Skunk Anansie at present

Mark Richardson confirmed reports that the band was reforming in an interview with Drummer Magazine (November 2008 issue), and said that the band planned to release a "best of" compilation as well as new material. Ace later set up an official page for the band on MySpace.

Skin said about the reformation: "Basicially we have never done a greatest hits album. We have been bugged to do it for ages and ages from various places but only now does everyone have time and want to do it. It will have new songs on it and you will start to hear some amazing remixes from rock and rave to dubstep, all very exciting."

On 2 and 3 April 2009, two shows took place at the Monto Water Rats (the former venue of the Splash Club) in London, under the alias SCAM (Skin, Cass, Ace, Mark) and sold out in 20 minutes.The band will begin their "Greatest Hits" tour on Friday, 9 October 2009 at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, with other dates across Europe. It will be their first actual tour in eight years.

A "greatest hits" album, Smashes and Trashes, was released 2 November 2009. It is a 15-track
career-embracing album and includes three brand new tracks: "Because of You", "Tear the Place Up" and "Squander". A Best of Remixes companion album was also released digitally.

On 3 July 2009, the music video for "Tear the Place Up" was posted on MySpace.On 10 August 2009, a new video for "Because of You" was presented exclusively on Kerrang.com; it was recorded live at The Fly's "In the Courtyard" sessions on 9 October 2009. It was released 14 September 2009 in the UK and was the first single to be released from Smashes and Trashes.

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