Lead singer of The Specials Terry Hall has revealed that the group are to reunite for a tour this autumn.

Hall told Billboard that, after "five years of reservations", the original lineup will come together for the first time in 25 years.

"We've been trying to do it for five years, but we solved those problems and hopefully got over them," Hall said. "Seven 50-year-old men together in a room is not very pleasant, no matter who you are. But we're getting on great and that's all you can hope for, really."

Hall added that the band will only play smaller venues in the UK.

"That's the kind of venue where we started," he explained. "I don't like arena dates, at all. They're just soulless. The very nature of this band, we shouldn't go and play sit-down theatres. It would just be weird. I think we should carry on where we left off."

The ska group's hits include 'Ghost Town', 'Gangsters' and 'A Message To You, Rudy'.