Mike Skinner has announced he's got the old band back together and The Streets will be hitting the road for a greatest hits tour next year.

'The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light' tour will do six stops in April, which will be the first time the band has performed together live since they called it quits back in 2011.

The frontman released a statement revealing he's missed performing with the band and is excited to get back on the tour bus again.

"I've missed tour buses very much. Which is the least of the reasons why I have decided to tour The Streets again," he said (via NME).

"The other thing I've missed is trying to think up what I'm going to say in the gap between the songs. When you DJ they tell you that you don't need a tour bus and you don't need to think up things to say between the songs.

"But seriously, it's been long enough. With my Tonga parties, the new rap and grime MCs I have been producing and the DJing, I have been living with music since making The Streets for nearly as long as I made The Streets.

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"I'm not the guy smoking in the car anymore though, I have become the guy in the club, so I hope I will be excused for putting on after parties in nightclubs after every show."

Here's the full list of dates the band have released:

April 19 - Birmingham O2 Academy

April 20 - Glasgow O2 Academy

April 21 - Manchester O2 Apollo

April 23 - Leeds O2 Academy

April 25 - London O2 Academy Brixton

April 26 - London O2 Academy Brixton

Tickets will be on sale from Friday (October 13), and to get you in the mood again here's a reminder of one of The Streets' classics:

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