Van Der Graaf Generator return next year with an album and tour.

The album is to be called A Grounding In Numbers and is due out on March 14.

The trio – that’s Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans – then follow this with five shows:

March 24: Leamington Spa Assembly

March 25: Glasgow ABC

March 26: Manchester Academy 3

March 27: London Barbican

March 28: Cambridge Junction