LIVERPOOL band The Farm produced one of the defining albums of the early nineties.

Now, 21 years after the release of Spartacus, the band have reformed and will play the album in its entirety for the first time, including a show at Blackburn’s King George’s Hall.

Lead singer Peter Hooton said: “We are all really looking forward to the experience. We got together to play a few festivals last year and really enjoyed it but we’ve not toured as a band for so many years.

“We sort of drifted apart in the mid nineties and everyone has got their own thing going.”

Keyboard player Ben Leach is part of Noel Gallagher’s touring band and drummer Roy Boulter has become a successful film and TV producer. Peter has become an author and produced a pictorial history of Liverpool Football Club.

“We were due to tour to mark the 20th anniversary of the record but we couldn’t do it,” said Peter, “but now everyone’s free for it.”

The album, which features the hit single All Together Now, was produced by Madness frontman Suggs and topped the charts.

“At the time you could sense something was happening around the album,” said Peter.

“We were determined to do everything ourselves but we had all the major record companies coming round the studio trying to get in and listen to what we were doing.

“I think it does stand the test of time and does define what was happening back then. All Together Now has come to be known as a football anthem (a remix was the official football song for the England team at the 2004 European Championships) but I see it very much as a peace song. It’s about people and unity.”

The Farm’s DIY approach to making a record partly inspired Kevin Sampson’s book Powder.

“We were so naïve,” said Peter.

“We used Factory Records as a model for what we wanted to do. Of course we didn’t know at the time that was probably the worst thing we could have done.”

The Farm were back on stage last year for a series of charity gigs with Mick Jones of the Clash and Pete Wylie of The Mighty Wah.

And Peter hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a new Farm release.

“We are talking about writing together again” he said.

“All our kids are teenagers now and we’ve got stuff we’ve never really finished. If we’re enjoying it, let’s see.”

The Farm, King George’s Hall, Blackburn, Saturday, May 12. Details from the box office on 0844 847 1664.