Well folks, good news from the future. According to Simply Red frontman Mick “Ginger” Hucknall, the group will disband in 2009.I don’t have much to say on this news that Dave Parrack hasn’t already said – Simply Red just don’t rate.

What I am concerned about is the total lack of newsworthiness in this. Hucknall has just recorded a solo album, and presumably needs something to wave in front of the press. Obviously a solo Hucknall effort isn’t worth much, so he’s using an event two years hence to attract attention.

Either that or we’re totally overlooking his powers as a fortune-teller.