IT'S back to life on the road for iconic band Soul II Soul who will be touring the UK this year, with a show stopping first at the Cliffs Pavilion.

If that doesn't thrill the pants off you enough, they will be playing their legendary debut album Club Classics Vol 1, in full, for the first time ever.

The tour marks 30 years of the album's huge success.

The date at the Cliffs Pavilion in Station Road, Southend - Thursday May 10 - comes ahead of the wider tour, which starts in autumn.

The double Grammy Award winning and five-time Brit Award nominated band will play 12 dates in the UK in October and November 2018, including a date at London’s Palladium, featuring a stunning production.

Echo: Soul II Soul's debut hit - Club Classics Vol 1

With huge hits including Keep On Movin’ (which sold over a million copies in the US alone) and the UK number one single Back To Life (However Do You Want Me), Soul II Soul progressed from being one of the leaders of the 1980’s warehouse scene to pioneering British black music around the world, and securing commercial success for themselves and the huge amount of artists they have influenced.

During the course of their stellar career the band have sold over 10 million albums worldwide and main man Jazzie B was awarded an OBE for services to music in 2008, as well as winning an Ivor Novello Award for Inspiration, as “the man who gave British black music a soul of its own”.

Tickets are on sale for the Cliffs Pavilion date at southendtheatres.org.uk, starting at £30.50.

They go on general sale on Monday February 29.