FROM the Jam are heading back to Southampton's Engine Rooms next week.

The group, featuring original Jam bassist Bruce Foxton, together with singer and guitarist Russell Hastings and drummer Mike Randon, will be celebrating 35 years since the release of The Gift, The Jam’s sixth and final album.

Released in 1982, The Gift was The Jam’s last studio album and rocketed straight to the top of the charts. It featured classic number one single Town Called Malice, alongside the likes of Precious, Just Who Is The 5 O’Clock Hero, Ghosts, Happy Together and the Foxton-penned instrumental Circus.

Their UK tour continues until the end of November when From the Jam will release a new live album.

From The Jam Live has been an album a long time coming. Over the past ten years they have toured relentlessly, having played almost 200 headline shows in the UK alone since their inception in 2007.

They've gained a reputation for the kind of incendiary live performances original Jam fans and new fans have loved.

The album features classic hits like Down In Tube The Station At Midnight, Going Underground and The Eton Rifles performed at various venues across the UK.

Bruce told the Daily Echo: “We often reflect on our most memorable shows and the new live album will encapsulate these, illustrating the very best of the band’s live performance, where the band and crowd were at one with each other, creating an exhilarating power packed set that still echoes around these venues to this day.”

Like Bruce’s previous album Back In The Room’ (2012), the album was crowd-funded through Pledge Music, with a campaign in which fans could purchase items such as handwritten lyrics, signed CDs, LPs, artwork, etc.

Tickets for the band's Southampton return, supported by highly regarded local lads Novatones, are available from engineroomssouthampton.com