Chas and Dave have announced a farewell tour - just months after confirming their split.

The duo said last September that they were breaking up, following the death of bass player Dave Peacock's wife Sue.

But the pair, who had a string of hits including Gertcha, Rabbit and Ain't No Pleasing You during the late 1970s and 1980s, have now confirmed they will hit the road again - for "possibly" the last time.

A statement on their website said: "After Dave's much-publicised retirement from the band following the death of his wife Sue last year, the boys recently decided to get back on the road for possibly the last time together next year with a 30+ date tour."

One concert has so far been announced on the band's website, at the IndigO2 in Greenwich next March.

Their publicist confirmed they also have dates lined up next spring in places including Cambridge, Reading, Wolverhampton, Derby, Liverpool, Margate, Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Guernsey, Swansea and Porthcawl.

Chas Hodges told the Daily Mirror: "I was sat at Dave's house having a cup of tea and out of the blue he said he wanted to do a farewell tour. Dave felt he left in unavoidable circumstances and wanted to come back for one final tour."

Peacock and Hodges were session musicians before launching their own act. Their Gertcha single featured in ads for Courage Bitter and they also recorded songs for Tottenham Hotspur including Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley), which featured Ossie Ardiles and his mispronunciation of "Tottingham".

The act played Glastonbury in 2005 and opened for Led Zeppelin at Knebworth in 1979.

Peacock withdrew from the group when his wife Sue, 62, lost her battle with lung cancer. They had been married for 36 years.