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10.01.2012

STONE ROSES FOR PIANO 2 In mid 2010 I stumbled across a download album with a curious picture of a 'pollocked' piano model bearing the title 'Stone Roses For Piano'. I found the collection of reinterpretations moving and beautifully deconstructed and re-imagined. I got in touch with musician Richard Thomas at the time who gave an exclusive interview (please check out 2010's News Archive). As well as talking about his history and inspiration behind his project he promised a second collection would follow which would include some Second Coming tracks. Now, happily that collection has been released, with the suitably fitting title 'Second Symphony' and a matching new piano model. The collection includes 'Ten Storey Love Song' (perfect for a piano re-take), 'Elephant Stone', 'She Bangs The Drums' (unexpected but intelligently re-imagined), 'Going Down', 'You Star Will Shine', 'Mersey Paradise', 'Elizabeth My Dear', 'This Is The One' (one of my personal favourites) and 'One Love' (possibly providing the most unique track of this album). To purchase 'Second Symphony' and listen to samples, click here.

10.12.2011

3RD COMING IS... COMING According to blog site louderthanwar.com The Stone Roses have signed an international record deal with Universal (signing to Columbia in the USA). This practically guarantees a new album is on the way and confirms that we are in for the biggest gift a reunion could bring; new music from the band. The band are currently rehearsing and have apparently been working on new demos, hopefully they will debut some new material at the summer gigs from June 2012. If a new album was to be released late next year it will be 18 years since the release of Second Coming (released December 1994), making the five-year gap between the first two albums feel like a minor delay. Visit the forum to join the discussion.

02.12.2011

JOHN & IAN ON STAGE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1995 John Squire & Ian Brown have appeared on stage together for the first time (this evening) since John's last gig at Wembley Arena in December 1995. The secret slot was at the Manchester Ritz for Justice Tonight in aid of The Hillsborough Campaign. The line up featured Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite), Pete Wylie, The Farm plus special guests in the form of the Roses duo (not present were Mani or Reni). Early rumours on the forum suggest that the pair performed 'Bankrobber' (by The Clash) and 'Elizabeth My Dear' though this has not been confirmed as no footage had appeared at time of writing. Join in as events unfold on the Don't Stop Forum. This secret event has softened the blow to fans who purchased tickets to Heaton Park expecting to see The Roses' first official live come back only to hear this week that the band confirmed a headline slot for Hultsfredsfestivalen in Sweden and The Northside Festival in Denmark (the first taking place between 14-16 June) - ahead of the Heaton dates. Story update 03/12/2012: Confirmation then, in the form of video footage. Ian & John take to the stage to perform 'Elizabeth My Dear', they are promptly joined on stage by Mick Jones, Pete Wylie et all and perform Clash classics 'Bankrobber' and 'Armagideon Time'. Watch the pair's first return to the stage for 16 years on the video below.

30.11.2011

OFFICIAL T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE NOW The Stone Roses website opens a new official merchandise store with plenty of new designs to chose from; the tastiest of which being the new 'Heaton Park' style ones (as pictured right). Visit the merchandise shop. T-shirts are priced at £19.99.

08.11.2011

NEW ARTIST - JOSHUA TWINN Hi all, I'd just like to take this opportunity to tell you all about my good friend Josh. He and I am working to put his first demo CD together and I've built him a website and am looking after his online presence. I am very pleased to be able to tell you that you can finally listen to Josh's first complete demo track 'Wrote You A Song'. It's a fresh number, written in the Summer that proves to be an instant classic with a phenomenally catchy, toe-twitching chorus that will be rattling round your head for weeks. All instruments, vocals and lyrics are by Josh. We hope you enjoy and look forward to hearing what you think. Two further tracks will be available soon but for now please check out Josh's website at www.joshuatwinn.com to hear the song in full.

07.11.2011

FESTIVALS ANNOUNCED FOR SUMMER 2012 The Stone Roses announce international festival appearances for Summer 2012. Shortly after completing their 3-day comeback residence at Heaton Park, the band will start fulfiling their internationally promises, with official anouncements made for appearances at Scotland's T In The Park, Spain's Bencassim Festival and Japan's Fuji Rock Festival. More standard UK and International dates are expected to be announced soon.

23.10.2011

14 MINS TO SELL OUT GIGS / 1000% RECORD SALES Well it's been a truly unbelievable week or so. First off, rumours starting building about a Stone Roses reform then it was officially announced at the press conference on Tuesday. On the day of the conference, Don't Stop (site & forum) saw record traffic, a high of 144 people (at any one time) stopped by the forum to watch the day's events unfold. The site hit 5,200+ unique visitors, 85,000+ page views and over 525,000+ hits for the day. The site even took to the 3rd placing on Google (on a search of "Stone Roses"). Next came to buying the tickets and the excitement and heartbreak caused by the two dates selling out in 14 minutes; making them the fastest ever selling UK rock act. The band then added a third date on Sunday 1st July which sold out less than an hour later, selling all 220,000 tickets in 68 minutes. Basic tickets sold at £55 meaning that the tickets for their first 3 gigs netted at least £12,000,000. Ian Brown described his and the band's joy for their successful return: "We plan on spending the rest of the day jumping up and down with our hands in the air." Interest re-sparked around the band's reformation also saw the backcatalogue's sales rise by over 1,000% which saw the debut album re-enter the UK Top 40 album (albeit at #40). Sales of 'The Very Best Of The Stone Roses' are up by 1,074%, sales of the band's second album 'Second Coming' are up by 1,001%, while the special edition of their self-titled debut album have increased by 878%. Finally, sales of the compilation 'The Complete Stone Roses' are up by 477%. Join The Stone Roses Community at Don't Stop Forum.

18.10.2011

THE RETURN - THE 5 DAY JOURNEY FROM A FAN'S POINT OF VIEW After a thoroughly mental day I have just written this up and finished this minute. I wanted to try and capture the rollercoaster ride that the last five days that this has been for me (and no doubt a lot of you). It all started with a visit to my Don't Stop forum on Friday. I had taken a few weeks away from the site, scaling back my involvement in the site a little since my wife and I found out that we were expecting our first child together. But on this Friday, I found a thread entitled 'Brace Yourselves…!!!' (started by one of our forum moderators - candy_floss_girl). I had to catch up on the first couple of pages but the very first post read "Clash (Magazine) has learned that there is to be a major announcement next wee regarding the four original members of Manchester's indie legends The Stone Roses'. After years of unsubstantiated claims, I was thoroughly and understandably sceptical and awaited the usual denial by a member of the band (usually Squire or Ian) but the first hours passed and it hadn't come. It made it worse that the main source of information was UK Newspaper, The Sun as so many of the previous rumours had started there and all had been destroyed by the Roses as they took turns to deny them and remind us of what we couldn't have but so badly craved... To continue reading, click here.

18.10.2011

THE STONE ROSES REFORM - THE PRESS CONFERENCE I may well have been one of the biggest supporters of a Stone Roses reunion in the 10 years that I have been running the site; 'Until The Resurrection...' had long been this site's greeting. But years and years of heartbreak took their toll after reunion rumours came and were denied pretty much every year since around the turn of the millenium. So you could forgive me for being sceptical of any truth in a genuine return of the greatest band of all time. But that was before the Official Stone Roses Reunion Press Conference, when everything changed! First details from the Press Conference then: The Stone Roses have reformed. They have confirmed two massive shows at Manchester's Heaton Park on Friday 29th June and Saturday 30th June 2012. Tickets go on sale at 9.30am this Friday, 21st October. The band have already been into a rehearsal studio to start work on new material and on the set-list that will form the first live shows. The band plan to follow this up with a World Tour. No doubt there will be plenty of extra surprises along the way. The first could be the release of a free live track for fans. Visit the Official Stone Roses website (!) to watch the fully filmed Press Conference and for all the latest Stone Roses details.

18.10.2011

FIRST DATES - HEATON PARK JUNE 2012 After an epic weekend fuelled by Stone Roses rumours, the likes of which we have never seen, the promised Press Conference took place today (Tuesday 14th October 2011) shortly after 3pm and thousands of fans flocked online to keep up with the minute-by-minute events. All four original Stone Roses members were in attendance and revealed the band's plans for their third coming. The band's first live debut will be in the form of three dates at Manchester's Heaton Park, 29th & 30th June and 1st July next year (2012). Stone Roses Tickets go on general sale Friday (21st October) and will be available for sale through seatwave.com.

16.10.2011

ROAD TO THE REUNION A permanent fixture of this site's Forum has been my unique feature: 'Road To The Reunion' which has always mirrored by belief that a Roses reformation would happen one day and in light of recent events, I've decided to update it on a full web page. The feature firstly breaks down the Roses' demise; starting with Alan 'Reni' Wren's departure on the eve of the Second Coming tour dates and tracks all the important events and rumours that point the way to the healing of the Roses and hopefully will end on Tuesday with an announcement of 2012 tourdates. Visit the Road To The Reunion.

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