Lionel Richie performing a Mother's Day Concert at The Queen's Park Oval. Port Of Spain, Trinidad - 10.05.08

The soul star, 58, is convinced his former bandmates are keen to reunite - after bass player Ronald LaPread joined Richie onstage during his last tour to perform hits such as Three Times A Lady.

And Richie is adamant the stage the reunion will have to happen in the next two years - before any other band members die.

He says, "We better do it now, or in the next ten years nobody would care."

Guitarist Milan Williams died from cancer in 2006 at the age of 58.

Source: WENN