Stone Roses to reform?

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Brett Modern Sunroof wrote: »

http://www.thestoneroses.org/

Wow! That is one pic that I never thought I would see! I am delighted!

CiaranC

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Played in cork years ago,not the orig drummer though-

Can'tseeme

Happy days!! New songs too!!:)

It's amazing how they managed to keep it quiet for so long.

Chalad

Can'tseeme wrote: »

Happy days!! New songs too!!:)

It's amazing how they managed to keep it quiet for so long.

Apparently a few journos knew that this was on the cards for a while, but kept their mouths shut.

It's been reported that John Squire looked the least up for it at the press conference.

Chalad

Here's a few links;

If anyone wants to listen to the press conference, it's here... http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/The-Stone-Roses/9275/Press-conference.html

http://www.nme.com/news/the-stone-roses/59868?recache=2

http://www.nme.com/news/the-stone-roses/59869#1

https://twitter.com/#!/louderthanwar

http://www.facebook.com/louderthanwar

http://www.dontstopforum.co.uk/

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:D:D:D:D:D:D

SleepAtNight

Fuk it, if they save us from U2 then maybe it will be a good thing!

johnnycnandy

****in delighted! Let the crazy ticket scrum begin!

ItsAWindUp

Any word on an Irish date?

Penfailed

Deleted User wrote: »

There's more chance of The Rolling Stones calling it a day :pac:

Zero1986 wrote: »

More than likely this won't materialise

Wertz wrote: »

I'd have thought there was more chance of the Beatles reforming myself...

SleepAtNight wrote: »

I really can't see Brown doing this

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

Thankfully this rumour is bollocks

Hahahaha! :pac:

Standard Toaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6itFMuO6Os

CiaranC

Its all a bit sad really. Half the reason we like bands like this is becuase they didnt milk it. This destroys the romance of The Roses, the magic is replaced by four aging aulfellas looking to get paid.

Marty McFly

I for one am delighted to hear there going reuniting and are going to tour, have been a fan of Ian Browns and the Stone Roses for years but never had the chance to see them play live. So I cant wait for this to happen :D. Will be keeping a very close eye out for tour details.

Standard Toaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZrvvxeYGYE

Duke Leonal Felmet

Penfailed wrote: »

Hahahaha! :pac:

Like I said, the millionth time is a charm.

mcwhirter

I seen Ian Brown in a gig a few years back and he was really bad, couldn't hold a tune, now I really like the albums but not sure about paying a fair whack for him to drone on as he just can't sing live.

SilverScreen

Penfailed wrote: »

Hahahaha! :pac:

I guess we were all proved wrong then.

SleepAtNight

mcwhirter wrote: »

I seen Ian Brown in a gig a few years back and he was really bad, couldn't hold a tune, now I really like the albums but not sure about paying a fair whack for him to drone on as he just can't sing live.

If you don't like Brown thank your lucky stars Squire won't be singing.

Penfailed

mcwhirter wrote: »

I seen Ian Brown in a gig a few years back and he was really bad, couldn't hold a tune

I saw him a few years back too - the set was half solo stuff, half Roses stuff. His singing was ropey but I didn't care - the crowd sang along to make up for it. The atmosphere was brilliant

SleepAtNight

It really should be no shock to anyone who's heard Garage Flower what Brown's singing capabilities are. He's not trying to match the dawn chorus...these boys were born out of Lydon and Strummer.

LH Pathe

Remember in mid 80s when they were The Patrol, n goth was all the rage and they had one on bass? and the production sounded postpunk / gothpunk before they were reworked.. I preferred that nice surprise seeing him there but the way he's coming off I hope reni does not derail this, sure wasn't he the first to jump ship

/Brown is such an adidas endorsed superchav past 10yr what was that about wanting to do it the day after the chavolution was he inspired by that?! probably wished he was commander of events in a specially comissioned adidas jumpsuit

osnola ibax

LH Pathe wrote: »

Remember in mid 80s when they were The Patrol, n goth was all the rage and they had one on bass? and the production sounded postpunk / gothpunk before they were reworked.. I preferred that nice surprise seeing him there but the way he's coming off I hope reni does not derail this, sure wasn't he the first to jump ship

/Brown is such an adidas endorsed superchav past 10yr what was that about wanting to do it the day after the chavolution was he inspired by that?! probably wished he was commander of events in a specially comissioned adidas jumpsuit

I think it was just because people generally felt a bit down after the riots, im sure he wasnt endorsing the rioters.

And yeah, Reni was really irritating at that press conference. I thought he was the coolest guy ever but he is seems out of place.

Oasis_Dublin

Reni seemed like a 50 year old accountant taken out of his firm and thrown into a rock'n'roll band. He seemed totally out of place, and overly willing to dis the rest of the band. What are the odds on them breaking up before they get to Heaton Park?!

Oasis_Dublin

SleepAtNight wrote: »

Naturally there's a money motivation for any band if they intend to make music full time but I'd hate to see the Roses reform only to go through the motions of playing gigs while Brown and Squire only communicated to one another through Mani.

Maybe it would be a good thing if they were all on good terms again and as the last poster said, was friendship motivated.

It seems like they were on decent terms, bar maybe Reni. Whether they are good live, well, only time will tell.

Duke Leonal Felmet

Oasis_Dublin wrote: »

SleepAtNight wrote: »

Naturally there's a money motivation for any band if they intend to make music full time but I'd hate to see the Roses reform only to go through the motions of playing gigs while Brown and Squire only communicated to one another through Mani.

Maybe it would be a good thing if they were all on good terms again and as the last poster said, was friendship motivated.

It seems like they were on decent terms, bar maybe Reni. Whether they are good live, well, only time will tell.

They were rarely good live. I won't get my hopes up.

ItsAWindUp

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

They were rarely good live. I won't get my hopes up.

A myth.

Duke Leonal Felmet

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

They were rarely good live. I won't get my hopes up.

A myth.

Before the age of Youtube, people like you got away with such comments. But no longer. I have watched tonnes of videos of theirs, I have never been impressed. Brown's voice is off key, Squire stares at the ground and hits a LOT of bum notes. Only Mani and Reni were consistent, but that's only half the band.

You can fool yourself, but you shan't fool me.

Welease

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

Before the age of Youtube, people like you got away with such comments. But no longer. I have watched tonnes of videos of theirs, I have never been impressed. Brown's voice is off key, Squire stares at the ground and hits a LOT of bum notes. Only Mani and Reni were consistent, but that's only half the band.

You can fool yourself, but you shan't fool me.

So.. you were never at any of their pre megastar gigs?

I was.. around Liverpool, Manchester, Wigan etc, and the later gigs up to and including Alexander Palace (which was ok) and Spike Island (which was crap).

Their early gigs were amazing.. which is why they had such a huge following.. very little live video footage of them actually exists in thr public domain.. Even the footage from Alexander Palace was never released.. although Blackpool was..

In a smaller venues (when they actually gave a crap).. not one band I have ever seen in 40 years came close to them.. I could go on for hours about just how good they were But to simply dismiss them on the basis of a few YouTube videos is rediculous. It's akin to watching an early rave on dvd with your gran and a cup of tea and dismissing it as a dull experience.. You are not experiencing the "experience".. The experience will never translate to a YouTube video.

That said.. I have no intention of buying a ticket for this I don't think even they could recreate the experience now.. and not in front of 50K+ people.

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I think their genius should be set in stone irrespective of how this pans out. To be still held in such high regard after how it ended last time.well nothing they do now should affect that.They were a gateway to whole host of bands i'd never have gotten into without them.
As far as i'm concerned they can do whatever they like with their legacy they owe me nothing and if anyone knows a devil looking for a few souls in exchange for tickets,point him my way please

SleepAtNight

Welease wrote: »

So.. you were never at any of their pre megastar gigs?

I was.. around Liverpool, Manchester, Wigan etc, and the later gigs up to and including Alexander Palace (which was ok) and Spike Island (which was crap).

Their early gigs were amazing.. which is why they had such a huge following.. very little live video footage of them actually exists in thr public domain.. Even the footage from Alexander Palace was never released.. although Blackpool was..

In a smaller venues (when they actually gave a crap).. not one band I have ever seen in 40 years came close to them.. I could go on for hours about just how good they were But to simply dismiss them on the basis of a few YouTube videos is rediculous. It's akin to watching an early rave on dvd with your gran and a cup of tea and dismissing it as a dull experience.. You are not experiencing the "experience".. The experience will never translate to a YouTube video.

That said.. I have no intention of buying a ticket for this I don't think even they could recreate the experience now.. and not in front of 50K+ people.

The thoughts of them doing Slane or Oxegen is horrifying. They need Olympia sized gigs.

Duke Leonal Felmet

SleepAtNight wrote: »

Welease wrote: »

So.. you were never at any of their pre megastar gigs?

I was.. around Liverpool, Manchester, Wigan etc, and the later gigs up to and including Alexander Palace (which was ok) and Spike Island (which was crap).

Their early gigs were amazing.. which is why they had such a huge following.. very little live video footage of them actually exists in thr public domain.. Even the footage from Alexander Palace was never released.. although Blackpool was..

In a smaller venues (when they actually gave a crap).. not one band I have ever seen in 40 years came close to them.. I could go on for hours about just how good they were But to simply dismiss them on the basis of a few YouTube videos is rediculous. It's akin to watching an early rave on dvd with your gran and a cup of tea and dismissing it as a dull experience.. You are not experiencing the "experience".. The experience will never translate to a YouTube video.

That said.. I have no intention of buying a ticket for this I don't think even they could recreate the experience now.. and not in front of 50K+ people.

The thoughts of them doing Slane or Oxegen is horrifying. They need Olympia sized gigs.

Yeah, so no one can get a ticket. Good idea.

ItsAWindUp

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

Before the age of Youtube, people like you got away with such comments. But no longer. I have watched tonnes of videos of theirs, I have never been impressed. Brown's voice is off key, Squire stares at the ground and hits a LOT of bum notes. Only Mani and Reni were consistent, but that's only half the band.

You can fool yourself, but you shan't fool me.

What a stupid comment to make.

Can'tseeme

I was at Feile '95, it was amazing. Honestly, one of the best gigs I've seen. The music, the atmosphere, simply outstanding.

Tbh, watching alot of gigs on TV or Youtube clips never does it justice.

Duke Leonal Felmet

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

What a stupid comment to make.

What an excellent retort...

Well, this is the music forum, I guess.

SleepAtNight

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

Yeah, so no one can get a ticket. Good idea.

Just don't come crying on here if they end up with rubbish sound at oxegen and someone sh1ts in your tent.:D

Oasis_Dublin

SleepAtNight is so determined to put a negative spin on this joyous occasion. How very Irish of you altogether!

mcwhirter

It seems half the tickets are on ebay already for at least twice the price!!

Temaz

This was mailed to me by a friend, so dont bite my head off if it's wrong!

This list of dates is doing the rounds on a lot of fan sites etc

These dates are going around online for european tour.

Fri 29 June Heaton Park, Manchester
Sat 30 June Heaton Park, Manchester
Thu 5 July Echo Arena, Liverpool
Sat 7 July O2 Arena, London
Sun 8 July O2 Arena, London
Wed 11 July SECC, Glasgow
Fri 13 July Slane Castle, Ireland
Sat 14 July Botanic Gardens, Belfast
Mon 16 July iTunes Festival, London
Fri 20 July Espacio Movistar, Barcelona, Spain
Sat 21 July Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Spain
Mon 23 July Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
Wed 25 July Futurshow Station, Bologna, Italy
Thur 26 July Datch Forum, Milan, Italy
Sat 28 July O2 World, Berlin, Germany
Sun 29 July Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
Tue 2 Aug Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
Wed 3 Aug Spektrum, Oslo, Norway

Standard Toaster

Snapped up a couple of tix for the extra date added this morning for Sun in Heaton Park. Any idea when the Slane tix go on sale?

SleepAtNight

Oasis_Dublin wrote: »

SleepAtNight is so determined to put a negative spin on this joyous occasion. How very Irish of you altogether!

In fairness that's the reality...I thought self delussion was more a national past time.

I've never seen an amazing show at either Witness or Oxegen...at least nothing comparable to a bands personal gig. The campsite is always the best part of a music festival.
Music festival gigs are only great if you're off your tits and unfortunately I can no longer do that so maybe I'm bitter:)

Marty McFly

Just got tickets for Heaton Park on the Saturday Im like a kid at Chistmas here. Cant wait for it now.

ItsAWindUp

Please please please don't do Poxegen or Slane!

Duke Leonal Felmet

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Please please please don't do Poxegen or Slane!

EP?

ItsAWindUp

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

EP?

Yeah that'd be good

thesultan

Slane Castle would be great with Arctic Monkeys,Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes support one could also add elbow:D

johnnycnandy

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

They were rarely good live. I won't get my hopes up.

Don't mean to attack you mate, but thats nonsense. The only time they got bad reviews was after Squire left. They got luke warm reviews for some gigs on the second coming tour, which was after Reni left. But the Brown/Squire/Mani/Reni line up never got a bad review. Anyone who was at Glasgow Green/Blackpool/Ally Pally says they were amazing. And any negative words for Spike Island were down to the sound set up, not the performance.

bigjohnny80

Duke. How many time did you see them live out of interest?

Duke Leonal Felmet

I'm Cressa. There. I said it.

osnola ibax

Phoenix Park, July 5th, nice