The Sun is reporting as fact that a press conference is due from the group on Tuesday in London next week, in which Ian Brown, John Squire, Alan 'Reni' Wren and Gary 'Mani' Mountfield will confirm the news.

UPDATE: Sun Bizarre editor Gordon Smart has further verified the story on Twitter, commenting: "Earlier this year Brown and Squire patched things up at Mani's mum's funeral. Since then, loads of graft going on behind the scenes to make it happen... Press ...