Charlatans confirm they'll be back in the studio

The Charlatans have denied split rumours that began after frontman Tim Burgess began work on a solo album. The band have said they intend to record a new album and single in the New Year, and will tour shortly afterwards. Via their website they told fans: "The Charlatans are not about to split. Tim has been working on his solo project in LA - all the band members do various other things in their time away from The Charlatans. Tony has recently completed some production work for Moco and Jon was also involved in the Preacher Man cover of 'Peaches' and has worked with Heidi Berry in the past. All this has no bearing whatsoever on the next Charlatans record, for which demoing will begin in January. We are also looking at limited live dates, scheduled for next year, and there will be a new single and an album.”