Portishead plan comeback

Portishead will release their first new album in a decade next year, they have confirmed.

Ten years after their self-titled second record, Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley finally look set to return with new material.

According to reports, the currently untitled LP will hit stores on March 31. There are no other details, although it is expected to come out on Island Records.

As previously reported, Barrow, Gibbons and Utley curate "All Tomorrows Parties' Nightmare Before Christmas" next month, playing a rare show of their own.

Taking place in Minehead on December 07+08+09, The Horrors, GZA, Aphex Twin, Ladytron, Black Mountain, Julian Cope and Malcolm Middleton are also on the bill.