M = Media
N = News
RS = Radio Session
TV = Television Appearance
Ian Brown = Release

2018 - John continues to creat art:
Guitar paintings (various guitar themed artworks)
Manipulation (2018, oil on canvas, 270x190cm)
No Signal (2018, oil on canvas, 270x190cm)
Repercussions (2018, oil on canvas, 270x190cm)
The Dust That Turns in Sunbeams (2018)
The Way Things Aren't (2018, oil on canvas, 270x190 cm)
Untitled (2018, oil on canvas, 100 x75.5 cm)
UntitIed (2018, oil on board, 40.5 x30.5 cm)

07 January 2018 - thestoneroses.co.uk published an interview with Matt Mead Notes: ''We interview Matt Mead, who is currently writing the book Flowered Up and who recently was able to share a short clip from The Stone Roses Elephant Stone recording sessions.
You’re a huge Roses collector and i know you’re not able to share some of the items you have or have come across, but what are you top 3 rare items that you have seen/have access too?
The Waterfront original reel tape. There’s a article I was asked to write on Louder Than War regarding my finding this. Of late there has been a further twist in the tale. The brilliant Colin White of Vinyl Revival has firmly picked up the mantle and has arranged for The Waterfront tracks to be cleaned up digitally with the tracks getting their first official release on 12”, with all proceeds going to the magnificent Christie’s charity. In the next month or so there’ll be a lot more news regarding this, not only in print but on the airwaves.
Elephant Stone rehearsal tape. A recent find kindly shared with me which I was allowed to share a small snippet of. A wonderful 1hr 30mins of the band rehearsing through and talking in the studio about Elephant Stone. There’s not much more I can say apart from the Roses should do a official bootleg series for the fans, much like Dylan has done
Reni’s first rehearsal. This is the very first time Reni rehearses with the band. Not a great sound to the recording but historic all the same.
what’s the holy grail for you in respect of the stone roses. What do you know/believe is still out there Roses wise? Holy grail has to be one of the following:
The Patrol demos
The first warehouse gig footage 1985
Northampton Roadmenders 1989 audio.
John Leckie’s studio footage from the second coming recordings, pictures appeared in Q last year.
The soundboard audio of Glasgow Green 1990.
The audio of the second coming tour rehearsals featuring Reni.
Out of all the rarities you own, what’s your fave and why? Probably the Reni rehearsal. Raw sounding, but an historical moment in the life of the band
I think you’ve interviewed Si Wolsentcroft and know Andy Couzens. Si said he has recordings from the period that will appear on his podcasts due out in Sep 2014, did these ever materialise? What were their fave Roses stories from back in the day?
Andy has shared some rarities too, amongst them this rare recording of Here It Comes https://soundcloud.com/boxsetgo
do you think we’ll see the 4 roses in a studio again? No, never again. there’s a few rumours why the Roses split and Ian and Reni’s distance from each other in the last gig speaks volumes to some fans.
Do you know why they split? This is pure rumour, but I think they have had disagreements regarding no new stuff in the Set.

20 February 2018 - Ian Brown's 55th birthday

10 April 2018 - Reni's 54th birthday

The Waterfront - 21 April 2018 - Normandy (On A Beach) U.K. Release Date.
Format: 12inch Vinyl / CD
Catalog Number: VR11
Label: Vinyl Revival
Artwork: Trevor Johnson (Factory Records designer)
Normandy (On A Beach)
When The Wind Blows
Only 100 CDs were pressed, all exclusive to Vinyl Revival, a record store in Manchester. Released as part of the Record Store Day 2018 event. Benefit single released to raise money for The Christie, the largest cancer centre in Europe. It was a maximum of one per person, per order.
The Waterfront promo sheet regarding the release in 2018 included: ''...Although the band never gigged they did record 2 now legendary tracks in a small studio in Dukinfield. A handful of cassettes were distributed among friends and to local venues. These recordings have now been lovingly re-mastered from the original ¼ mastertape, courtesy of Andy Couzens for a special Record Store Day release to raise money for The Christie in Manchester. Andy and John later formed The Stone Roses with Mani joining a few years later. Chris ended up in numerous bands before having success with Andy in The High. Kaiser chose a different path and went to serve for Queen and Country. The rest is HISTORY.''
“ It was a bit of a shock to be asked if I minded the songs being released after all this time. When I found out we don’t get anything and the money goes to The Christie cancer charity, I was over the moon. What a fantastic cause having lost both my parents and numerous friends to cancer. It was only right we said yes, go ahead “ Kaiser , “ We used to get picked up in Andy Couzens’ big American car, he had a 55 Chevy, bright red. Andy would pick us all up and drive back to Macclesfield and then take us all home around midnight. Normandy is a belting song. Mani’s bass, Squire and Couzens guitars combining to make a lost classic “ Chris Goodwin , “ I seem to remember watching Woody Allen films.. but not a lot else “ Andy Couzens
2018 Mark Savage (BBC Music reporter) BBC Article noted: ''The Waterfront's songs have circulated on bootlegs ever since The Stone Roses' breakthrough in 1989. They are scrappy and lo-fi, with the rhythm section suffering a few timing issues, while the vocals lack confidence. But one can certainly hear the musicians' potential. For their first official release, the songs have been remastered from the original studio recording....'' ''Couzens eventually left in a dispute over royalties.''
From a Chris Goodwin interview: How did this idea come together to re-release the song that puts right so many mis-perceptions about The High borrowing The Stone Roses’ sound?
“We’ve got Colin bringing out the Waterfront in the Vinyl Revival shop. It’s a record shop in the Northern Quarter and he’s a really cool guy. It was his idea. He approached Mani and I. It’s a great song and it’s a way to make money for Christies hospital which is a big cancer hospital in Manchester. People have lost family and friends through cancer and we all thought it was a great idea. That’s what we’re doing.”
What was it like recording the tunes with The Waterfront back in 1983? “It was weird. That was one of our first recordings. The studio was in his front room or garage of this guys house and his whole family came to meet us at the door. We did this recording and half was through recording the songs, his mum would come through with a tray of biscuits, all this rattling going on when you’re trying to record,” says Goodwin. “But, it was charming; very rustic. It sounds pretty good listening back all these years later.
His memory jogged, he adds: “I don’t know why I did this because we had already rehearsed it a particular way, but when we recorded I decided to pick up these two bass drum beats, and I put a floor tom and a snare down and I just stood up to play. I think it’s because I’d seen Bobby Gillespie in the Jesus and Mary Chain stood up playing the drums."
A bit Velvet Underground-y in a way, then?
“Yeah! Moe Tucker… He was doing stuff like that as well. And I remember Martin Hannett with the Roses when he first came he got rid of loads of his drums and sent them up to the toilet somewhere. And sometimes it works better stripped down.”
As for the b-side 'Where The Wind Blows', Goodwin says: "It makes me laugh. When we were recording it we had to do that whistle and we must have done about 50 takes, and we couldn’t stop laughing. If there’s four or five of you stood around a mic and everyone’s flicking the v’s in your face or making u laugh pulling funny faces. Every time I listen to that I hear the whistle and it makes me laugh.
20 April 2018 - Andy Couzens XS Noize Interview by Mark Millar:...
One of the early bands you formed with John Squire was called The Waterfront which also featured Mani. For Record Store Day you are releasing two tracks Normandy on the Beach + Where the Wind Blows. These songs where only previously available on cassettes handed out to friends and are very rare. Why are they only seeing the light of day now?
I found the tape which I've had for the last thirty-five years, and I was asked by Vinyl Revival if they could put it out to raise money for Christies cancer charity which is a big cancer hospital in Manchester and it seemed like a good idea. It is a limited release, so there's not going to be any digital downloads or anything like that - it's only restricted to Record Store Day.
What state where the recordings in and did they take much work to get them cleaned up? They were on a quarter-inch reel that I had from the studio at the time, and they just needed baking. That's when they put old tapes in an oven to bake and then send them to a mastering suite. There wasn't a lot of time spent on them, but they got them as clear as they can be.
How did it feel listening back to the songs after all this time? It made me laugh I hadn't heard them for thirty years. (Laughs) It was hilarious especially the song When the Wind Blows - with the whistling chorus - very funny....

JS / Mani - 10 June 2018 - Mani and John Squire appear at LFWM - London Fashion Week Men's 2018, 11 Floral Street, London
Notes: They appear at the Kent & Curwen show with Daniel Kearns.

DJ Mani - 22 September 2018 - Salford Lads Club, Salford * Supporting: DJ Peter Hook

Ian Brown - 25 October 2018 - First World Problems U.K. Release Date
First World Problems- Written by Ian Brown, Casey Brown & Frankie Brown. 12 string acoustic, electric guitar, tambourine, shaker, maracas, cabasa, triangle and bell tree shaker: Ian Brown, Bass guitar, keyboards, drums, tamoburine, bongos and triangle: Casey Brown, Electric guitar (outro): Frankie Brown
12inch Vinyl
First World Problems
First World Problems (Edit)
Notes: Ian releases his first solo material in nine years.

16 November 2018 - Mani's 56th birthday

24 November 2018 - John Squire's 56th birthday

Ian Brown - 14 December 2018 - Black Roses U.K. Release Date
Black Roses - Written by Barrington Ainsworth Levy, Hyman Wright and Sly & Robbie, Bass guitar, Electric guitar, tamoburine: Casey Brown, Drums: Robert 'Maxi' Maxfield
Download Only
Black Roses (cover)
Notes: Barry Levy cover.

2019
2019 - John continues to creat art:
Confirmation Bias (2019, oil on canvas, 270x190cm, triptych)
Disinformation (2019, oil on canvas, 270x190cm)
Ether (2019, oil on canvas, 270x190cm) * A limited edition signed print was available in 2022 for £500.
Time Between (2019, oil on canvas, 270 x190 cm)
Guitar paintings (various guitar themed artworks)
The Dust that Turns in Sunbeams (Oil on canvas, 270 x 190 cm)

Ian Brown - 03 January 2019 - From Chaos To Harmony U.K. Release Date
From Chaos To Harmony - Written by Ian Brown, Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, bongos: Ian Brown, Bass guitar: Casey Brown, Drums: Robert 'Maxi' Maxfield
Promo Video, credited to Joe Nolan 12 April 2019, directed by Joe Nolan. Starring Ian Brown, Errol Francis & Noah Jupe. Filmed at Adventure Island Southend, Southend-on-Sea.
Download Only
From Chaos To Harmony
Notes: See April 2019 for the Record Store Release.

Ian Brown - 25 January 2019 - Ripples (Single) U.K. Release Date
Ripples
Written by Ian Brown, Casey Brown & Frankie Brown.
Drums: Ian Brown
Bass guitar, keyboards, tambourine: Casey Brown
Lead guitar, percussion: Frankie Brown
Rhythm guitar: 3M

Ian Brown - 01 February 2019 Friday - Ripples (LP) U.K. Release Date
Produced by Ian Brown. Recorded and engineered by Tim Wills. Mixed by Steve 'The Pope' Fitzmaurice for 365 Artists. Mixed at Pierce Rooms, London. Additional engineering by Darren Heelis for 365 Artists. Mix assistant: Jules Gulon. Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (USA).
Recorded at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool. Abbey Road Studios (London). British Grove Studios (London), State Of The Ark (Richmond).
Assistant Engineers: Chris Taylor (Parr Street), Matt Mysko & Paul Pritchard (Abbey Road), Poppy Kavanagh (British Grove) and Matt Barnes (State Of The Ark).
Assistants (Parr Street Studios): Charlotte Sutcliffe, Chris Richard, Jay Leahey
Artwork Concept & Design: Ian Brown. Front Cover Photography: Ian Brown. Back Cover Photography: 3M. Layout: Chris Moore.
Inside Photographs: David Brown, Casey Brown, 3M & Robert 'Maxi' Maxfield
Management: SJM Management, Manchester (Thanks to Simon Moran & Conrad Murray)
Management Agent: Charlie Myatt (13 Artists)
Big love to Simon 'Cromi' Crompton & John Ward.
The album is dedicated to Sharon Louise (Shaz) 28.05.68-11.05.15 - A Beautiful Sister.
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First World Problems
Written by Ian Brown, Casey Brown & Frankie Brown.
12 string acoustic, electric guitar, tambourine, shaker, maracas, cabasa, triangle, bell tree shaker: Ian Brown
Bass guitar, keyboards, drums, tamoburine, bongos, triangle: Casey Brown
Electric guitar (outro): Frankie Brown

Black Roses
Written by Barrington Ainsworth Levy, Hyman Wright and Sly & Robbie
Bass guitar, Electric guitar, tamoburine: Casey Brown
Drums: Robert 'Maxi' Maxfield

Breathe And Breathe Easy (The Everness Of Now)
Written by Ian Brown
Acoustic guitar, conga: Ian Brown
Outro piano: Casey Brown, David Brown, Tim Wills, Robert 'Maxi' Maxfield

The Dream And The Dreamer
Written by Ian Brown, Casey Brown & Frankie Brown.
Bass guitar, drums, keyboards, bongos, tamoburine: Casey Brown
Electric guitar: Frankie Brown

From Chaos To Harmony
Written by Ian Brown
Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, bongos: Ian Brown
Bass guitar: Casey Brown
Drums: Robert 'Maxi' Maxfield

It's Raining Diamonds
Written by Ian Brown
Acoustic guitar (outro), kick drum (outro), cymbals, glockenspiel, bead drum: Ian Brown
12 string acoustic guitar, bass guitar, tibetan bowl: Casey Brown
Dub snare drum: 3M
Drums, cymbals: Robert 'Maxi' Maxfield
Birdsong (kindly recorded by Chris Prichard at Little Orne Beach, Llandudno)

Ripples
Written by Ian Brown, Casey Brown & Frankie Brown.
Drums: Ian Brown
Bass guitar, keyboards, tambourine: Casey Brown
Lead guitar, percussion: Frankie Brown
Rhythm guitar: 3M

Blue Sky Day
Written by Ian Brown
Drums, tambourine stick, rain stick, shaker: Ian Brown
Bass guitar, tambourine stick: Casey Brown
Electric guitar: Frankie Brown
Electric piano: 3M

Soul Satisfaction
Written by Ian Brown
Electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, drums, electric piano solo, tambourine stick: Ian Brown
Bass guitar, electric piano, keyboards, glockenspiel: Casey Brown
Electric piano solo (outro): Frankie Brown
Electric piano: Tim Wills

Break Down The Walls (Warm Up Jam)
Written by Michael Campbell
Drums, gurio: Ian Brown
Bass guitar, electric piano: Casey Brown
Virgin EMI Records, V 3216, 00602577076190, UK Vinyl LP
CD V3216
First World Problems
Black Roses
Breathe and Breathe Easy (The Everness of Now)
The Dream and the Dreamer
From Chaos to Harmony
It's Raining Diamonds
Ripples
Blue Sky Day
Soul Satisfaction
Break Down the Walls (Warm-Up Jam)
Notes: Ian Brown's first solo LP in nearly ten years. The album got to number four in the U.K. charts and number 14 in the Irish charts. CD, Vinyl and Cassette too.
Three of the songs were co-written with his sons, who also play a multitude of instruments across the release. It was self produced by Ian too.
The album was recorded in Liverpool and enhanced in The Beatles' room at Abbey Road Studios, before being mixed by long-term collaborator Steve Fitzmaurice. The record was digitally mastered by Bob Ludwig in New York, while the vinyl was mastered by Chris Bellman in LA.

01 February 2019 Friday - Ian Brown LP Signing Session at Piccadilly Records, Manchester * Doors Open: 12:00
Notes: You had to pre-order the new LP to get the wristband for entry. Ian met with fans and signed copies of his most recent album.

02 February 2019 Saturday - Ian Brown LP Signing Session at Rough Trade East, London * Doors Open: 18:00
Notes: Entry with purchase.

20 February 2019 - Ian Brown's 56th birthday

04 March 2019 - Ian Brown pays tribute to Keith Flint on twitter @ianbrown 'R.I.P. KEITH FLINT a beautiful human' 5:36am
Notes: "Whenever our paths crossed he was an absolute sweetheart. Really lovely. Incredible iconic frontman with a soft centre. #RIPKeithFlint." The Prodigy's Keith Flint was 49 when he was found dead at his £1.5m home in Essex, 04 March 2019.

10 April 2019 - Reni's 55th birthday

Ian Brown - 13 April 2019 - RSD UK - From Chaos To Harmony Record Store Day Release
From Chaos To Harmony - Written by Ian Brown, Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, bongos: Ian Brown, Bass guitar: Casey Brown, Drums: Robert 'Maxi' Maxfield
Promo Video, credited to Joe Nolan 12 April 2019, directed by Joe Nolan. Starring Ian Brown, Errol Francis & Noah Jupe. Filmed at Adventure Island Southend, Southend-on-Sea.
Vinyl
From Chaos To Harmony / Black Roses / Soul Satisfaction / Ripples
Notes: Released as part of Record Store Day 2019.

19 April 2019 - Unfinished Monkey Business Re-Release
Vinyl
Notes: Re-press of the album.

N - 2019 - John Squire's son Dylan Squire wins an award with his band 'Heavy Rapids'

M - 01 June 2019 - The Stone Roses appear on the cover of 'Long Live Vinyl' Magazine Issue 27, June 19

2019 - John Squire continues writing music, Home Studio, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Notes: Sam Wollaston interview with John Squire 16 September 2019: He doesn’t listen to any of the records he’s made – Stone Roses, Seahorses, his solo stuff – but he hasn’t given the music up. He takes breaks from the work in the studio at his farm in Cheshire and picks up his guitar, writes songs, records songs. He doesn’t know what he’s going to do with it; only his wife has heard them. Does he like working alone? “Yeah, I find it very therapeutic. You’re not part of a committee, there is purity to that. But sometimes sharing the workload can be a rewarding experience.”

2019 - John Squire is in contact with Damien Hirst
Notes: Damien introduced John to the Snapchat collage tool which he created artwork with for his 2019 'Disinformation' exibithion.
Sam Wollaston interview with John Squire 16 September 2019: It starts with a photo – perhaps one he’s found on Tumblr, or taken himself (this one is his wife, at the basin in the bathroom at home near Macclesfield) – which he then manipulates. Damien Hirst introduced him to the Snapchat collage tool and Squire became entranced with it, initially as an entertaining distraction, then as a way of creating art. These ones are done with photo editing software called Magic Eraser, but it’s the same kind of idea. Then, when he likes what he’s got on his smartphone, he paints it, in oil. Big. Hirst encouraged him to go big. The big space for Squire’s show is Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall, South London. The show is called Disinformation. “It struck me while I was doing the show and watching the news, I saw there was a parallel between confusing the message figuratively and with regards to information,” says Squire.
minded me of posing around with guitars or tennis rackets as a kid, imagining stardom.” Stardom which became a reality...

30 August 2019 Friday - Shiiine On presents Gaz Whelan Undrugged Set, The Fellowship and Star, Randlesdown Road, South East London * Doors Open: 20:00-01:00 * Support Act(s): Steve Adj
Notes: Steve Adj opened the show discussing his memories from when he was tour manager of The Stone Roses. Ex-Happy Mondays member Gaz played an acoustic set too. The shows ticket included a free drink too.
From facebook promotion: Opening proceedings is the man known as "Adj" who will be in Conversation. Adj is often considered to be the 5th Stone Roses such is his bond with the band. Adj will tell stories about the Roses from the early Warehouse parties he set up to the Second Coming. He is truly one of life's great raconteurs...

11 September 2019-10 November 2019 - John Squire 'Disinformation' Exibithion, Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery, Newport Street, Vauxhall, South London, SE11 6AJ
Notes: John Squire Disinformation - 84 Page Hardback Book was published 17 December 2019.
16 September 2019 Monday - Sam Wollaston interviews John Squire for The Guardian (blog)
Notes: Sam Wollaston interviews John Squire 16 September 2019 Monday 11.29 BST Interview John Squire:
'I don’t think I’m a very good guitar player – or painter' Sam Wollaston. He helped create the fist-pumping soundtrack of a generation – now the Stone Roses guitarist paints pictures he makes on Snapchat. Will Ian Brown be coming to his show? ...in an enormous, concrete, box-shaped space. Alone, but the noise of men working nearby – drilling, talking – reverberates around the room. Literally an echo chamber. On the walls rest huge, colourful paintings, ready to be hung. Figures that are lifelike but messed with, so that bits are in the wrong place, or the background appears within the boundaries of the figures, a jigsaw forced together the wrong way. The artist, John Squire, comes in quietly (he does everything quietly, he used to be much louder) and explains how he did it. It starts with a photo – perhaps one he’s found on Tumblr, or taken himself (this one is his wife, at the basin in the bathroom at home near Macclesfield) – which he then manipulates. Damien Hirst introduced him to the Snapchat collage tool and Squire became entranced with it, initially as an entertaining distraction, then as a way of creating art. These ones are done with photo editing software called Magic Eraser, but it’s the same kind of idea. Then, when he likes what he’s got on his smartphone, he paints it, in oil. Big. Hirst encouraged him to go big. The big space for Squire’s show is Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall, South London. The show is called Disinformation. “It struck me while I was doing the show and watching the news, I saw there was a parallel between confusing the message figuratively and with regards to information,” says Squire. Reminded me of posing around with guitars or tennis rackets as a kid, imagining stardom.” Stardom which became a reality. Squire used to play guitar in a band. Play guitar quite well, in quite a big band: the Stones Roses. You know how it went: friends since bonding over the Clash at school in Altrincham, Squire and Ian Brown spent much of the 80s messing with styles and lineups and everything else. They gained momentum and a following before bursting beyond Manchester with a debut that encapsulated 1989 in vinyl, which often tops lists of the greatest British albums and played a significant part in the youth of a generation. Then a big gap, fighting with record companies, with each other, babies, Second Coming, mixed reviews, more fighting, accusations and allegations, fallouts and walk-outs, the end, solo projects, art … until, after an even longer gap, the reformation in 2012, a tour, then another end.
Is that really it for the Roses? “Yeah,” he says. How is it with Ian? They had a pact when they reformed not to talk about all that, he says. “And I’m going to honour that.” Will he be coming to the opening of the show? “No.” Is he invited? “No.” Is anyone? “I invited Mani [bassist Gary Mounfield], I don’t know if he’s coming.” Squire isn’t super eager to talk about the Roses. It’s always the same when he is interview for a show, he says. He gets asked “a couple of questions about the work, then they get down to the serious business of finding out what the scoop is on the band”. Guilty as charged. But that’s because of their extraordinary enduring appeal, and the pivotal part they played in the coming-of-age for pretty much an entire generation. How does he see it now, looking back through the filter of time? “It was quite a brief period that gets a lot of attention still,” he says. “I was surprised at the level of support we got when we got back on stage.” If it sounds awkward … well it is a bit. But it’s never unbearably uncomfortable. We sit down on chairs in the corner, he pours water politely. Later he apologises when he drinks straight from the bottle without thinking. Without thinking is out of character for John Squire, I think. “I don’t want to be difficult,” he says. Fifty-six and still pretty lugubrious, he often pauses before saying something or answering a question. They can be quite long pauses, but they become less and less awkward. I’m not getting that Stone Roses scoop, that’s clear, but the subject isn’t totally off-limits – music and art have been there throughout the years after all.
The painting came first. His mum kept a few things he did with felt tips as a kid: a polar bear, Greek soldiers, shields and spears. “I didn’t really become aware that art could be something enjoyed second hand until punk rock.” Record sleeves? “Yeah, and clothes. The paint drips, that was a stepping-stone to abstract expressionism, then ‘who is Jackson Pollock?’, and I can use this to make my own record sleeves.” Which he did, spattering Stone Roses covers with Pollock’s influence. Squire did art A-level at college. He failed it, “because I wasn’t at all interested in the written work, the art history. This idea that museums were filled with dark religious paintings with a high-gloss finish, it made me feel depressed, reminded me of being forced to go to Sunday school.” Mainly self-taught then, same as with the guitar, no? “I did go to some lessons with a piano teacher. I took him the only sheet music I could find, which was Rich Kids by the Rich Kids. He tried to play it on the piano and it sounded nothing like the record. I think I had one lesson and realised it wasn’t going to help me get anywhere. So yeah, I learnt from books.” And became very good at it, particularly on the heavy extended riffs of Second Coming. “Yeah, it’s flattering, but I don’t think I’m a very good guitar player, or a very good painter. I listen to my guitar playing, my songs, I look at my paintings, I tend to focus on the faults, things that I could’ve done slightly better.” He points to a couple of fingers on the manipulated woman in the third panel of the triptych behind us that he’s not happy with. With more time he would have made those fingers better. Whether it’s a song or a picture, the thrill for Squire is the initial impetus of an idea more than the finished result. With a record, “there’s so much repetition – because of the recording process, mixing, mastering – the material wears thin by the time it’s released.” He doesn’t listen to any of the records he’s made – Stone Roses, Seahorses, his solo stuff – but he hasn’t given the music up. He takes breaks from the work in the studio at his farm in Cheshire and picks up his guitar, writes songs, records songs. He doesn’t know what he’s going to do with it; only his wife has heard them. Does he like working alone? “Yeah, I find it very therapeutic. You’re not part of a committee, there is purity to that. But sometimes sharing the workload can be a rewarding experience.” As well as the rows, it must have been a laugh as well, being in the Stone Roses. “Yeah, I don’t spend much time laughing while I paint.” His old band don’t just live on for nostalgic fiftysomethings. Their sons – and daughters – are discovering them too. Squire’s own 16-year-old daughter recently showed him a picture of her friend getting a tattoo of his own Stone Roses lemon motif. “My reaction wasn’t ‘yay!’,” he says. “I felt guilty in a way because I knew they were the same age as Martha.” Squire has six children, between seven and 26, some of whom have followed similar paths to their dad. His eldest daughter went to art school and now makes feminist comics. His eldest son is in a band. He’s been to see them a few times. “I should go more often, but it’s too loud.”

2019 - John Squire reminds the media The Stone Roses have split up.
Notes: Sam Wollaston interview with John Squire 16 September 2019: Is that really it for the Roses? “Yeah,” he says. How is it with Ian? They had a pact when they reformed not to talk about all that, he says. “And I’m going to honour that.”... The guitarist explained that Ian Brown had not been invited to the exhibition, but added that the pair had made a pact not to discuss their relationship with the press: “And I’m going to honour that.”
“It was quite a brief period that gets a lot of attention still,” he said. “I was surprised at the level of support we got when we got back on stage.”

24 September 2019 - John Squire Interview with Mary Anne Hobbs Session, BBC Radio 6 Music
Bootleg: Webstream

23 October 2019 - Mik Grant Interview by Matt Mead is published on the Louder Than War website.
The Rub was Reni’s band after the Stone Roses – Mik Grant exclusive interview by Matt Mead - The Rub were the band fronted by one of the best drummers of his generation Alan ‘Reni’ Wren of The Stone Roses. Emerging at the front end of the 00’s with a brand of music completely different to anything the Roses’ released, The Rub have gone on to achieve cult status amongst fans due to their short outburst of activity before going back into the shadows. In an exclusive interview for Louder Than War conducted by Matt Mead, drummer with the band Mik Grant tells his own unique, charming story of how he was chosen to fill the ‘throne’ of one of the most revered drum stools in Manchester.
LTW: Can you please let me know some details from your background? Where you were born, here you grew up and what are your first memories? MG: I was born in 1967 alongside my twin sister Maureen in Greenock on the banks of the River Clyde in the west coast of Scotland. I come from a big family so my first memories were lots of dancing and singing at parties. Every house was crammed with people from babies to pensioners, very chaotic and very entertaining. There were lots of power cuts but it didn’t change anything. Out came the candles, guitars and the party carried on. Greenock is set in a spectacularly beautiful area with the river, mountains and amazing sunsets, but it was also a major industrial town. Shipbuilding, sugar refineries, and cotton mills. That, along with a couple of nuclear bases. I remember in primary school being shown government advice films about what to do in case of a nuclear attack. Close the curtains and sit under a table etc…but then the teacher would say not to bother as we’d be incinerated in a fraction of a second. That kind of shit sticks in your mind for a long time. That odd mix generated a lot of creativity, it’s always had more than its fair share of artists and great musicians from every style and genre. What was the first music you remember hearing? I couldn’t tell you for sure but it would have been either The Beatles, which was always a constant, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra or Glen Miller. I remember going into the local record shop to buy my first single aged 5. I think it was about 45p and it was Crazy Horses by The Osmond’s. I remember being mesmerised with the sound and energy of it, the guitar riff and the drums just completely grabbed me. Maureen bought I’m a Long Haired Lover from Liverpool (sorry Mo). We got home and I put it on right away, then took it off the turntable so Mo could play hers. I put the record on the bed, two minutes later I had sat on it and snapped it in half. I was gutted! Not only because I broke it, but now we had to listen to Long Haired Lover over and over. When did you start getting into more serious music? I remember discovering albums in my eldest brothers collection and playing them when he was at work. Led Zeppelin, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Dr. Feelgood, Average White Band, Steely Dan, America, Jimi Hendrix. I was into everything and later started discovering stuff on my own. The Ruts, The Damned, The Clash, XTC, then discovered Motown, Stax, Ska, and Two-tone, it just kept coming, discovering one thing led to another. The great thing about music is that it defines timelines of your life. Whenever you hear this or that song, you can be transported back to pivotal moments in your life. I love that. Who influenced you to start playing the drums? At what age did you first purchase your own drum kit? Has to be my brother. My first kit was on Christmas Day when I was 7, only a toy kit, bass drum, snare, one tom and circus like cymbal. I got it set up in my bedroom and within a couple of hours I had managed to put a hole through the bass drum skin. I didn’t get a real kit until my 16th birthday when my parents bought me a brand new Premier Royale kit to try and stop me getting into so much trouble, it worked. I found a new focus and passion that lasts to this day.Were you in any other bands before The Rub? Lots. When I first started playing I went to jam sessions and got a lot of support from experienced players. I did all the local club circuits covering all the usual well known tunes, not what I really wanted to do but it was earning me extra money and I was learning at a faster pace. It was making original music which I wanted to do, so after a while I joined Glasgow band Fallen Hero, a rock band, we gigged a lot in Glasgow and around the west coast. I then joined Greenock band Medicine Hat, who were a bit more indie and experimental. In 1990 I got a call from my brother, his band Ghostdance had split and he was forming a new band with Ghostdance guitarist Richard Steel (now with Spacehog) and would I play drums as he was now going to be the frontman, but I had to relocate to Manchester. I decided to quit the day job that I hated and made the move to focus on music full time. That project sadly fizzled out after a couple of years due to a lack of finance. Richard and I went on to join Dave Hicks who was playing with Peter Hook in the band Monaco, and formed Rawhead, which was a rock band that used a lot of samples. In 1993 I formed the band Aniseed along with Dave Naylor, Andrew Melchior, Stuart Wilson and Danny Ashbury. I grew a lot in that band over the next six years. In 94 I was introduced to Jayne County who was friends with Dave our vocalist. Jayne was an American transvestite singer songwriter and actress who was part of the early New York punk scene, she had some great tales to tell involving The Ramones, Iggy pop, Bowie, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed and a host of others. Anyway she had an album written and wanted to record it. We rehearsed for a week and booked Abraham Moss Studio in Cheetham Hill for 5 days. Done and dusted in 10 days, that’s the way to do it. The album Jayne County & The Electric Chairs Deviation was released a few months later in 95. We had a hair raising night at the album Launch in Covent Garden. We were joined by Pete Burns and his wife Christine for one of the strangest most memorable nights I’ve ever had, culminating an even stranger end to the night back in Danielle Dax’s home. Aniseed continued to grow and we were regulars on the London circuit. We were hanging out and doing some recordings at Strongroom Studios in Shoreditch. Spice Girls on one side of us, The Prodigy on the other and Orbital upstairs, things were looking good and we were being touted on MTV Europe as the next big thing. Mani was a fan of the band and having been to a few of our shows, was interested in getting us in a studio to produce us. Sadly that didn’t happen. I don’t think we could raise enough skunk for him. We were the last band to play the Hacienda with support from new upcoming band Elbow. But as per usual it began to fall apart around 98 and it pretty much self-imploded. I then got a call from Robbie Maddix out the blue shortly after who I did a few gigs with along with Aziz Ibraham.
The Rub. The band the illusive drummer from The Stone Roses, Reni, fronted in the early 00’s. Who contacted you about being part of the band? Were you on Reni’s radar to be the drummer in his band? I got a call from Reni’s manager John Nuttal, who was a long-time friend and supporter of my previous bands. He said “Reni’s throne is free, would you like to try it out” I said why sure, let me know when he wants to get together, he said “can you go now?” Turns out I was living just up the road in Hulme. I was at Reni’s door an hour later.
Were you a fan of The Stone Roses? What was it like meeting Reni for the first time? Honestly I can’t say I was a massive fan, I was busy doing my own stuff at the time. What did stand out to me the most about The Stone Roses was their attitude. At the time I didn’t know the ins and outs of it but when they went loco with paint all over some office in protest, man, that was hilarious shit, fuckin’ classic!! I didn’t know what to expect when I knocked his door that first day. I remember the door opening and being greeted with big grin and a warm welcome from Reni, getting a coffee and meeting his partner and family, we then went up to his studio in the attic. I sat at the kit and he asked if I could play Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song. I duly obliged. As I was playing I saw his face light up, we had a good chat, I got the job and started the next day When you joined the band was it early on in the bands formation? I joined in 99. I’m not sure how long it was going before me, although I was aware I was replacing someone
At your initial introduction to the band were Pete Garner and Lee Mullen playing in the band? No. Pete was about regularly but not in the band, and it was Lee I replaced, so he wasn’t around. I did get to know Lee shortly after, top bloke and a great percussionist who went onto tour with George Michael. At the start it was just Reni myself and Tom Evans on bass
Where were rehearsals held? We rehearsed in Reni’s attic, after a week or so I had a set of keys to his house. I’d arrive about 8am every day, have a coffee, some stretching exercises, I’d get on the kit and play the Immigrant Song at full pelt nonstop for 60 minutes, stop, stretch a little then do another 60 minutes playing Paranoid by Black Sabbath. Tom would then turn up and we’d go through the songs. Reni would the join in later on when he finished doing the normal family things, school runs etc and I’d leave about 8 or 9 in the evening. Go home, eat, sleep repeat. This went on for months until Reni and his family could take no more, so we moved into my old rehearsal room at Apocalypse in Radcliffe, then eventually a room in Salford above a gym. What were rehearsals like? What kind of vibe was there in the rehearsals? Intense, the vibe, much like any band or creative group. Some days were absolutely rocking, full of energy, great humour, group love and creative jamming. Along with some days that were miserable and you all fuckin hate each other, but for me, every day was a hard working day good or bad, I was physically and mentally exhausted every time I went home, but that’s a good thing Who were the bands musical influences at the time? Short answer to that is Led Zeppelin. Long answer would be Led Zeppelin in more detail. Did the band all gel pretty well together as a live unit from the off? It did at the start, but Tom’s health was suffering and he’d been diagnosed with M.S. He was also increasingly more leaning towards the production and engineering side of music. We were looking for other members to join. Lyndsey Reed suggested we try out this young lad from Altrinham. Turned out to be Casey Longden, I think he was only 19 at the time,. He had a voice that blended really well with Reni, so he came in on vocals and rhythm guitar. Tom eventually bowed out and we spent a long, long time finding a bassist. For one reason or another we couldn’t find the one who would fit. Eventually an old school mate of Casey’s stepped in, Neil Nesbit, young green and inexperienced, but eager. His voice meant we had three part harmonies to add to the mix. Great, it was beginning to come together, not in any way a finished product but the basis was there. We just wanted to go and gig. Did you all spend time together just in rehearsals or was there any element of hanging out as mates? No hanging out as there was no time. I never saw anyone in my usual circle and only saw my partner Carol for a few hours at night. It was a full on commitment. Did any members of The Stone Roses and associates attend rehearsals? No. Pete and Mani were about occasionally when we were at Reni’s, but not when we were elsewhere.
You said that all the compositions were original Reni songs. How were these introduced to the rest of the band? Was there any element of jamming in rehearsals? I was given a few minidisks with Reni’s demos of the songs that were already written when I first joined. I loved those demo’s they weren’t great recordings but the vocal harmonies, the drums, bass and guitars were all there. They reminded me of an old favourite album of mine when I was younger. Klark Kent, which was Stewart Copelands first solo album. It just had a certain sound and energy that was hugely pleasing. Yeah jamming was always allowed and encouraged, even parts of the gigs were jams, but at the end of the day Reni knew what he wanted to hear, for me that was a metronomic backbeat with offbeat bass drum, flams and triplets.
The demos of those songs that I’ve heard show a real depth of quality. It’s a real shame these songs have never seen finished studio results, would you agree? I would have loved to have had them properly recorded, a real shame indeed. For me, those demos that you’ve listened to are the basic early conceptions that Reni made himself, but there were better recordings later on made at rehearsal when the band were in full swing, but I’ve no idea if they still exist.
Did Reni drum in rehearsals? Its rumoured that he is a master of many instruments, did you see any of these in practice? Very Rarely. I don’t think he wanted to step on my toes, but he did now and again to show me what he wanted, or to just let rip on the kit for 5 minutes. His fluidity and feel were always great to hear and see close up. He undoubtedly changed my whole approach to drumming forever, as did working with my brother and Robbie, playing music is a continuous lesson that lasts a lifetime. As for master of many instruments, I heard him on guitar and sing, on bass and sing, on piano and sing and everybody knows how well he drummed and sang, not an easy thing to do. I think Mani once said “he’s a better bassist than me” not sure I agree, but I got his point. I wouldn’t say he’s the best I’ve ever heard on any instrument, but you don’t have to be. That’s the beauty of music, you just have to mean it and he means it.
Did you know the historical significance of playing on Reni’s old drum kit? You played on the famous paint splattered floor tom. Was the rest of the kit the same one that he played on The Second Coming album? How could I not, as a drummer I’m aware of who played on what over the years, but for the general masses there are few kits that are as instantly recognisable. The rest of the kit was a mix of pearl and Yamaha drums. I don’t know if that’s what was used on The Second Coming though. I tuned the drum kit before every sound check. The bass drum had the best sound out of any kit I’ve played. The kit has new skins all round. The whole kit sounded wicked.
Did it take long from rehearsals taking place to the announcement of the short tour The Rub did? It didn’t once we had a full line up, it just seemed to take a very long time to get that point, so maybe as a new band we went out a little prematurely, but that’s what new bands need to do. You can’t be sure in a rehearsal room if it’s going to work live straight away with a first set of new material, whether the arrangements work etc.. and a zillion other things that you tweak as you perform more before an audience, but most new bands aren’t under the kind of pressure and expectancy that The Rub were under before we even started. Obviously for Reni especially, but I was also aware from the start the scrutiny I would be under too.
The first gig you played was Bar Cuba, Macclesfield. Do you have any lasting memories from this gig? How did Reni feel about facing an audience for the first time in over 10 years? Bar Cuba Macclesfield was supposed to be a quiet warm up gig before the tour. It was busy though, scattered with a few known faces including Bonehead from Oasis, Andy Rourke from The Smiths, Robbie Maddix, I think Aziz was there too. I’ve sat on the stool for three drummers who have moved to the front of the stage, only a couple of feet away from their comfort zone but can feel like a different planet. So obviously Reni was a bit nervous, as we all were. Who wouldn’t be after that length of time off stage. If you’re not gigging regularly, you can get thrown by the stage sound, you get used to the sound of your rehearsal room and it can shock you when you start playing. Did the band all travel together to and from gigs? I remember reading Reni turned up in a black limo at some of the gigs. Yeah, we were all in a splitter van, band and crew and backline. Reni did hire a limo at the Macclesfield gig for us. When we stepped out that was when he wrote the “ I ain’t no fuckin junkie “ on a fans ticket. A couple of gigs he didn’t want to do the hotels and got a lift back home, there was always someone heading back to Manchester
The tour moved on to Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London. The Glasgow show was your personal homecoming. Any stand out memories from this gig? Leeds was an odd one, the audience just didn’t get it. I don’t know what they were expecting to hear, something similar to The Stone Roses maybe, certainly not what we were playing. There was a lot of confused faces in the crowd. I was told the sound was terrible afterwards but the whole show was a strange atmosphere. It was really great for me to be back after 10 years away from Glasgow. We were still reeling a bit from the Leeds gig, but the packed Glasgow crowd were up for it from the start and stayed up for it all the way through and a good bit after. It didn’t seem to matter that we didn’t sound like the Roses, nor that they’d never heard the songs before, they were giving us as much energy back as we were giving them. That and the roar when Reni told them I was from Greenock are the two memories that stand out
Did Reni and the rest of the band feel enthused by the reception the band and the songs received? Let’s face it, It was always going to be mixed reception and a lot of people were going to be disappointed regardless, but we all knew it wasn’t sounding as it should and there was a lot of tension. Neil was struggling as he hadn’t been in that long and the songs weren’t second nature for him yet, all this was exasperated with the vocal harmonies being swapped about on a daily basis and it was getting too much to remember what was what when on stage. It wasn’t making things any better it was making it worse
Manchester was obviously a big deal. Well known Manc faces were in attendance including Rowetta, John Robb, plus Stone Roses Pete Garner and Mani, who introduced the band on stage. Any memories of this gig? I’ve never seen that venue with that amount of people squeezed in, another good crowd, and yeah it seemed like everybody was there. If I remember right, both Pete and Cressa joined us on stage doing a bit of percussion
Do you have any memories of any other gigs from the tour? I remember at the Nottingham gig I had load of par can stage lights right behind me, and they were fuckin hot!!!! Half way through the set I could smell my stool melting and thinking my arse is going to burst into flames here! Half expecting a Spinal Tap moment and self-combusting if I let one go. I remember London being our worst gig with a lot of arrangements getting misplaced. Liverpool was a bit quieter, but it seemed to be received well mostly.
With the tour finished what was the plans immediately following? Neil left the band pretty much immediately after the tour, so any plans were scuppered. We were supposed to follow up with a 30 date tour, but back to square one again. We did replace him with someone but he didn’t last long. We eventually ended up reworking it as a 3 piece with Casey on bass.
Was it after the gigs that the band demoed material for potential release? We never got into a studio. The only thing we had was an 8 track which we recorded with in rehearsals. None of us were great at using it properly, they were never made for sending out. Did The Rub come close to securing a record deal? I’ve no idea to be honest, Reni kept all the cards pretty close to his chest. I only got little teases of info about it occasionally, which was pretty frustrating. Producer John Leckie came up to stay for a few days at rehearsals. I was a big fan and excited at the possibility of getting to work with him. When he left, Reni told me that he said I was a better drummer than he was when they first started working together. That compliment was a real boost but alas, working together never materialised. Had we secured a deal John would’ve been the producer I’m sure which is one of my biggest regrets about the whole thing. I remember coming off stage in London feeling really angry and disappointed, John being the first person I saw, I could only apologies for our poor show
What are your favourite The Rub songs? Soul Fool: great harmonies and a nice tempo, but it develops into something else. Double time building speed and a jamming end. Shut Up and Play: purely because it was a different type of beat with a great half time groove that lets you go anywhere. It had this wicked repeating snare ruff that I loved to play. Interloper: had a really nice swagger to it. Wild Strawberry: just a beautifully simple song.
Did rehearsals and meeting up as a group just fizzle out or was there an official ending to the band? We were still full on for a year after the gigs, but funds were low and we were struggling just keeping the rehearsal room. Reni sold the famous floor tom to help pay for it. I was living on a diet of beans, toast, peanut butter and banana sandwiches for months. Nothing was progressing and eventually I made the hard decision to leave early 2002. Did you keep in contact with the rest of the band at the close of the band? Only with Casey. We spent a lot of time on our own in that band, we’re a lot similar in personalities and it’s an egoless relationship, so it’s always been easy and enjoyable being in his company at work and socially. What are your lasting memories and feelings of being in The Rub? A real mixed bag of emotions. In a lot of ways it was the best and also worst band I’ve ever been in. I’m obviously proud that one of the most highly regarded drummers of our time chose me to be his drummer. But at the same time it was unlike any band I’ve ever been in. It was completely Reni’s baby, I’d been more used to working in a more collaborative way mostly, even with the Jayne County album, the songs were already written but the drum parts were open for interpretation. I’ve often thought what if we were a couple of years later, as I said we were only recording on that Roland 8 track which was a great tool, but it takes a long time to really understand how to get the best out of it, some people are great at that shit, we weren’t. It’s a lot easier for me now using a Mac and Logic. I wish we had that available then. Same goes for social media, there was a massive Roses fan base waiting to hear us, but the first they got to hear it was at the gigs and it took a lot of them by surprise. We didn’t sound like they expected, we didn’t look like they expected. Social media would have changed the way we presented it for the better. As with crowdfunding etc… that could have been a better way to go without the need of signing your life to some record company, Reni had already been through that so was understandably wary in getting the right deal.
Fast forward to 2011 with Reni included in the reformed Stone Roses. Were you happy to see your former band mate in the limelight again? Truly and genuinely delighted for both him and Mani. I know when we were together Reni was getting offers of silly money to reform pretty much on a weekly basis, or offers to play with others, he always said no. Reni and Mani were the bedrock of the Roses, but their royalty cheques weren’t the same as Ian and John’s. I’m glad they got their payday eventually. Would you welcome a reformation of The Rub? Never say never, unfinished business is always a regret.
When did you last see/hear from all the members of the band? Still in touch with Casey, we lost touch for a while whilst we were both doing the family thing. I’ve still got a place in Manchester and will be back down soon, we’re going to catch up then. Neil moved to New York years ago, last I heard he’s now married and settled in San Francisco. I’ve not been in touch with Reni since I left the band. What are you up to these days? Family life mostly, we’ve got twin girls and I’ve been lucky enough to devote the last 5 years to being with them. We moved back to Greenock a couple of years ago to be closer to family and they’ve only just started school. That aside I split the rest of my time renovating where we live, making music, painting and doing photography. Do you still drum? Yeah, busier than ever. I’m doing a lot of live sessions with a lot of different bands, keeps me on my toes. I’m always looking for new projects and new people to work with. When drummers stop playing they can turn from Dr. Jeckyl into Mr Hyde. It’s not a good thing, that physical and emotional release when we play keeps us sane. I think if you gave everyone on the planet a kit we’d have world peace shortly after, it’d be like giving the world a natural E. Lastly, what’s on your turntable at present? Black Dove. A young upcoming band from Greenock. Saw them live recently and was really impressed with how tight they are, I think they’re all about 18 or 19. Check them out.

16 November 2019 - Mani's 57th birthday
24 November 2019 - John Squire's 57th birthday

2020

27 January 2020 - louderthanwar run an article regarding Nigel Ipinson's book
Notes: Former keyboard, Nigel Ipinson book wrote: "I Played The Keys, I Know The Secrets". Nigel was there for the last period of the group and on his Instagram has mentioned a book he had written about that period and also a potential third album that was recorded in 2015 that he played on but has never been released.

20 February 2020 - Ian Brown's 57th birthday

25 February 2020 - Ian Brown announces Irish Tour
The tour was scheduled to kick off in Limerick but was cancelled due to COVID-19. Tickets went on sale 28 February 2020 at 09:00, all ticket holders were refunded. The dates were not re-scheduled.

24 March 2020 - COVID-19 Lockdown

10 April 2020 - Reni's 56th birthday

*Cancelled* 14 May 2020 Thursday - Limerick Live, TheBig Top, Limerick, Ireland * Support Act(s): Touts *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 09:00am on 28 February 2020 Friday. All tickets were elgible for a refund due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
*Cancelled* 15 May 2020 Friday - Opera House, Cork, Ireland * Support Act(s): Touts *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 09:00am on 28 February 2020 Friday. All tickets were elgible for a refund due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
*Cancelled* 16 May 2020 Saturday - Leisureland, Galway, Ireland * Support Act(s): Touts *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 09:00am on 28 February 2020 Friday. All tickets were elgible for a refund due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

17 May 2020 - Manchester DJ Dave Booth passes away
Notes: Part of a key generation of DJs in the city, Dave Booth helped push the envelope with sets at clubs such as Pips and the Hacienda.
Becoming a popular figure on the Ibiza calendar, he also DJ'd before important sets by The Stone Roses (including 27 May 1990 - Spike Island).
The news was confirmed by Dave Haslam, who wrote: Dave Haslam
@Mr_Dave_Haslam: Upsetting news. DJ Dave Booth has died. A legend for decades in Manchester - from Pips, through to the Playpen, Isadora's & beyond - and a star at Garlands in Liverpool. Did the Stone Roses gigs with him, including Spike Island. He music and presence gave pleasure to us all. RIP.
Ian Brown tweeted at 17 May 2020 at 16:51 @ianbrown: RIP DAVE BOOTH ROSES DJ X

*Cancelled* 18 May 2020 Monday - Millennium Forum Theatre & Conference Centre, Derry, N. Ireland * Support Act(s): Touts *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 09:00am on 28 February 2020 Friday. All tickets were elgible for a refund due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
*Cancelled* 19 May 2020 Tuesday - Waterfront Hall & Ulster Hall, Belfast, N. Ireland * Support Act(s): Touts *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 09:00am on 28 February 2020 Friday. All tickets were elgible for a refund due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
*Cancelled* 20 May 2020 Wednesday - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland * Support Act(s): Touts *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 09:00am on 28 February 2020 Friday. First date to be cancelled. All tickets were elgible for a refund due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

*Cancelled* 23 May 2020 Saturday - Neighbourhood Weekender, Victoria Park, Warrington * Doors Open: * Price: £ * Support: Sam Fender, Shed Seven, Paul Waves, Yungblud, Reverend & The Markers, The Coral & more.
Notes: Poster advertised 'Ian Brown returns for his first north west show in nearly a decade'. Ian was confirmed as the headline act for the festival. Tickets went on sale but was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. The show was rescheduled for 2021 but Ian Brown did not appear due to the COVID policy put in place by the festival organisers, see 03 March 2021 for Ian's twitter reaction.
04 March 2021 a new date was announced for 04 September 2021 Saturday but Ian Brown has refused to get tested or wear a mask for the show. A spokesperson for the festival announced '"James, one of the most well renowned, creative, and much-loved live acts will replace Ian Brown as the Saturday night headliner.'.
Ian would finally play the Big Top Tent 26 May 2023 as part of the Neighbourhood Weekender.

*Cancelled* 10 July 2020 Friday - TRNSMT Festival, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland * Supporting: Courteeners *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 29 November 2019 Friday. Cancelled due to COVID-19. The show was rescheduled for 2021 but Ian Brown did not appear due to the COVID policy put in place by the festival organisers, see 26 February 2021 for Ian's twitter reaction. Sam Fender, Blossoms, Aitch and Little Simz were set to perform before Ian. Liam Gallagher was set to headline the Saturday show.

*Cancelled* 31 July 2020 - Tramlines Festival 2020, Hillsborough Park, Hillsborough Park, Sheffield * Ticket Price: * * Support Act(s): The Kooks, Pale Waves, La Roux, The Pigeon Detectives and more.
Notes: Cancelled due to COVID-19. Ian Brown did not play the festival.

*Cancelled* 28 August 2020 Friday - Victorious Festival, The Common and Castle Field, Portsmouth
Notes: Tickets went on sale December 2019. Ian was to headline the show. Cancelled due to COVID-19.

*Cancelled* 05 September 2020 Saturday - Electric Picnic, Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois, Ireland
Notes: Sold Out Festival. Ian wasn't headlining and probably would have been fourth from the top of the bill. Cancelled due to COVID-19.

06 September 2020 - Ian Brown tweets "NO LOCKDOWN NO TESTS NO TRACKS NO MASKS NO VAX #researchanddestroy.”
Notes: Within half-an-hour of the initial “NO LOCKDOWN” Tweet, Stone Roses guitarist John Squire distanced himself from his former bandmate and childhood friend, posting: “Wear a mask. Stay safe. Look after yourself and others.”
From The Telegraph, 27 October 2020 11:26am, Michael Hogan wrote: Brown found himself in the unenviable position of being admonished by no less than Irish twins John and Edward Grimes, aka X Factor alumni Jedward. He doubled down, first defending his position as an armchair epidemiologist (“To all of you asking about my medical qualifications, I have the same as the computer seller Bill Gates”), then denying he was a conspiracy theorist (“A term invented by the lamestream media to discredit those who can smell and see through lies and propaganda”). This incurred the wrath of Jedward, unlikely cult heroes in the crusade against covidiocy. “Ian, you discredited yourself with your backward views and illogical actions,” they replied. “The public have lost all respect for your views. Your music and cheekbones are a dream, but your tweets are a nightmare.” Touché. Undeterred, “Doc” Brown proceeded to call the health crisis a “plandemic”, claiming it was all a sinister scam “designed to make us digital slaves”. When Twitter users spotted that he was posting this anti-tech codswallop from an iPhone, Brown claimed: “They’re from my pals phone #idontwannabeacyborg.”

2020 - Ian Brown tweets “So im a Conspiracy Theorist HA! a term invented by the lame stream media to discredit those who can smell and see through the government/media lies and propaganda #researchanddestroy.”
“NOBODY IS NO F*CKER TO TELL YOU TO WEAR A MASK,”
Notes: Ian Brown on twitter.

2020 - Ian Brown tweets “But IAN ‘wearing a mask in a pandemic is the correct and sensible thing to do!’ I agree.But what pandemic? #researchanddestroy #housearrest.”
Notes: Ian Brown on twitter.

2020 - Ian Brown tweets “THE GREAT RESET the plandemic planned designed and executed to make us digital slaves #factchecker #researchanddestroy.”
Notes: Ian Brown on twitter.

20 September 2020 - Little Seed, Big Tree U.K. Release Date
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Notes: Conflicting date with, official website, 18 Setpember 2020. Ian Brown recorded Little Seed, Big Tree during the ''COVID-19 U.K. lockdown''. A very basic track with anti-establishment lyrics:
"A sonic lockdown in your home town / Sonic lockdown, state shakedown, mass breakdown / Put your muzzle on, get back in your basket / Get behind your doors, ’cos living here is drastic'."
"State shakedown, mass breakdown/ Global orders, riding over borders/ Get behind your doors for the new world order/ Doctor Evil and his needle/ Doctor Evil with a masterplan/ A forced vaccine, like a bad dream/ They’ll plant a microchip, every woman, child and man/ A plan to chip us all, to have complete control/ The land, the sky, your soul."
Ian Brown's theories regarding the 'Covid-19' virus include the strain being made and distributed so the 'super rich' can rebuy property, land and gain more wealth during the world crisis.'
The track was taken down from Spotify, see Ian's reaction 12 March 2021, for ‘promoting dangerous false, deceptive, and misleading content about Covid-19’ as they believed it to be expressing anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine sentiment.

23 September 2020 - Ian Brown tweets “A survival rate of 99.9% and they are into our work life home life social life school life love life garden, back yard your body your wife and kids bodies AND THATS OK?”
Notes: Ian Brown on twitter.

The Stone Roses - 02 October 2020 - The Remixes Re-release
Double Transparent & Red Swirl Vinyl - MOVLP2761 Limited Edition & Numbered.
Notes: Limited numbered edition of 3,000 copies on transparent & red swirl vinyl. See 29 January 2021 for the black vinyl pressing.

18 October 2020 - Ian Brown deletes COVID related Tweets
18 October 2020 5:02 PM Ian Brown @ianbrown - If COViD has been isolated why would the OXFORD vax research use a coronavirus from a Chimpanzee? Has COViD 19 been isolated? Coronavirus is the common cold here since the dawn of time never to be eradicated.
Notes: Ian Brown deleted all of the 'offending' tweets overnight.
The frontman had previously clashed with former Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam over this issue, and he summed up the feelings of many online:
Dave Haslam @Mr_Dave_Haslam ALL of Ian Brown's Covid-related tweets HAVE beeN deleted. ALL OF THEM. I wish him well, it was wonderful to be around to witness the rise of the Stone Roses. I hope he's good."

24 October 2020 4:52pm Ian Brown, again, tweeted - NO MASKS Masks cant stop a virus Proven to make you ill so many studies show this NO VAXES vaccines take 10 years to make Why trust big pharma and pharma shareholder Govt?

16 November 2020 - Mani's 58th birthday

18 November 2020 - Ian Brown replies to Martin Rossiter on Twitter.
Notes: Ian responds to Martin's messages which were tweeted on the 18 November 2020 'Ian, we met once and I thought you were charming. You were keen and interested in what I had to say and although we were peers to a small degree, I felt humbled that someone I admired so much showed interest in me.', 'I loved the Roses as a young man (forgive me, I’m a touch younger than you) and other than the sublime melodies and harmonic aesthetic; one of the things that caught my heart was your politics. The band felt resolved and uncompromising and I admired that.', 'If you're reading this, I’m sure you’re expecting the direction this is going and you’re right. I’m not naïve, I don’t expect to change your mind but I hope that what I’m about to write might offer a scintilla, a ounce of consideration from you to an opposing point of view.', 'I want to tell you about one of my sisters and the work she does. She went to a state school, did well, and after her A levels managed to get a place at Oxford studying applied mathematics– no mean feat back then for anyone from a comprehensive.', 'After her degree she spent a further four years at Oxford studying statistical epidemiology. She married an American and in her mid twenties, moved to Illinois where she’s remained to this day.', 'She is now one of America’s leading epidemiologists. She runs the department (for Illinois) that tracks infectious diseases across the USA and is responsible for recommending the distribution of resources to meet those needs.' 'I’ve seen your feed in the last couple of months and you have suggested that people aren’t doing enough research into Covid-19. Well, with the respect you of course deserve, I’d like to know what research have you done that you think my sister (30 years in epidemiology) hasn’t?' ''She is an expert in her field. If she suggested a lyrical change in ‘She Bangs the Drums’ I would hope you would ignore her (please do, she’s a terrible lyricist), so I ask you, what information are you party to that she isn’t?' 'My sister’s work over the years has saved lives, from infants to the elderly irrespective of class and advantage.','I can assure you (with a hand firmly clenched to my heart) that she isn’t part of some deep state cabal or a slave to Soros or Gates (Soros for right wing conspiracy theorists, and Gates for the left equivalent).', 'I know in the last couple of months people have mocked your opinions which naturally would make anyone dig their heels in but, I firmly believe that the narrative you are promoting is killing people.', 'It’s the narrative of the far right, the narrative of Trump, Bolsonaro and Orban. Written with respect to the Ian Brown I loved as a nineteen year old.'.
- Ian shares his views on the COVID-19 pandemic after Martin Rossiter, former member of Sp!n & Gene, replies to Ian's views on wearing a face covering.
Reply to @MartinRossiter: Well done to your sister going from comprehensive school to Oxford Uni. Thats no easy road and I know how you feel as my niece went from a comprehensive/ council house background to Oxford Uni. A tremendous achievement.
Though I must say that as universities and western churches were built by the same firm I dont hold universities as the font of all knowledge anymore than I do the churches as the bastions of spirituality. They are compromised by their backers, I digress.
My huge distrust of the medical mafia began when a very close loved one whose privacy I wish to maintain suffered adverse reactions to a set of vaccinations. Their health has been destroyed and they spend most days with some degree of pain. My distrust was exacerbated in 2015 when my only sister was diagnosed with cancer and given just 12 months to live. Myself and family scoured the internet looking for a cure. To no avail, we lost her 14 weeks later.
I discovered how in 1913 the Rockefellers set up the cancer society. (read the Flexner Report). How cancer became a business venture. How chemotherapy is a by-product using the waste from their oil industry.. How they funded the medical schools in the USA and so determined the curriculum introducing chemotherapy as a treatment (worth £25,OOO to a hospital for each treatment offered in the UK). How to this day a doctors course has only an afternoon session on the link between health and nutrition. How powerful wealthy men have over the last 100 years demonised and worked to discredit natural medicines and remedies and practitioners of natural medicine using government and mass media to ply their lies. And how a doctor is practicing at a 'practice' and so no expert just because they have a title. (Thalidomide, tobacco- my doctor smoked at check ups in the 70's.)
There are currently many thousands of Doctors, Virologists, Epidemiologists, Surgeons and medical professors from the USA, UK, Germany, Spain, France, all over the world witl a different questioning narrative to the one pushed by mainstream media and government but you won't see them on your TV news. Brave souls like Dr Yeadon, Carl Hennegan, Ivo Cummins, Dr Vernon Coleman, Dr Andrew Kaufman, Dr Mohammed Adil or eminent molecular biologistnmmunologist Dr Dolores Cahill- too many speaking out to mention here. Please see the great work of the World Doctors Alliance and also The Great Barrington Declaration. Look at the amazing work done by Robert Kennedy Jr highlighting the extensive damage vaccinations have done to innocent people. Read their professional opinions/views while you still can!
I have family and friends working in hospitals at all levels in England and Scotland and they tell me that the hospitals were empty during Lockdown 1. There was no pandemic! The Nightingales were built and remained empty. FACT. Learning Disability England reported that one fifth of its members were placed on Do Not Resuscitate notices without family knowledge. I have other family and friends who were and still are being denied medical treatment for both acute and serious diseases by an NHS fought for by my and your grandparents. Remember when we were told and sold that Lockdown was about 'flattening the curve', 'protecting the elderly' and 'saving the NHS'? The same elderly also had DNR notices put on them and many were denied treatment and sent back to care homes to die in order to 'free up beds' for the so called 'wave' that was to come but never did and hospitals and Nightingales remained empty. The 'curve' was well and truly flat throughout the UK Spring and Summer yet still increasing and everlasting restrictions and impositions on our lives remained.
You only have to take a look at the Gates linked Professor Neil Ferguson and his shambles of a track record- nonsense predictions and faulty models that led to the slaughter and mass culling of millions of innocent beautiful animals during foot and mouth, his shabby predictions on BSE in beef (saying 50,000 would die and there were 200 deaths) bird flu (predicted 200 million could be killed- it was several hundred people that died worldwide) and swine flu (predicted 65,000 deaths- 457 people died in the UK) It's due to his model (based on 6 people on a plane leaving Wuhan! Yeah you did read that right!!) that predicted 510,000 deaths in the UK and 2.2 million in the US that we were locked-down.. And whilst everyone else was on house arrest he was playing hide the salami with someone else's Missus! He obviously didn't believe his own advice, or that there ever was any danger.. The sooner he's arrested for the crimes he's imposed upon humanity the better!
Bill Gates has done what the Rockefellers did. Bought the medical industry. His father was a Rockefeller lawyer. Gates has used his wealth (gleaned from computer software) and power to buy himself a position as some kind of world health expert telling us all what will be best for us. A man without one days medical training. A man whose foundation was thrown out of India by the Indian Supreme Court for leaving nearly half a million kids paralysed due to his vaccination project. He owns many shares in Monsanto (same company who supplied Agent Orange to the US Military during the Vietnam war) who also bought the patent for the fertility gene discovered by a lab in the USA and then crossed it with genetically modified (GM) corn. Sterilisation!! So Martin why don't you write to Gates asking him what qualifies him to know what's best for our health? Is he more medically qualified than me? Or any of us? Are you calling me out for wanting autonomy over my own body? Does my body belong to the state or a multinational conglomerate? Should I be trusting Big pharma to do what they want to my kids? And that's right wing!? HA! right wing left wing two cheeks of the same arse, two wings of the same bird.
I once voted Workers Revolutionary Party in 1983 and was tricked into voting for new Labour in 97 just to get the Tories out but they're all right wing to me. I have no respect whatsoever for any authority. They rule by violence. They are the makers of the instruments of violence.
I have a son who is half Mexican with extended family in East Los Angeles and Mexico so take a guess what I might think of Donnie Trump! (Drumpf)
So although there are right wing figures who many be 'anti-vax' (a term I find DISGUSTING by the way- tell that to the many mothers, fathers and families left devastated by the damaging, paralysing and sometimes fatal consequences of vaccines who willingly put their trust in the medical authorities to know best- please read about the $4.2 billion and counting damages that have been paid out in the US since 1986- not by the pharmaceutical companies responsible for the damage, but by the US government, as the lobbied National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act passed in 1986 gave big pharma indemnity from prosecution for vaccinations gone wrong) PS they're now lobbying to get the same indemnity worldwide for all covid vaccines! I in no way identify with ANY of the right wing figures and never have. We are being bullied into taking a vaccine that is experimental, rushed, flawed and medium to long term untested for a disease with a 99.9%+ survival rate by their own admission..
Median average death age 82.4 years (yet the average life expectancy is 81 years old). Nine out of ten folks show no symptoms and it's such a killer they don't know they've got it until tested with a flawed PCR test whose maker Kary Mullis said wasnt to be used to test for infectious diseases!
A virus needs a live host to survive yet shops become card only no cash (who does that suit?). Like a virus could live on a tenner!? Talk is of us having to have a digital health passport, our physical, biological and now digital identities to be merged for our own good! HA! A plan by the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (who are basically the worlds richest corporations chaired by an unelected monarch whose family robbed this country a thousand years ago) to work, travel and play, to access concerts, theatres, libraries, schools, public facilities, shops, the street? A vaccine refusal could mean permanent isolation. Fancy a bit of that? Consider Coronaviruses have been around many many many years. We have had flu vaccinations for 70, still it kills thousands every winter. And so if we had worn masks, social distanced and had lockdown for the 1920 Spanish flu we would still be in that situation now because Coronaviruses have never and will never go away. Why have flu death figures collapsed this year? Were they rebranded as COVID 19? Why did the media in unison tell us before the first ever Covid case in the UK that we faced the biggest world upheaval since WW2 and since that date done everything to stop us meeting more than a few to discuss it. Where has the mass debate been between grown adults, parents for such an upheaval? And why are dissenting views pulled down from social media by Big Tech (who does that benefit?). Don't you think it's funny peculiar that in these times with such a focus on health there's barely been any discussion or mention from government of the importance of living a healthy lifestyle (nutrition, exercise, diet, VIT D, VIT C etc). Instead the UK government launched the 'eat out to help out scheme', all at the taxpayers expense, with headlines such as 'McDonalds for breakfast, KFC for dinner, TGI Friday's for tea' circulating at the time.. And all the focus throughout has been how the only way out of this is with a rushed vaccine. We have leading members of Govt and science advisors with vested financial interests in the companies producing COVID vaccines! You trust that? Technocrats ruling the roost is a threat to democracy everywhere. Authority all over the world is increasing its power over the freedom and rights of people on the back of the fear they've created from a disease YET TO BE ISOLATED! That's right and I believe a scientific fact. No one in the world has isolated COVID 19 in its purified state without any other genetic material. This is why the mighty and brave Piers Corbyn is batting away £l0,000 fines every time he has his day in court because the whole CORONAVIRUS ACT is based on the existence of the virus SARS-COV-2 aka COVID 19 and as shocking as it sounds is still yet to be isolated and proven to exist! Of course your sister will know of the Koch's Postulates (none of which have been fulfilled by COVID 19).
Is this why Dr Sarah Gilbert heading the Oxford / AstraZeneca- UK's biggest company worth £30 billion- had to take any old coronavirus from a chimpanzee for their vaccine research!
Have you seen EVENT 201 ? A simulation of a world pandemic virus from October last year hosted by the Bill Gates Foundation with World Economic Forum and John Hopkins University coincidentally the main players in this pandemic. I don't believe in coincidence Please prove me wrong. Have you read LOCKSTEP PROJECT from 2010 a paper on virus pandemic scenarios published by the Rockefellers (them again!) And I'm sure you remember in the days of early lockdown almost EVERYBODY was saying "something doesn't feel right." And it STILL doesnt!
Note how they tell you on the news so many died 'after testing positive for' as opposed to 'died from' COVID 19. Just one example of the subtle yet MAJOR manipulation of the use of language being imposed upon us, largely orchestrated by the partly owned UK Cabinet Office private limited company- the Behavioural Insights Team led by a team of psychologists (NOT DOCTORS!) who by and large are responsible for the evil impositions of 'social distancing' etc (driving us away from each other- DIVIDE AND CONQUER!).
Who am l? I'm just a beautiful souljah in a vast army of loving people who say to the demon elite 'we see your evil plan and we will fight you until the last breath.' We've got love, soul, spirit and humanity- something you could only dream of. GOD BLESS X Everything's a rich mans trick. RESEARCH AND DESTROY. ONE LOVE POWER TO THE PEOPLE X iAN BROWN x

24 November 2020 - John Squire's 58th birthday

2021
The Stone Roses - 29 January 2021 - The Remixes Re-release
Double Vinyl - MOVLP2761
Notes: A generic black 180g reissue.

20 February 2021 - Ian Brown's 58th birthday

26 February 2021 Friday - Ian Brown Tweeted at 6:43pm 'I will NEVER sing to a crowd who must be vaccinated as a condition of attendance. NEVER EVER!'
Notes:
Shaun Ryder said, From May 2021 - The G2 Interview, Mon 10 May 2021 11.00 BST by Tim Jonze: Ryder is also old friends with the Stone Roses singer Ian Brown – the pair used to meet up at the local drive-thru McDonald’s when their bands were taking off. I wonder what he makes of Brown’s recent anti-vaccine and anti-mask statements. “Oh, that’s just typical fucking Ian,” he snorts. “He can go dead Orson Welles, can Ian, thinking he’s really intelligent.” Ryder, you sense, thinks there’s nothing more ridiculous than taking the pronouncements of a rock star seriously. “Ian’s just another of them pseudo intellectuals,” he says, before adding, as if there could be nothing more demonstrable of pseudo-intellectualism: “He was one of them guys who was 21 years old and didn’t even look at porn mags because it was detrimental to women!”

27 February 2021 Saturday - Ian Brown Tweets again
Notes: Ian describes vaccine passports as “stinking badges” and saying that festival bosses should not use them.

2021 - Ian Brown pulls out of TRNSMT Festival, Glasgow
Notes: Ian Brown apparently pulled out to due to attendees being required to show proof of a negative lateral flow test or be fully vaccinated to gain entry.

03 March 2021 - Ian Brown pulls out of Neighbourhood Weekender Festival over a Covid-19 related dispute.
Notes: Ian was due to play 04 September 2021 Saturday - Neighbourhood Weekender Festival, Victoria Park, Warrington. He was replaced by James. Ian would finally headline and play the show hiw own show as part of the weekender 26 May 2023.
Neighbourhood Weekender announced: “Following the recent government announcement we are moving Neighbourhood Weekender to Friday 3, Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 September 2021,”
Ian Brown Tweeted 6:00pm, Mar 3, 2021 '“My Saturday night headline show at NHBD Weekender Festival will now not happen!” he wrote. “I refuse to accept vaccination proof as condition of entry. Refunds are available! X”'
However, following Brown’s comments, the festival took to Twitter to assure fans no decisions had yet been made regarding vaccination passports and that they could comply with any safety restrictions put in place when they’re announced. 04 March 2021 12:46 : “We want to assure ticket holders and those about to buy tickets for NBHD Weekender, like all festivals this summer, we will comply with the conditions outlined by the Government through the Local Authority. “No decisions will be taken by Government until June 21 at the earliest. We are working with other festival organisers and look forward to a safe return to open-air events this summer.”
From 04 March 2021 Thursday 14:46 - The Guardian, Laura Snapes writes: Ian Brown pulls out of music festival over Covid vaccination row. Ian Brown has pulled out of headlining the Neighbourhood Weekender festival in Warrington this September after claiming that all attendees require proof of vaccination. Brown is a noted Covid sceptic, frequently using his Twitter account to spread misinformation about the virus and protections against it. “I refuse to accept vaccination proof as condition of entry,” he tweeted yesterday. Promoter SJM Concerts said that it would “comply with the conditions outlined by the government through the local authority. No decisions will be taken by government until 21 June at the earliest.” Brown previously appealed to festival promoters on Twitter asking them not to work with Sage and the government on vaccine passports, describing the situation as “the new nazi normal”. Festival organisers recently told the Guardian that social distancing would be impossible at large-scale events. They would comply with suggested measures, whether rapid testing or vaccine passports...

12 March 2021 Friday - Ian Brown accuses Spotify of censoring his anti-lockdown song.
Notes: Spotify remove Little Seed Big Tree from his artist profile.
A Spotify spokesperson told The Independent: “Spotify prohibits content on the platform which promotes dangerous false, deceptive, or misleading content about Covid-19 that may cause offline harm and/or pose a direct threat to public health. When content that violates this standard is identified it is removed from the platform.”
Lauren Murphy wrote an article for entertainment.ie: ''The Stone Roses man released 'Little Seed Big Tree' last September. Ian Brown has made his feelings on the pandemic very clearly known over the past six months - and let's just say that they're more in line with Van Morrison's than anyone might have expected. The Stone Roses man has spoken out continuously about government restrictions and lockdowns on Twitter, and even released an anti-lockdown song called 'Little Tree Big Seed'. The track mentions everything from 'masonic lockdowns' to '5G radiation' and 'forced vaccines' to 'plant a microchip, every woman, child and man... to have complete control.' Now, however, it appears that the song has been removed from Spotify for some reason, and Brown is not a happy man. The song, however, remains available to stream on platforms like Apple Music and TIDAL.''
Ian took to Twitter to accuse the streaming platform of censorship: 12 March 2021 10:39pm - Ian Brown tweets 'SPOTiFY stream the streams and censor artists like they have with my last song TOOK IT DOWN just put it down the memory hole! FREE EXPRESSiON AS REVOLUTiON'

We don't need no stinking badges
Just a little seed, makes a big tree Standing on its own, thriving all alone, Just a little seed, makes a big tree Grows so high, gonna touch the sky, Just a little seed, makes a big tree Spreads roots deep, branches far and wide
Masonic lockdown in your hometown Masonic lockdown, can you hear me now? From the top down, soul shot down State shakedown, mass breakdown
Global orders, riding over borders Get behind your doors for the new world order
Doctor Evil and his needle Doctor Evil with a masterplan
A forced vaccine, like a bad dream They'll plant a microchip, every woman, child and man
They plan to chip us all to have complete control The land, the sky, your soulPeace like silence in the snow
Free to do exactly as your told Obey, consume and die And up to heaven for your pie up in the sky
Sleep walking, dreaming You best believe your lying eyes
Geoengineering Making more than patterns in the skies
5G radiation Beamed to Earth from space by satellites
The scientist and mediatrist Trying to tell me two and two is five'
Scuse me while I mention the strategy of tension Mass mind manipulation, psychological operation
The general population, hypnotised, right in front of your eyes Drama and lies, look into my eyes
Just a little seed, makes a big tree Standing on its own, thriving all alone, Just a little seed, makes a big tree Grows so high, gonna touch the sky, Just a little seed, makes a big tree Spreads roots deep, branches far and wide
Masonic lockdown in your hometown Masonic lockdown, can you feel me now?, Masonic lockdown, soul shot down State shakedown, a mass breakdown
Put your muzzle on, get back in your basket Get behind your doors 'cause living here is drastic
Doctor Evil and his needle Doctor Evil with a masterplan
A forced vaccine, like a bad dream They'll plant a microchip, every woman, child and man
They plan to chip us all to have complete control The land, the sky, your soul Na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na

Notes: The line 'We don't need no stinking badges' is something Reni would relay during the 2012 reunion rehearsals, the line was taken from a film.

Ian Brown - 08 April 2021 - Ian Brown featuring The Celestial Militia - Truths & Rights U.K. Release Date
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Notes: See 24 June 2021 for the Dub Mix.

10 April 2021 - Reni's 57th birthday

10 June 2021 - Spike Island published by IDEA. Limited Edition of 1000.
Notes: Softcover, 30x23.5cm, 168 pages. Originally priced at £35 through ideanow.online/store "...a visual encyclopaedia of 80s/90s British street style." Photographed by Dave Swindells, Patrick Harrison and Peter J Walsh. Cover photograph by Juergen Teller.
Reporters/Photographers Juergen Teller was at Spike Island (see 27 May 1990) for i-D, Patrick Harrison was there for The Face and Dave Swindells was there for The Observer. Dave was commissioned to shoot both the gig, and around Manchester the weekend prior. “This meant going back to the Hacienda for Mike Pickering and Graeme Park's Nude Night on the Friday and heading to the Dry Bar and shops like Geese, Eastern Bloc Records and the shops in Afflecks Palace, as well as taking snaps on the street of kids wearing the 'Madchester' and baggy looks,” he says. “I'd been in Manchester a lot in the mid-early and mid-eighties and it was totally buzzing by comparison.”

Ian Brown - 24 June 2021 - Ian Brown featuring The Celestial Militia - Truths & Rights (12inch Dub Mix) U.K. Release Date

30 July 2021 - Ian Brown Tweeted at 11:56pm, 30 July 2021 - ''Masks,Tests,Jabs,Digital health ID passes. Im exempt to all due to allergies. Im allergic to bullshit!''

Aziz - 21 August 2021 - "1978 Fender Jazz Bass old Stone Roses Guitar"
Notes: Uploaded to the Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel "When I joined the Stone Roses in 1996 I inherited pretty much all the guitars, amps and pedals that were left behind by John Squire or they were owned by the band collectively. That included the 1959 Gibson Les Paul! One that is overlooked and not talked about much is this 1978 Fender Jazz Bass that the band told me belonged to John Squire and was one of his main writing tools. I used this bass when I recorded My Star, Corpses etc and Unfinished Monkey Business as well as songs on albums that followed during Ian Brown solo career. Hope you enjoy the insight."

Aziz - 28 August 2021 - "Blood Red Burst Stone Roses Gibson Les Paul"
Notes: Uploaded to the Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel "The Stone Roses during Second Coming owned two Gibson Les Pauls. The 1959 Honeyburst Standard is much talked about and became my main guitar when I joined and during Ian Brown's solo career. But the other Les Paul is not much talked about. It is a blood red sunburst Gibson Les Paul. You can see it on live videos from 1995 when John Squire was still in the band and with me at Reading 96' or earlier festivals. It was set up for slide (high strings and high tension) and used for 'Love Spreads' so I did the same. The unusual things were: 2 unmatched tops, ebony fretboard instead of rosewood, quite heavy and a beautiful strange deep red burst. There was a Japanese luthier that worked at Gibson at the time that made this one but I'm not sure of the date. The footage you see is a bit strange but it was in the studio whilst we were recording and Ian was messing about on the mic whilst waiting for recording to start. I'm just chillin' waiting for guitar time lol. short vid but original footage."

Aziz - 04 September 2021 - "The Key Of 3 Live using two H9 and Signal Blender on Godin Multiac"
Notes: Uploaded to the Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel "Thought I'd do a live version from home of my instrumental #thekeyof3 using two @Eventide Audio #H9, a Boss OC-3 Octave, a @jimdunlopusa Mini Exp DVP4 and an @Old Blood Noise Endeavors #signalblender. The reverb is parallel mixed in via the Signal Blender using the mini Exp as a send knob. The #Octaver is only heard on the E & A string thanks to it's threshold control. You can stream this from Spotify as well or download from Apple. H9 no1 is using #Pitchfactor with harmonised and delayed notes in E and H9 no2 is all wet reverb. The guitar is my custom Godin Multiac steel string SA from the 1990's. It had LED's laid in the dot markers and fret markers. there's a laser in the headstock too! It's a custom pink colour too. the switches on the front are for the lights and bar graph. This track in the key of E is a tip of the hat to the musically illiterate like myself hence the key of 3!"

Aziz - 11 September 2021 - "Xen & Now on 90's Godin Multiac Steel SA Acoustic"
Notes: Uploaded to the Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel "Hello again folks. Get yourselves a drink and get comfortable as this is not a short piece. Here's an acoustic solo version of my instrumental called Xen & Now. I'm using my natural finish Godin Multiac Steel string acoustic with Synth Access (SA) not using the SA part during this performance. Xen & Now is a track I originally wrote in 1998. Listen out for the metal mosh on acoustic towards the middle 8. I used an old #line6 DM (big yellow stomp) from the 90's. Sounds different to todays Line 6 stomps. Crazy delay feedback is from DL3 (green classic) again an old version old badge. Pitch shifting courtesy of Digitech whammy 5, Montreal Assembly Count to 5 & Red Panda Tensor. Not easy getting that level of distortion on acoustic hence the Multiac's which are my fav go to can handle anything acoustic. Enjoy!"

Aziz - 18 Septemer 2021 - "Live Version of Morassi on custom Godin Multiac Steel SA Acoustic Guitar"
Notes: Uploaded to the Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel "WARNING SERIOUS ACOUSTIC PROG! 🤣 This live performance of Morassi is 17 minutes long! Same advice, visit khazi and get a brew! Morassi as some will know is an old track written by yours truly in the late 1990's after the demise of the Stone Roses. Originally the bass was recorded by Mani (Stone Roses) on bass and tabla loop by Mercury Prize winning composer Talvin Singh. It was then released on the front cover of Melody Maker on the APE cassette and finally released (or never released) on my debut album 'Lahore To Longsight' on my own label 'No Label Records'. It was then rerecorded with tabla jedi 'Dalbir Singh Rattan' and released on my second (acoustic) album 'Rusholme Rock'. So this is a solo rendition of said acoustic version. somewhat improvised and full of mistakes but hey, it captures the time and where my head was at. Feel free to ask any questions about the sounds and composition or history. the pitch shifting , like Xen and Now was from a @Digitech #Whammy 5, a @RedPandaLabs #Tensor and a @MontrealAssembly #CountTo5. Guitar is my custom pink @Godin #Multiac Steel SA in standard tuning.

Aziz - 02 October 2021 - "The White Stripes of Mumbai! Godin Guitar with Indian Tabla concert Aziz and Dal in London"
Aziz Ibrahim & Dalbir Singh Rattan - Love Music Hate Racism, Bedford Arms, Balham, London
Notes: Uploaded to the Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel. "2 Oct 2021 #tabla #mutiac #godin #guitar #acoustic #DesiGuitR #asianblues
The caption is how Paul Weller described my band when he heard it so I thought I 'd use it as an intro although we're not actually from Mumbai! It started in 1999 and has been going ever since. This show reel was created by a very good friend of mine & talented artist Ellie Lawson or rather, by her partner lol. It was shot at the Bedford Arms in Balham, London at an event called 'Love Music Hate Racism'. The #Tabla maestro in this video is Dalbir Singh Rattan from Leeds living in Birmingham UK and student of Shri #SukhvinderSinghNamdhari (#pinky) the renowned international #tabla guru from the #Banaras #gharana. All my guitars throughout the video are #Godin #mutiac guitars apart from the A12 #12string and the #glissentar #oud #fretless 11string nylon string acoustic. I take a lot of guitars to gigs lol! there's a big acoustic pedal board which I'll shoot a video on in the future as it's changed over the years. This line up has been my band for over 20 years so it's second nature for me to play with Tabla rather than drums as a 2 piece band. It took a while to find a balance between us in the making of a 'band' and not a project or experiment. We created a mental telepathy between us and would improvise as much as we played songs. Hope you like. "

Aziz - 16 October 2021 - "Playing a Smokin' Stone Roses Riff through a 1 Watt Smokey Guitar Amp by Zinky"
Aziz with Inder Goldfinger - 2000 - Denmark * Supporting: allanolsen
Notes: Uploaded to the Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel "#zinky #zinkysmokey #azizibrahim #LordOfTheStrings Found this old clip from a tour I was doing in #Denmark way back in 2000 with Inder Goldfinger supporting the great #Danish singer songwriter #allanolsen. Tested it out with a riff (maybe 2) from Stone Roses song Breaking into Heaven on a #godin LGX-SA in honeyburst. Trying daft things like pressing the speaker to get phasing effects and trying out a real packet of Malboro lol. What they say - #smokey #guitaramp is made in the USA from a real recycled cigarette box that has been reinforced from the inside. The Smokey Amp will also power any 4, 8 or 16 Ohm speaker cabinet, including a 4×12, and can even be used on the input of another amp as a fuzz box. The durable 2 inch Mylar cone Alnico magnet loudspeaker has been specially designed by Bruce Zinky and is a 1 watt amplifier! #breakingintoheaven #stoneroses #godinguitar"

16 November 2021 - Mani's 59th birthday

18 November 2021 - The Gearspace.com Community Interview with producer John Leckie
Notes: from https://gearspace.com/board/interviews/1366076-interview-producer-john-leckie.html
John Leckie is arguably one of the most important producers in the history of British rock, perhaps actually helping to create some of its most famous indie subgenres. Although not solely confined to UK shores, the Abbey Road alumnus started off tape operating and balancing on historic records from George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney & Wings and many more, and then eventually went on to helm very significant records for XTC, Radiohead, Simple Minds, The Stone Roses, Kula Shaker, Muse, Dr. John, Cowboy Junkies and many, many more. With such a super extensive C.V. under his belt we were incredibly pleased to be graced with his presence for a couple weeks back in 2009. Read all about his top shelf back catalogue and more in this specially-adapted version of his Q&A!...
Those 'backwards' Stone Roses tracks that were used as B-sides... my memory's a bit foggy, but I remember reversing some of these in an Akai and finding out they weren't actually straightforward backwards tracks - they sounded backwards whichever way they were played! How was this done? I've been wanting to know for years… - Number 6
John Leckie: Well it took a lot of figuring out but what you do is: Play the tape backwards and overdub instruments on top...and that's it! Playback!
Check out Verve 'Blue' for more backwards mania!

The tracks on The Very Best Of The Stone Roses where remastered did you have any involvement in that? Did you recently remaster all the tracks that were on the upcoming 20th anniversary CD? As some had already been done for the very best of release did you just cut and paste them? or did you do them all from scratch? Also why was Ian the only Rose to join you? - charlie1
John Leckie: Yes. I remastered The Very Best of The Stone Roses for Silvertone a few years ago. We did my tracks from the original half inch with Chris Blair at Abbey Road who did the original album. Silvertone/Sony/BMG didn't make such a fuss about it the way Sony is now over this new release. We really just went for the original sound and didn't really pump it up too much. On The Very Best Of, there are tracks from Second Coming which was on Geffen/Universal and no matter how hard Dave Wibberley, the project person at Sony/BMG tried to get masters from Universal, the lawyers told him to just go out and buy the CD! Which is what he did and for second album tracks, that's what's used on record as flat transfer.
On this new release box set all tracks are from Silvertone and all remastered from original half inch 30ips non dolby and done with John Davis at Metropolis over a few days. Of course all the band invited and only Ian called and came down. I spoke to Mani who was out on tour with Primal Scream and they all heard the old demos and extra tracks which are on a box set and they all had test CDs for approval but only Ian responded.

In my humble opinion one of the best things about that Stone Roses LP was the use of creative mixing to transform some of the songs. Do you still use a lot of outboard effects? And has your approach to the use of effects changed over the years? - Tedmanzie
John Leckie: It's always good to come off the preset if you have time and inclination to find something special. Yes with plugins there's just too much choice and really I still use the same fx set up when I start to mix or even record as I always did. Outboard - I use EMT Plate, SPX90, 900 or better still SPX1000 but nothing too complicated. Lexicon 480XL, Lexicon PCM60 and 70. Tape delays and AMS Harmonizer and delays though delays done more in computer now to get them spot on. Eventide Harmonizer and now finding Sans Amp Classic indispensable when I mix.

I always thought The Stone Roses debut album was one of the lushest sounding records I've ever heard reverb wise. Can you tell us what you were using to get such a deep perspective and do you think if the same record cropped up today you'd use the same approach? Also could you please tell us how you went about getting the drum sound for Reni? I always felt he was one of the best hi hat peddlers ever to grace a record and have always wished for some insight into how you carved that sound. Mani's bass chain wouldn't go amiss either but I realise it was all a very long time ago now. - Lemontree

John Leckie: Thanks for kind comments on Roses record. Reverb was probably a mixture of AMS RMX16, Lexicon 480XL, SPX1000 or Alesis Midiverb 2 all on various tweaked settings. Or EMT Plate at Battery Studios. If I was doing it now I'd use less reverb all over.
Drums on Shoot You Down all go through MIDIverb 2 number 43 and not enough of it. Yep, Reni is one of best drummers I worked with and he never played the same thing twice. Really he had his own mixture of drums on kit and apart from usual fussing getting sound was not a problem. Selection of snares were used depending on the song (Noble and Kooley a favourite).
Dreamhire was an equipment rental company attached to the studio so we had a good choice of drums. It's all in the playing and most songs cut with the band all playing and no click. I seem to remember though on some tracks we used snare and BD samples which were laboriously done with old AMS DMX1580 in lock and triggered from backwards copy of live snare. The live snare was never replaced but the sample was just used to back it up and strengthen. Tambourines were done the same way. Album was on 48 track Studer (2x24 track) 30ips non-Dolby. Paul Schroeder was an engineer on the whole record and was excellent.
Mani's bass was the painted Rickenbacker as in pictures and it was DI'ed and Ampeg SVT although earlier it would have been Laney amp. Most of the record was done on SSL E Series and Neve at Rockfield. All sorts of things are done to get the sound, some heavy eq from SSL or Pultec, some DBX compression, some 1176 and some reverb in the mix. But it's all in the playing really...

1) In the mastering stage for The Stone Roses 20th was the vinyl mastered directly from the analog tapes or was there a digital intermediate used? If the latter, what was the bit depth and sampling rate of the digital master?
2) Will this CD be "louder" than the original release which is one of the CD's I point to constantly as an example of what the CD format is capable of? If so, was dynamic range compression and clipping avoided? What is your opinion of how loud so many recordings are these days and what teh lesser of two evils is (drc vs. clipping) and what can be done moving forward to get dynamics back in our music?
3) Was any consideration given to a high resolution digital version (Blu-ray, SACD or DVD-Audio) for the Stone Roses 20th release and/or a multi-channel 5.1 mix? I think it's a shame (Pearl Jam - Ten, Beatles Mono/Stereo remasters, The Stone Roses 20th Anniversary, etc.) how often the potential to go beyond the same old boring CD medium is ignored by the major labels. You'd think Sony might have considered an SACD hybrid at least for the album. - Dobyblue

John Leckie: 1. The vinyl was mastered from a digital intermediate. And I think it was just 24bit 48k.
2. Yes it will be louder than the original CD but there should be no clipping or compression. It's not mega loud and needn't be. I hate loud CDs and always sound congested. The new Roses 20th I think the main difference is in the low end where we haven't added any, just kept it true to the original.
3. Sony had no interest in a higher quality version of the record and though I pleaded to do a 5.1 mix they couldn't see its commercial potential. Also to do 5.1 mix would cost at least 2-3 weeks in a major studio.

I am interested in the use of click tracks in your productions. Mainly on The Stone Roses, the Bends and Z (MMJ). Did you use clicks throughout the tracks or would they be turned off at a certain point? Do you generally prefer tracking with or without clicks? (I guess this is a project-to-project question...). - Jimmyz
John Leckie: If you run down the best top 25 records of all time I bet you none of them were recorded with click tracks.
There's no click tracks on The Stone Roses apart from Fools Gold.

My question is about the Stone Roses. As producer, how much did you influence them to create that loose indie/dance sound? Also, were you aware at the time that you were involved in something so special? - Rhythmtech
John Leckie: I don't think I influenced them to make that 'loose indie/dance sound'. That's what they had when I first saw them and I just bought that out in them and allowed them to be and get the best recording of it all.
It was pretty special at the gigs and when it took off just as we were doing Fools Gold. We all had a great time making the records and it shows a bit in the music and mix.

My question is what did you do to get that amazing bass tone for "I Wanna Be Adored" by the Stone Roses? I happen to think it is one of the best sounding (in terms of tone) bass parts in any song. While the whole song is brilliant sounding, the bass always stood out to me above everything. Any special tricks or gear used? - StiffOswald
John Leckie: Yes. It's good isn't it. It's all down to Mani really. With bass it's always in the playing and the touch. Mani would have used a Rickenbecker guitar... the painted one like in the pictures and pretty certain it was a Laney amp and cab of some sort. We recorded DI and mic'ed with 87 or 47 or RE20, I can't remember. Credit should also go to Mr. Paul Schroeder who was the engineer and really knew the room. I think there's a bit of reverb at the start as well. All recorded and mixed SSL at Battery Studios.

24 November 2021 - John Squire's 59th birthday

2022
2022 - John Squire creates the art:
‘Write Braille’ (Painted plastic on foam board, 16 x 9 inches)
'Ether' (2019 Oil on canvas, 270x190cm) * Limited Edition Signed Print, unframed, was available to buy for £500.
'Hofner Number 3' Painted Hofner Guitar (Signed and pollock styled guitar, Sold at Mani's fundraiser - 18 November 2022 - This Is The One - Mani Fundraiser)
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20 February 2022 - Ian Brown's 59th birthday

10 April 2022 - Reni's 58th birthday

31 May 2022 - Not All Roses; The Life & Times of Stephen Cresser by Dave Haslam is published via Configo Publishing
Notes: ‘Not All Roses’ is the sixth book in Dave Haslam’s acclaimed Art Decades series.
Stephen 'Cressa' Cresser discusses with Haslam candidly regarding his upbringing which sounds contented, the move to the scooter scene saw him mix with pre-Roses Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Andy Couzens. One game changing moment was finding 21” flares. Moving to a wider ankle trouser was seen as an unexpected fashion statement and a move that certainly got you seen as a dedicated progressive front runner in fashion, with Cressa introducing this casual change to the out of sorts Roses. From being seen as a goth, higgledy-pigglydy line up, all band members looked like they’d been working in a haunted house, Cressa’s obvious influence gave the band as much groove as when Mani locked horns with Reni.
In the mid 1990s he co-founded a band called Bad Man Wagon, became close friends with both Damien Hirst and Joe Strummer but then disappeared from view. What happened to Cressa? He became addicted to heroin, and homeless, and was attacked and hospitalised. Haslam tells Cressa’s profoundly moving and intriguing story from the inside of the world of music and the depths of addiction.
Dave Haslam is an author and DJ. Originally from Moseley, Birmingham, he moved to Manchester in 1980, making his name as a DJ with 450 appearances at the Haçienda nightclub, including Thursday's Temperance club night in the late 1980s.
In the mid 1980s he founded the fanzine 'Debris' and went on to write for NME. His journalism has since appeared in The Times, The Guardian, The London Review of Books, The New Statesman and elsewhere.
In the 1990s he also hosted the weekly night Yellow at the Boardwalk nightclub in Manchester.
In 1999 he published Manchester, England, and, subsequently, Adventures on the Wheels of Steel, a book about the music and politics of the 1970s called Not Abba; the Real Story of the 1970s (reprinted as Young Hearts Run Free; the Real Story of the 1970s), a history of British nightclubs and music venues entitled 'Life After Dark', and his memoirs, 'Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor: Music, Manchester & More'.
His 'Close Up' series of live interviews have attracted guest interviewees including Jonathan Franzen, Nile Rodgers and John Lydon.
His more recent DJ shows include clubs in Italy, USA, France, and Germany.

Dave Haslam & Cressa - In Conversation - 02 June 2022 - Gorilla, 54-56 Whitworth St., Manchester, M1 5WW
The evening will see Dave Haslam and Cressa in conversation and also feature an audience Q&A, and, at the end of the show, they will both be available for a book signing session. Doors 6.45pm, onstage event starts 7.30pm.

Dave Haslam & Cressa - In Conversation - 04 June 2022 - British Music Experience, Liverpool
Dave Haslam & Cressa - In Conversation - 06 June 2022 - Rough Trade East, London

2022 - John Squire joins Liam Gallagher at Knebworth to play on Champagne Supernova
Notes: Liam plays his own Kenbworth show. A bit of nostalgia for Liam and Oasis fans who attended the 1996 concerts. John joins Liam onstage for Champagne Supernova, just like the Oasis gigs. Liam and John struck up a closer relationship after the show and John sent Liam some home demos.

2022 - John Squire Demos, Macclesfield
Notes: John's home studio recordings. The initial demos were sent to Liam Gallagher for a possibile future collaboration. Liam said Yes.

28 June 2022 - John Calver Music (YouTube Channel) Nick Brine Interview
"From John Calver Music (YouTube Channel) 28 June 2022 - In this video I interview (my first) the highly talented and successful Nick Brine about his experiences at Rockfield and recording with The Stone Roses as they spent a whopping 14 months at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth Wales recording Second Coming. We talk about many aspects of that time including his experience of what it was like working with Ian, John, Mani and Reni, some technical aspects, colleagues like Simon Dawson and Paul Schroeder (producers) and many great stories and anecdotes."

Ian Brown - Own Brain

04 August 2022 - Ian Brown attends Paul Anthony Ryder's Funeral, St. Charles RC Church, Moorside Rd, Swinton, Manchester M27 9PD
Notes: Happy Mondays' bass player Horse aka Paul died, aged 58, on 15 July 2022 only hours before a gig. Paul toured with Ian 2005 with his band 'Big Arm' and previously with his other band 'Buffalo 66'. Also I remember Paul Ryder appearing on Top Of The Pops with Ian, I think it was for Dolphins Were Monkeys? Paul played live with Ian too guesting on several songs during the 2005 shows. Ian would later dedicate his first homecoming show as a solo artist, for over ten years (30 September 2022), to Paul.
In attendance was family, friends as well some famous faces. Alan McGee spoke at the beginning of the funeral. Ian McCulloch (Echo & The Bunnymen) and Rowetta both sang at the service. Ian Brown, Peter Hook and Bez also spoke during the service.
Ian Brown @ianbrown tweeted "Rest in peace Ryder. A great friend, a great musician, a great fella."
05 August 2022 5:52pm: Paul Ryder,the coolest musician i ever met. Lucky to call him my pal X
Rowetta Tweeted 05 August 2022 at 2:41pm: @Rowetta We LOVE you so much ❤️❤️❤️ Your Mum Linda, the Ians, your children, your ladies. I hope you know how much you are loved. We all need to give love to the living ❤️ x @ianbrown & @OfficialIanMac phenomenal, outstanding show of love.

25 September 2022 Sunday - Academy, Leeds * On Stage: 21:05 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo
The Feeding of the 5000 / Be There (UNKLE cover) / Black Roses (Barrington Levy cover) / Love Like A Fountain / Gettin' High / Eternal Flame / Stardust / Sister Rose / The Dream and the Dreamer / Longsight M13 / First World Problems / Time Is My Everything / Just Like You / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / Marathon Man / Ripples / All Ablaze / Shadow Of A Saint / Stellify / My Star / Set My Baby Free / F.E.A.R.
Notes: Sold Out Show. Ian's first solo show in nearly ten years. Ian performs with pre-recorded backing tracks. Fans were suprised that Ian did not perform with a live band, several reviews slated the opening night of the tour as did several audience members on social media. The tour sees a suprise return of several fan favourites (Be There etc). Debut performances of Ian's Ripples LP tracks too.
Born Free was played as the intro track, as per all shows on the tour.
Dave McCraken was Ian's sound engineer for the tour and started the tracks for Ian. Some of the music sound like slightly different mixes, some BPM changes but the majority remain true to the originals.
Former Northside singer Warren Dermo Dermody was the support act and he performed partially live with vocals, backing vocals and guitarist (drums, keys and bass was a backing track).

26 September 2022 Monday - Academy, Glasgow, Scotland * On Stage: 21:00 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo
The Feeding of the 5000 / Be There (UNKLE cover) / Black Roses (Barrington Levy cover) / Love Like A Fountain / Gettin' High / Eternal Flame / Stardust / Sister Rose / The Dream and the Dreamer / Longsight M13 / First World Problems / Time Is My Everything / Just Like You / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / Marathon Man / All Ablaze / Stellify / My Star / Set My Baby Free / F.E.A.R.
Notes: Ripples & Shadow Of A Saint are dropped from the set this night. During the show Ian commented on the previous night 'I played Leeds last night, and all I could see were hands in the air'. Ian took to twitter after the show posting '“THANK YOU GLASGOW I LOVE YOU X.”' later tweeting 'GLASGOW. HATERS HATE AND LOVERS LOVE!'. One fan commented after the show 'For Everyone A Refund'.

27 September 2022 Tuesday - Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland * On Stage: 21:00 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo
The Feeding of the 5000 / Be There (UNKLE cover) / Black Roses (Barrington Levy cover) / Love Like A Fountain / Gettin' High / Eternal Flame / Stardust / Sister Rose / The Dream and the Dreamer / Longsight M13 / First World Problems / Time Is My Everything / Just Like You / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / Marathon Man / Ripples / All Ablaze / Stellify / My Star / Set My Baby Free / F.E.A.R.
Notes: Shadow Of A Saint is dropped but Ripples returns. The Edinburgh O2 Academy was the venue formally known as Edinburgh Corn Exchange.
Review by Stuart Ralston from eventhestars.co.uk 28 September 2022 Wednesday - “Do you like me band?” The third night of the Ian Brown tour rolls into town with the added attraction of a set from former Northside frontman Dermo. Stuart Ralston went along. The Edinburgh O2 Academy was the venue formally known as Edinburgh Corn Exchange. Older readers will note that it’s not my favourite venue but a chance to see Ian Brown - back on stage since the Roses split five years ago - is too good an opportunity to miss. Arriving on the scene in the late 80s and signing to the legendary Factory Records, Northside delivered one album and several classic singles back in their heyday before folding a few years later. Those singles and that album were much revered though and several well received reunion tours took place sporadically. After his new punk adventures with Time For Action, singer Warren Dermo Dermody has returned to the Northside back catalogue as special guest of Ian Brown for this tour. Accompanied by Steven Ness on guitar and backing vocals from Leah Wallis, Dermo and his band reimagine those aforementioned Northside classics - opening with album track Who’s To Blame? before the big hitters My Rising Star, Take 5, Moody Places and Shall We Take A Trip? - all delightfully reworked and augmented by Leah’s vocals. There’s even time for a new / unreleased tune too (Where We Can Be) and to round the set off, local-ish lad Steven Ness gives the crowd a little bit of Flower of Scotland. Dermo looks like he’s having a ball and the crowd enjoy it too. The most talked about artist in the country this week and he hasn’t released a record in three years or graced a stage for over five! The opening night in Leeds created a social media stir when it emerged Ian was playing without a band, singing to backing tracks. Born Free booms over the PA before Ian Brown takes to the stage. Pints are raised aloft as he takes the stage, opening with The Feeding Of The 5000 and he’s in fine voice. The timeless Be There - his collaboration with UNKLE follows and there’s a lot of love for Ian in the packed room. Moving around the stage like his idol Muhammad Ali, Love Like a Fountain is another hit with the crowd and the adulation continues to grow. Gettin' High sees yet further moves as he owns the stage. In truth, we don’t actually miss a band. Ian owns every area of the Academy stage. Sister Rose - the standout track from The World Is Yours - has a great beat and an early highlight in this marathon career spanning set with Ian engaging with the crowd throughout. He looks as fit as ever and he never stops. He’s enjoying himself too. Perhaps his impressive back catalogue at times is overlooked because of his illustrious band but songs such The Dream And The Dreamer from his impressive new album (this is effectively the long overdue Ripples 2019 LP tour) deserve to be heard and The Dream And The Dreamer is the pick of that album. It’s an impressive set, with Brown revisiting all his solo albums. Sure, there’s nothing from his Roses days but he doesn’t need to go there on this tour as he has amassed such an impressive solo back catalogue. First World Problems, the lead track from the last album, gets the biggest response of the night and there’s a real party atmosphere. Ian sings Just Like You with a real passion which really connects with the Edinburgh crowd and a massed dance ensues as Dolphins Were Monkeys begins. Brown talks of the inspiration behind Golden Gaze before the stage turns gold. It’s an impressive light show. The Declaration of Arbroath was the inspiration for 2009’s My Way track Marathon Man. For me, All Ablaze is the standout solo tune from Ian and doesn’t disappoint tonight - a real highlight. As the set draws to a close, Stellify unites the capacity crowd as does debut solo single My Star. The set ends with Set My Baby Free and FEAR, with every arm in the venue aloft. After 5 years away, it perhaps wasn’t what we expected, yet Ian Brown pulled it off in his own inimitable style; there’s smiles all around.

29 September 2022 Thursday - City Hall, Newcastle * On Stage: 21:05 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo

30 September 2022 Friday - Victoria Warehouse, Trafford, Manchester * Doors Open: 19:00 - On Stage: 21:05 * Ticket Price: £45 (Booking Fee (includes £1.25 Venue Levy - charged by the venue): £5.90) * Support Act(s): Dermo

Notes: Sold Out Show. Ian dedicated the show to Paul Ryder who passed away 05 July 2022 aged 58. Shaun Ryder was backstage watching the show. Ian said: “I just want to dedicate tonight’s set to one of the greatest human beings I ever met. Let’s hear it for Mr Paul Ryder.” Ian took a pop at journalists’ responses to the controversial reaction to his tour opener in Leeds last month.
“Are there any journalists in tonight?” he asked.
“There shouldn’t be because I’ve banned them all. No snakes in my place.”
I was there. Good atmosphere, the sound wasn't great but it was as good as you were going to get in a warehouse. Literally an old delapadated warehouse with two bars, an upstairs and the floor. No seats, exposed brickwork and weirdly only one exit at the end of the show. The venue would suffer several council inspections and complaints, in October 2023 the venue was considered for closure unless they met with the authorities demands. The upstairs standing section was closed and restricted to less than 50 people at a time due to safety restrictions. Initially the venues structure on the upper floor could hold over 600 people but when the shows started there was no number count or retriction of people, which meant at a busy show could see over 1000 people accessing the potential risk area. December 2023 will see a verdict of the venues outcome but I presume O2's lawyers will worm their way out of the closure.
The merchandise on offer was very poor. A poster, world is yours era black and white shirt and a couple of over priced Ripples themed shirts.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Near Complete - (CD-R)

01 October 2022 Saturday - Mountford Hall, University, Liverpool * On Stage: 21:05 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo
Notes: Sold Out Show.

03 October 2022 Monday - Academy, Birmingham * On Stage: 21:05 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo
Notes:
From 03 October 2022 - NME, Article by Ella Kemp: Liam Gallagher has shared his support for “the king” Ian Brown following the Stone Roses‘ singer’s decision to go solo. Gallagher took to social media to back Brown ahead of his homecoming show in Manchester last Friday (September 30). Gallagher’s thread began by comparing Brown to Sid Vicious several days after the Leeds show, writing: 29 September 2022 at 11:24pm - “Ian brown and sid vicious my way same thing long live punk.” When asked by a fan whether he had seen Brown’s “embarrassing performance”, Gallagher replied: “He’s never embarrassing he’s the king.” Another person asked Gallagher whether he would ever do a show with only a backing track, to which the former Oasis singer said he wouldn’t but that “Ian is ian and I don’t think he’s a bad man”.

04 October 2022 Tuesday - Academy, Bournemouth * On Stage: 21:05 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo

06 October 2022 Thursday - Rock City, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire * On Stage: 21:05 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo
The Feeding of the 5000 / Be There (UNKLE cover) / Love Like A Fountain / Gettin' High / Eternal Flame / Stardust / Sister Rose / The Dream and the Dreamer / Longsight M13 /
Elizabeth My Dear
First World Problems / Time Is My Everything / Just Like You / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / Marathon Man / Ripples / All Ablaze / Stellify / My Star / Set My Baby Free / F.E.A.R.
Notes: Sold Out Show. Ian sings a 'new accapella version' of Elizabeth My Dear, encouraging the crowd to sing a long as he changes the lyrics to 'Charlie My Dear'. Matt Mead reviewed the show.

07 October 2022 Friday - Academy, Brixton, London * On Stage: 21:05 * Ticket Price: * Support Act(s): Dermo

DJ Mani - 11 November 2022 - Dr Feelgood, Stockport

16 November 2022 Wednesday - Mani's 60th birthday

Mani - 18 November 2022 Friday - This Is The One - Mani Fundraiser, The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, Ballroom, Manchester * Doors: 19:30-02:00am - Auction: 21:00 * Ticket Price: £40 (Advance)
Notes: Sold Out Event. In aid of his wife, Imelda Mountfield, an events agent, was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in November 2020. Money raised was distributed between The Christie Hospital and The Stockport Charitable Trust.
John Robb hosted the night, included DJ sets from Mani & The Rock Pigs, Clint Boon & Luke Una. PA & Live performances from Rowetta, The Tall Faces, Danielle Moore (Crazy P) and more. A raffle took place on the night, as well as an online auction featuring “unique memorabilia”. Donations include a signed Foo Fighters Fender Telecaster guitar, Arctic Monkeys signed red Epiphone hollow bass guitar, Noel Gallagher has offered his framed presentation discs of the six-times platinum album What’s the Story Morning Glory and his brother Liam has donated his personal NME Gold Award, signed David Beckham boots wore in his final game for Paris St Germain (PSG) in 2013, Gary Neville donated an an overnight stay at Manchester’s Stock Hotel with a pre-dinner drink in Sterling Bar and dinner for two at celebrated chef Tom Kerridge‘s restaurant The Bull & Bear followed by breakfast the next morning with members of The Class of ‘92., John Squire hand-painted (pollock style) and signed 'Hofner Number 3' Hofner guitar, signed limited edition print from Coldplay, a seven-night holiday in The Maldives, a Gibson Les Paul guitar signed by Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend, A Certain Ratio entire vinyl back catalogue limited edition cassette and signed posters, Peter Hook has donated a white signed Eastwood guitar, Damon Albarn signed Taylor guitar and there are also gold presentation discs from The Stone Roses and Johnny Marr, a seven-night stay in a French country estate, a seven-night stay at a five-star resort in the Maldives, a year’s supply of wine from Cork of the North, plus paintings, Andy Dunlop (Travis the band) Boris Johnson 'clown' painting, signed Ricky Hatton boxing glvoes, prints, 1966 Vespa Sprint 150cc silver scooter donated by Matt Wardle, restaurant dinners, and more.
17 November 2022 - Mani and Imelda appeared on Granada ITV News promoting the event.
The auction went live at 21:00 with help from Adam Partridge Auctioneers and Valuers, Macclesfield. Bidding deadline 01 December Thursday.
Mani said “When life deals you a pair of twos, you must get your game face on! The past two years since my wife’s diagnosis have been brutal in so many ways, but it’s also opened our eyes to so many things. “This disease needs to be eradicated – we feel duty bound to do our bit to achieve this. So everybody, get on board, dig deep, help out, we will win!”
Mani said: "Walking on stage at Wembley in front of 90,000 people is a doddle. "It's also made me so appreciative of the NHS and what they do. "All these gigs and records - it doesn't mean a thing. As long as Imelda and my family are ok, that's all that matters."
Imelda added: “Both charities have supported me through my journey. Cancer affects not just the person who has it, but everyone around them, and I hope that by investing in some more research, we can help alleviate some of the devastation caused to families.”
John Squire; Pollock Hofner Number 3. Jackson Pollock inspired painted and signed Hofner guitar 3/3.

24 November 2022 - John Squire's 60th birthday