The gigs will see the line up of Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Horace Panter and John Bradbury reconvene.
The band are largely credited with the popularity of ska punk in the late 1970s and the emergence of the 2-Tone sound.
Rumours of an announcement had grown after the majority of the band made a special appearance together at this year's Bestival festival in September.
It's too bad group founder Jerry Dammers won't be along, however.
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Meanwhile, the reuniting Faces are looking for a bassist.
"We had a few fantastic rehearsals last week and we’re ready to go," revealed Ronnie Wood. "It’s like no time has passed by”. Original bassist and enigmatic Small Face Ronnie Lane passed away in 1997, meaning a whole list of four-string fanatics are lining up to join Wood, Rod Stewart, Ian McLagen and Kenney Jones onstage next year. "There’s a lot of guest bass players that want to do it - including Flea" says Wood.
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Bigger than Jesus: A newly unearthed interview with George Harrison reveals that the ex-Beatle was the original choice to play Jesus in "Monty Python's Life of Brian."
"They wanted me to play the part of Christ. At the beginning, when he's doing the sermon on the Mount. That's what they tried to get me to do. But I thought it was a bit too controversial,” Contactmusic quoted Harrison as saying in the interview.
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Speaking of Monty Python and/or Indiana Jones, I need one of these on my desk:
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And now for something completely different, a walrus playing saxophone:
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