PAVEMENT STAR KANNBERG HINTS AT REUNION

PAVEMENT STAR KANNBERG HINTS AT REUNION

Ex-PAVEMENT star SCOTT KANNBERG hopes to reunite the cult indie act for a one-off performance next year (09). Just weeks after Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus dismissed the idea, Kannberg reveals he wants the U.S. group to reteam for a performance at their former label Matador Records' 20th anniversary party, and is convinced his ex-bandmates will jump at the idea. He says, "Matador is having a 20th anniversary party soon, so maybe we'll try to do something for that. The only hurdle might be getting everyone to drop what they're doing, but I'm sure the excitement of playing again will make it OK." Malkmus ended months of speculation surrounding a 2008 Pavement reunion at summer festivals by insisting he'd never "cheat" on his current band, The Jicks, although he failed to rule out a reunion. Malkmus said, "I'm 1000 per cent committed to the people I'm working with now. I would never cheat on them and go and do Pavement, it's not on the cards. "But who knows? Maybe it would be a good thing to do, maybe it'll feel right one day. I don't really ever think about it, except when I do interviews." Pavement split in 1999.