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Stereophonics expected Stuart Cable to rejoin the band.
The drummer was fired from the group in 2003 due to his unreliability and wild partying but the remaining members of the band, frontman Kelly Jones and guitarist Richard Jones, were left devastated when he died after choking on his own vomit in 2012.
Kelly said: "[His death hit me] like a f***ing sledgehammer. He always said, 'I'll never make 40.'
"But we were getting so much back on friendly terms, I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd have ended up back in the band at some point. To me, we were three brothers."
Kelly has written a film called 'Graffiti on a Train', which is about a trio of Welsh youths, one of whom dies while surfing on a moving train, leaving his pals to travel to Europe on a journey of self discovery.
Though he intended the project to be fictional, he was stunned when his wife pointed out it was actually autobiographical.
He told the new issue of Q magazine: "She said, 'As much as you think you're writing about these characters, it's a version of what you went through.'"

Fifth Harmony have announced their first European tour.
The 'Worth It' hitmakers are "really excited" to return to the UK for two concerts in November, as part of their upcoming 'Reflection Tour'.
Member Ally Brooke Hernandez, 22, said: "We love Europe and our European Harmonizers who have always made us feel so welcome. We're really excited to be bringing our tour to the UK - it's going to be crazy!!"
The American girl group, which also includes members Dinah Jane Hansen, 18, Lauren Jauregui, 19, Normani Kordei, 19, and Camila Cabello, 18, will take to the stage on November 3, 2015 at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire and on November 4, 2015 at the Ritz in Manchester.
Tickets for all of their European gigs are set to go on sale this Friday (04.09.15).
The band, who rose to fame on 'The X Factor' USA in 2012, made their British debut on the UK version of the show last November and also previously performed at this year's sold-out Capital Summertime Ball at Wembley Arena in London, alongside One Direction, Little Mix, Ariana Grande, Ne-Yo and Jess Glynne.

Full Tour Dates:

26th October - Madrid, Spain, La Riviera
31st October - Amsterdam, Netherlands, Melkweg
3rd November - London, UK, Shepherd's Bush Empire
4th November - Manchester, UK, Ritz
8th November - Frankfurt, Germany, Gibson
9th November - Paris, France, Triano

Tom DeLonge hasn't spoken to his former bandmates since he quit Blink-182.
The 39-year-old rocker has confessed he hasn't been in touch with drummer Travis Barker and bassist Mark Hoppus since he decided to quit the band earlier this year.
He said: "We haven't spoken since all that s**t's gone down - but that's not un-normal. The Rolling Stones would go three years without talking to each other, then Mick [Jagger] and Keith [Richards] would be hugging and saying, 'F**k I missed you'. It's just how it works."
Although Tom has no plans to reunite with his fellow 'I Miss You' hitmakers anytime soon, he hasn't ruled out rejoining the band altogether.
He told NME magazine: "For me it's always a scheduling thing. At this period of my life, I have these 10 things that I'm doing. And the 10 things are very important to me and what I'm very passionate about right now - but i did this band thing for 25 years, so, give me a second, y'know! It's hard to be in a band because everyone's got different lives and priorities and if they don't match up, people get really angry and people get hurt and people get suspicious and that's myself included. That difficulty is what makes bands have an edge and have something to say. That's why Blink-182 works. If we were all hunky dory, it wouldn't be the same."
DeLonge - who is releasing the EP '...Of Nightmares' with his band Angels & Airwaves later this week - admitted he thinks Blink-182 will get back into the studio when the time is right.
He added: "It has to map up with everybody's life. I think if all the roads that we're travelling connect at the same intersection, which is usually a location and a date, then we're good."
However, Hoppus and Barker replaced DeLonge with Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba earlier this year and announced plans to record new music with him.

Tyler, The Creator felt like a "criminal" and a "terrorist" when he was banned from entering the United Kingdom.
The 'Yonkers' rapper was denied entry into Britain last week after being told the home secretary had banned him for the next three to five years because lyrics from his past albums express "behaviours unacceptable in the UK".
Speaking about how he had to cancel a number of appearances, including those scheduled for Reading and Leeds festivals, Tyler said: "Monday was one of the s**ttiest days I've ever had. I was in a detention room; I felt like a criminal. And then [a Border Force officer] showed me lyrics from songs ... Literally, a paper with five lines of lyrics, and four were from 'Bastard' songs and one was from 'Tron Cat'. I never perform those songs. Thirty minutes later, the guy comes in, he gives me a paper, and he says, 'OK, they're not letting you in the country.' The paper said I couldn't come at all, saying that I support homophobia and acts of terrorism, and [it said] some other stuff. I'm just like, one, none of that is true, and two, I was here seven weeks ago. I rented out a movie theatre for a show. I did something really awesome, and it was no problem."
The 24-year-old star also explained that he wrote the songs from the mindset of an alter-ego, something the documents he was presented with recognised.
He told The Guardian newspaper: "The thing that irks me about it is that the paper saying I am denied entry to the UK clearly states that these songs were written from [the perspective of] an alter ego - which means they obviously did some research on these songs that they're detaining me for. So the argument is right there! This song is written from an alter ego - I'm not like this! You could watch any interview and see my personality, see the guy I am. I wouldn't hurt a fly."
And Tyler has admitted he's worried this is just the start of over the top attempts to censor artists.
He added: "This is only gonna open a door for other people to get banned. And then they're gonna go after video games, and then they're gonna go after movies, and we're gonna live in such a sensitive world."

Miley Cyrus' new album is a "gift".
The 22-year-old singer has surprise released a new LP, 'Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz' on streaming service Soundcloud and though the record - which won't count towards her commitment to record label RCA records - is very different to her previous efforts, she insists it isn't a deliberate rebellion.
She said: "This music was not meant to be a rebellion. It was meant to be a gift."
However, the 'Wrecking Ball' hitmaker admitted her label didn't get chance to hear the 22-track record until it was finished.
She told the New York Times newspaper: "They had never heard the record until it was done."
The former Disney star doesn't think she'll ever again comply with the mainstream as it would be a step "backwards" and she relishes the freedom she has.
She said: "I don't think I'll grow that way. It seems like it would be backwards.
"[My team] said they'd never seen someone at my level, especially a woman, have this much freedom. I literally can do whatever I want. It's insane.
"I can just do what I want to do, and make the music I want to make."

Sam Smith wants his albums to feel like a series of "romantic novels".
The Grammy Award-winning singer is currently working on his sophomore record, following the success of his debut 'In The Lonely Hour' in 2014, and has revealed his ultimate "aim" is to create a body of work that resembles a "romantic film".
The 23-year-old star wrote on Twitter: "I want my albums to be like a series of books. Romantic novels haha.
"Then all together, one day, it will make a romantic film. Hopefully with a happy ending. That's the aim haha. (sic)"
Sam revealed in July that he's already started writing material for the new album and has a clear idea of its "concept".
The 'Lay Me Down' hitmaker shared: "I'm already writing. I feel like I've already got the title to the album; I've got the concept to the album."
Sam explained he finds it easier to make music once he's decided upon a central theme.
He said: "I work in terms of concepts. When I find the thing I want to write about, I actually go out and physically do it.
"It sounds really weird, but when I knew that the album was going to be called 'In the Lonely Hour', I think I subconsciously started being lonelier. I feel like once I've got that concept of what I want to do, I start physically doing it so I can write music about it."

Prince thinks it is a "bad time for music".
The 57-year-old musician - who is preparing to release his new album 'HitnRun' this month - has admitted he is not impressed with the current crop of pop stars as their music is not exciting enough.
He told the New York Post: "It's a bad time for music in general. There's not a lot of pop music in the mainstream that makes you feel scared, that makes you wonder what's happening.
"I'm not interested in what happened yesterday. There might be music that sounds like me, but what good is that? You're essentially in the feedback loop."
However, there are some younger artists who have impressed him, including his 'HitnRun' producer Joshua Welton.
He said: "I'm not the kind of person who's down on young people in music. Joshua is one of the new generation who can do multiple things.
"Janelle Monáe is making her own music industry with her music and her label. She's not afraid of anybody. One day, she's gonna be president and no one's gonna even know what happened!"

Rudimental could make a "reggae offshoot album".
The English drum and bass group - which consists of Piers Agget, Amir Amor, Kesi Dryden and DJ Locksmith - have enjoyed incredible success since their single 'Feel the Love' topped the UK charts in 2012, but have admitted they could soon take their sound in a different direction.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz, Amir shared: "We could easily do a reggae offshoot album or a hip hop offshoot album.
"We've done so many weeks in the studio where we've come out with bunches of songs that don't really fit the whole body of work."
Kesi said that although the group could continue with their drum and bass material, they're keen to branch out.
He explained: "We could easily release a reggae album. We spent a week in Jamaica in the studio out there, which was meant to be finishing off our album but we ended up just starting making reggae.
"We was in there with the likes of Max Romeo, Chronixx and Barrington Levy, some real legends in there, as well as some current artists, so it was amazing. And I think it's just a testament to how eclectic we are.
"We're so versatile, we don't just stick to making drum and bass or house tracks, we can hit the boundary."
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The Rolling Stones plan to record a new album next year.
Guitarist Keith Richards is keen for the 'Brown Sugar' hitmakers to get back to work on new music, but he admits it is hard to persuade the rest of the group to get into the studio.
He told Entertainment Weekly magazine: "I'm trying to get the Stones into the studio. But I don't quite honestly see it happening this year.
"After we do South America in February and March [2016], I'd love to get in the studio in April. But I know what those guys are like. When they finish a tour, they don't want to do nothing!"
Keith is set to release his first solo album in 23 years, 'Crosseyed Heart' and admits the record was badly timed as the Rolling Stones came out of hiatus while he was working on it.
He said "I only do it when the Stones go into hibernation. Unfortunately, as I was recording this and had just finished it, the Stones came out of hibernation.
"I had it sort of sitting back there for a couple of years, waiting for the right time. Why should I clash with myself, you know? It was looking for the right spot and the right time. Because, when the Stones work, you know, hey, that's my numero uno!"