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Another reason to be cheerful this Christmas? The brilliant Ian Dury stage play will be returning to London in 2009 at the Leicester Square Theatre. Hit Me! The Life & Times Of Ian Dury will run from 6 January to 15 February. The play is described as a ‘warts-and-all portrait of the man who put the phrase “sex and drugs and rock and roll” into the national psyche’. It stars Jud Charlton - who has been nominated as Best Actor 2008 by The Stage - as the legend that is Ian Dury and is written and directed by Ken Campbell collaborator and community arts hero Jeff Merrifield. Focussing on key moments in Dury’s life - this evocative two-hander also features live performances of classics such as Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. What are you waiting for? Get yourselves over to hit-me.org for more info and tickets… and check out this video trailer.

Meanwhile the The Blockheads are on a bit of a tour at the moment, including the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in london on 21 December. Check out the tour dates on The Blockheads website.

Need some more ideas for Christmas? How about a promo of The Kinks’ CD boxset, The Clash book, CD & DVD or a place in the queue to see Blur’s comeback gig in Hyde Park next year?