GLENN HUGHES has completed work on a new album, tentatively scheduled for release in May.

And he’s credited Julian Lennon with helping put together his first band since the spectacular collapse of Black Country Communion in 2012.

Hughes hasn’t released much information about his new project yet, but he’s confirmed one track will feature a duet between him and Lennon.

He reports: “Jules is the one who helped me put our new band together. He and I are singing together on the album. Trust me: he’s the real dang deal.”

In a question-and-answer session on Twitter recently, former Deep Purple and Black Sabbath man Hughes told fans: “Black Country Communion is gone for ever. It will live for ever in my heart, but I have now moved on.”