NME 2nd July 2005 Issue



IAN BROWN BREAKS STONE ROSES SILENCE


Ian Brown has spoken out about the rumoured Stone Roses reunion and asked guitarist John Squire to call him.

Excitement grew when three original members of the band [Squire, Mani and Reni] were spotted together at a gig in Manchester. The baggy pioneers were then asked to fill the vacant Sunday headlining slot at Glastonbury left by Kylie.

Brown told the NME: "It's like a yearly rumour now, isn't it? You're talking to the man who's done four LPs and is putting together a greatest hits, so really that's all that's on my mind."

He explained: "If the kid, John, was serious, why doesn't he phone me? Why does he go through the media? Why doesn't he call me? I've got the same phone number as when he last spoke to me nine years ago. Why doesn't he phone me?"

When asked what his response would be, Brown quipped: "It'd probably be two words."

Brown is currently finishing his best of LP, provisionally titled 'The Greatest' and due for release on September 5.

"I'm mad excited," he said. "We've just been deciding on the new single and we've got a top booklet with photos from the last nine years. There's going to be a 13-track bonus CD with all the best B-sides and remixes, so it's a good package."

'The Greatest' will be preceded by the single 'All Ablaze' on August 22.





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