bass player Ronnie Lane's wife after his death from pneumonia in 1997.

Arriving to a rapturous reception, the three Faces, supported by Ronnie's former Rolling Stones colleague Bill Wyman on bass, swaggered and frolicked their way through three of their best known hits, 'Cindy Incidentally', 'Ooh La La' and the ferocious 'Stay With Me' in a way that only the Faces know how.

On hand to help the band through the numbers were three guest vocalists. First up was former Ace and Mike And The Mechanics frontman Paul Carrack, followed by Amen Corner vocalist Andy Fairweather-Low, who also played the mandolin on 'Ooh La La', before Mick Hucknall blasted his way through 'Stay With Me'.

With the crowd firmly whipped into a frenzy and demanding more the band returned with the rest of the night's acts to replay 'Stay With Me' and turn the usually opulent Albert Hall into a pub-like state of which the Faces are more associated.

All we can hope and pray for is a full Faces reunion in the not too distant future. Fingers crossed!!