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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?

So, Christmas being a time for nostalgia, you’ve got your name down to win a promo of The Kinks’ CD boxset, fingers poised to buy tickets for the Blur Hyde Park gig and you’re all booked in to see the Ian Dury stage show in London. What else can your Christmas stocking hold this year? The first ever official book by the actual real Clash men of course! With unique, never-seen-before content dusted down from The Clash archives comes this very pink and punk book from Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simenon and Topper Headon… called The Clash, of course. Nice. And if there’s still room in Santa’s sack then why not ask him to squeeze in the DVD of The Clash Live - Revolution Rock and the CD of The Clash Live At Shea Stadium? Okay - so has anybody taken the hint? There’s a big empty space underneath my Christmas tree at the moment…

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