The Buzzcocks are to reunite with original singer Howard Devoto for two shows next spring.

Devoto, who helped found the band in 1975,В was the vocalist on the classic Spiral Scratch EP, but then left to form Magazine.

However, he will play his first gigs with the band since 1977 next May:

Fri. 25: Manchester Apollo

Sat. 26: London Brixton Academy