1999
01 January 1999 - Ian Brown & Fabiola Quiroz spend New Years Day on the beach in Mexico.
March 2000 - Jockey Slut Magazine includes a Ian Brown Q&A Session: What's with the mullet? Sean Chiswick, Bolton. "What's with the mullet? Get out! It's a good Mexican haircut, the mullet. Me girl cuts me hair. You see mullets all over Mexico. I said, 'Do me one of them Mexican haircuts'. Would I like to live there? Oh yeah, definitely would. They love music there. On a Saturday all the women go to the market and all the men put their speakers on the window sill and all you can hear is 30 different tunes blasting all over, with guys leaning out of their windows. It's a tradition every Saturday; smoke a weed, get your sounds on, send your girl to get your dinner. Perfect. Good weed over there? Beautiful. The best."

1999 - Ian Brown Management by Steve Lowes @ Retaliate First.
1999 - Aziz Management by Nova.

1999 - Ian Brown 808 State Sessions
From 1999 - ID Magazine, Ian Brown Interview by Tobias Peggs: So what's on your agenda? "Another LP. I'm gonna play America as much as I can - Monkey Business doesn't come out there until March. I'm working with 808 State - the stuff we're doing sounds great, like it's from New York...

1999 - Ian Brown is in the studio with Maxim (of The Prodigy)
From 1999 - ID Magazine, Ian Brown Interview by Tobias Peggs: So what's on your agenda? ...I'm working with Maxim from The Prodigy on his solo thing. And I'm doing a book about my time in jail. Mainly to address all the bullshit that's been written about it."

1999 - Mani and Aziz Ibrahim Interview in Quay Bar, Castlefield, Manchester
Notes: Pulp Magazine Interview, see Media for the article.

1999 - Sarm West/Sarm East / Metropolis Studios, London.
Vocals: Ian Brown. Drums: Simon Wolstencroft / Ian Brown. Bass Guitar: Sylvan Richardson Jr. Keyboards: Dave McCracken/Ian Brown. Electric Guitar: Tim Wills.
Love Like A Fountain
Notes: Credit taken from 2005 - The Greatest sleeve notes. Long term friend and ex-Partrol and Stone Roses drummer Simon Wolstencroft records with Ian Brown for his second LP.

1999 - Sarm West/Sarm East / Metropolis Studios, London.
Vocals: Ian Brown. Drums: Ian Brown / Dave McCracken. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger. Keyboards: Tim Wills / Dave McCracken.
Dolphins Were Monkeys (Single Version)
Notes: Former Fun^Da^Mental member Inder 'Goldfinger' Mathura becomes a stable member of the band.

1999 - Sarm West/Sarm East / Metropolis Studios, London.
Vocals: Ian Brown. Drums: Ian Brown / Simon Wolstencroft. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger. Keyboards: Dave McCracken. Guitar: Tim Wills.
Golden Gaze

24 January 1999 Sunday - UNKLE featuring Ian Brown - NME Premier Show, Astoria, London
Be There
Notes: Ian joins James Lavelle and The Scratch Perverts on stage. Ian's first public appearance since his release from prison. The track was recorded and broadcast on TV 'NME Premier Live Show', Channel 4 late January / Early February. A series of recordings from the NME Premier Show were shown throughout the week after the event. Andy Watts, ex-Seahorses drummer, was at the show.
Ian also attended the after show party too.
Review, see Media for the complete article, from 06 February 1999 - NME Magazine: Ian Brown made a surprise appearance with UNKLE at the NME Premier Show at London’s Astoria on January 24. Unannounced, he joined James Lavelle and The Scratch Perverts onstage to sing his part on ‘Be There’, the new UNKLE single, which is released through Mo’ Wax on Monday (February 8). It’s a vocal remix of ‘Unreal’, an instrumental that originally appeared on UNKLE’s 1998 album, ‘Psyence Fiction’.
The gig was Brown’s first public appearance since his release from prison on Christmas Eve last year.
“I’ve never been away,” he told NME afterwards. “It felt great.”
UNKLE mainman James Lavelle said: “Ian and I spoke about the idea of him coming up and doing one of the shows for fun and he was well into it. So he came down and we fucked about in rehearsals. He then came down on Sunday and performed.”
Lavelle described the event as “a pure Ian Brown magic moment. I thought it went great. I was really happy. It’s that kind of Ian Brown charm. It’s never perfect He’s an icon. There’s something different, more than just music about him. “When he walks on the stage, it doesn’t matter whether it’s wrong or right or how it is. It’s that magic and that’s what he had on Sunday. “I think it’s one of the best things he’s done for a while.” At the aftershow following the gig, Brown talked exclusively to NME about his conviction for threatening behaviour on an aeroplane. “I didn’t do it,” he said. “I told the truth. I didn’t do what they said I did.”...
From March 2002 - I Am Without Shoes (thestoneroses.net) Interview with Andy Watts: IAWS: Did you ever meet any of the other Stone Roses? AW: Just Mani. I know plenty of people who know Ian, I'm going to Shepherd's Bush on Monday to see him. I'd like to meet him. I saw him at the NME Premier shows and Brixton Academy last year, it was good, but on 'Be There' I'm sure he was miming! The vocal EQ was dramatically different to what had gone before. No disrespect to Ian though, perhaps he turned in an impeccable vocal delivery that night.
Broadcast: Late January/ Early February 1998 - NME Premier Live Shows - Channel 4 U.K.
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

M - February 1999 - Mani and Aziz Ibrahim Interview in Pulp Magazine
Notes: Pulp Magazine Interview, see Ian Brown Media for the complete article. Aziz printed his email for musicians to make contact for an audition for his live band, aziz-stoneroses@hotmail.com.

M - 06 February 1999 - Ian Brown features on the cover of NME Magazine
Notes: With the rather tasteless headline ''Out! Ian Brown's First Interview Since Jail''. See Media for the complete article.

DJ Mani - 06 February 1999 Saturday - The Complete Stone Roses, Mean Fiddler, Dublin
Notes: Mani DJs as support for the tribute band. The show mentioned in 06 February 1999 NME Magazine and Mani is interviewed by Leagues Magazine, printed April 1999. See Primal Scream 1999 Media for the complete article.
From April 1999 - Leagues Mag, Mani said: "It is pretty weird but I'm buzzing to see it because I've never seen The Stone Roses, you know what I mean. I first heard about Stone Roses tribute bands when the Scream played the SFX and I saw a poster for The Stoned Roses and I thought, 'I'd love to turn up at that and see their faces.' But apparently these guys tonight are good. Apparently they can play the songs really well, probably better than us at our most E'd up when we couldn't hit a note. They gotta be better than that man. I just love being out of the house. All I'd be doing now is sitting inside watching Casualty, waiting for Match of the Day, having a few fat spliffs. Listen, any chance I get to come 'ere mate, I'm having it. Last weekend we did Scotland and this weekend over here. More power to the Gaels, man." Some musicians really resent the idea of other people making money out of their music in a nostalgic context. You don't see it that way? "At the end of the day...it's only f***in' music and you can't be too precious about it or you'll turn into an amadan."...The sight of 500 Stone Roses aficionados burning up the dancefloor to Northern Soul, rare groove, electro and funk records is odd, but it is Mani manning the decks and this man has considerable influence over these people. The Fiddler's backstage room is a heaving pit of bowl-headed adoration. Mani is the perfect host, signing autographs, shaking hands and greeting every "you changed my life" with "ha, go on out of that, mate". He finds a loose "eke" in his pocket and offers the remains of his supplies to his newfound buddies before exiting from the back-door where he stumbles and spills his records down the stairs. He leaves us, though, with one last thought for 1999.
March 2000 - Jockey Slut Magazine includes a Ian Brown Q&A Session: What do you think of Mani Djing for tribute band The Complete Stone Roses? Alan Woodcock, Manchester. "I think it's a bit sad really. The Roses were a top band. I think he's degrading himself really. Shame he didn't get paid from the Roses."

Ian Brown - 08 February 1999 Monday - UNKLE featuring Ian Brown - Be There U.K. Release Date
Be There (UNKLE featuring Ian Brown) - Written by DJ Shadow / Ian Brown. Work arranged by James Lavelle. Published by MCA Music Ltd. Music Ltd/Sony Music Publishing Ltd. 1999 Mowax Recordings Ltd. Produced by UNKLE. Additional Production by James Lavelle. Co-Arranged by James Lavelle. Additional Arrangement and Production by J Lavelle for UNKLE Productions. Assisted by Richard File/Guy Sigsworth/Damian Taylor. Vocals recorded by Jake Davis. Pro Tools: Damian Taylor. Mellotron: Guy Sigswonh.
Promo Video Directed by Jack Scott.
CD1
Be There (Featuring Ian Brown)
Be There (Featuring Ian Brown) (Underdog Remix)
Be There (Underdog Instrumental)
CD2
Be There (Featuring Ian Brown) (Radio Edit)
The Knock On Effect
Notes: The single got to number eight in the U.K. charts and number 22 in the Irish charts. Ian Brown sang over UNKLE's exsisting instrumental track 'Unreal' and the song became Be There. The initial release date was noted as 01 February but was delayed a week.
From 1999 - ID Magazine, Ian Brown Interview by Tobias Peggs: In that case, let's get the important stuff out of the way first. You've collaborated with James Lavelle and DJ Shadow for the new UNKLE tune, Be There.
"Yeah. And it's great. There was some rumour that I declined to work on it, but originally I'd been sent a tape from Shadow - I've got loads of Shadow's stuff anyway, so just having a new Shadow thing in my house was great - I put it on, played it five times and thought it was tops. It didn't need no vocals. It was runnin'. But I played it again when I finished my own album, Monkey Business. Something started coming, so I did it fast and posted it to James. He said 'Yeah, let's have it'. And that was that."...The first time I heard the UNKLE tune properly was in jail. I didn't know it'd been mixed. I thought they'd wait till I get out.
2000 - Manchester Uni Paper, Ian Brown Interview: "I did the UNKLE thing ('BeThere') and it was the first time I'd heard myself without guitars. John's one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, so is Aziz (Ibrahim - Squire's sometime replacement). I feel like I've worked with the best so I'd like to moveaway and do other things now. I feel like I've done the guitar backing. What ever the instrument is I'm up for It. Except the bagpipes."
From 02 February 2000 - Adam Walton Interview for Adam Walton Show, BBC Wales Music, Wise Buddha, London: AW: THERE'S A BRILLIANT MIX OF THE SINGLE (Dolphins Were Monkeys) BY UNKLE, EXTENDING A COLLABORATION THAT BEGAN WITH YOU RECORDING 'BE THERE' WITH THEM AND SOME SUBSEQUENT LIVE DATES, HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH JAMES AND DJ SHADOW? IB: James sent me the tape (James Lavelle - head honcho of Mo Wax Records) with the song on it, telling me about the album (Psyence Fiction) and who he would like to appear on it... I listened to it and thought that it didn't need vocals, as a piece of music. So it was released as an instrumental called 'Unreal' on Psyence Fiction, but even after it was released James was still keen for me to do some vocals on it... so he's kind of bullied me into attempting it! So, I sent him a tape and he's just loved it and he released it.

1999 - UNKLE re-release the album Pysence Fiction
Notes: The album includes the track 'Unreal' which would later feature Ian Brown, as guest vocalist, and become 'Be There'. This re-release would see Be There as a bonus track and a revised sleeve too.

TV - 19 February 1999 - Top Of The Pops, BBC TV Studios, London. Broadcast: 19 February 1999
UNKLE with Ian Brown - Be There
Notes: UNKLE are James Lavelle - Keyboards & DJ Shadow - Turntables. Footage features on Greatest Promos DVD.
Official: 2005 - Greatest Promos DVD
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances (90 mins) + Seahorses TV Appearances (60 mins) () (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £17) - VHS Video
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

20 February 1999 - Ian Brown's 36th birthday

The Stone Roses - 28 February 1999 - Fools Gold 1999 Remix U.K. Re-Release Date
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix) aka The Stone Roses vs. Grooverider - Remix and additional production by Grooverider for RUN Productions courtesy of Prototype Recordings.
Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon's Message to the Majors) aka The Stone Roses vs. Rabbit In The Moon - Rabbit In The Moon produced and mixed at Hallucination Studios, Engineered by Scapegoat.
She Bangs the Drums (Kiss My Arse Mix) aka Kelly Reverb vs. The Stone Roses - Remix and additional production by Kelly Reverb.
Format: 12inch Jive Electro 0523090
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix)
She Bangs the Drums (Kiss My Arse Mix)
Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon's Message to the Majors)
Format: Cassette (Jive Electro 0523094)
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix) (Edit)
She Bangs the Drums (Kiss My Arse Mix)
Format: CD. D3360 052309-2 1:1 IFPI L123 NIMBUS IFPI 123 ifpi 2335. Catalog Number: Jive Electro Records 0523092. Barcode: 5013705230929. Maunfactured In the E.U. (On disc face and in sleeve). Virgin Megatore Price: £2.99
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix) (Edit) 4:30
Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon's Message to the Majors)
She Bangs the Drums (Kiss My Arse Mix)
Notes: Another re-release of Fools Gold with new remixes. The single entered the U.K. charts at number 25.
Part of the Zomba Group, Jive were a 'dance' focused label. The band were initially offered a contract to sign to Jive but Zomba started an 'Indie' label, Silvertone, and the band were promoted and managed by them. The Zomba group saw the anniversary of the debut LP and sent out the songs to be remixed for a suitable 'dance club' 'ibiza' market. The project failed. Some of the more suitable mixes would be compiled onto The Remixes compilation, see 2001.
From 1999 - ID Magazine, Ian Brown Interview by Tobias Peggs: Have you heard the Grooverider mix of Fools Gold? "No. I'm imagining it's Fools Gold with bleeps in it. But I do rate him, so I hope he's done something good. I believe that you shouldn't really go back to old things and mess with them. Fools Gold is definitely my favourite Roses tune 'cos it just doesn't sound like anybody else. If you hear the greats like Hendrix, they've got their own different sound. It doesn't matter about the time or the date, it always comes down to the sound. But the biggest achievement for the Roses was Run DMC sampling Fools Gold. That beat was just everywhere. The whole thing was about communication, connection."

The Stone Roses - February 1999 - Fools Gold 1999 Remix Europe Release Date
Europe/German Focus Release
Format: CD. (DUR-NL) 01 0523362 IFPI L371 ifpi 5501. Catalog Number: Jive Electro Records 0523362. Barcode: 5013705233623. Maunfactured In the EC (On disc face and in sleeve).
Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon's Message to the Majors) (Edit)
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix) (Edit)
Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon's Message to the Majors)
She Bangs the Drums (Kiss My Arse Mix)
Notes: Includes extra track in comparison to the U.K.
From 30 October 2000 - The Remixes sleeve notes:
Rabbit In The Moon - "The Stone Roses were the first band to come along since Pink Floyd who knew how to use electronic and acoustic instruments together. They had the focus, the vision, and the rhythm. Poetic atmospheric bliss. To remix both 'Fools Gold' and 'I Wanna Be Adored', I know what Heaven sounds like."

- The Stone Roses appear on various artists compilation Old School Vs. New School U.S. Release Date
Promo CD-r The Stone Roses vs. Grooverider (white paper, black writing, printed stuck on cd-r face) - Fools Gold (Grooverider Mix) 4:30 (Taken from 'The Old School Vs. New School' Album.)
CD
Fools Gold (Grooveriders Mix Edit)
Fools Gold (Rabbit In The Moons Message To The Majors)
Notes: U.S.A Various Artists Compilation

The Stone Roses - 1999 - Fools Gold 1999 Remix U.S. Release Date
U.S.A. 12inch Jive Electro 01241-42579-1
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix)
Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon's Straight Beat Pyrite Dub) 7:35
Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon's Message to the Majors – Extended) 9:42
Notes: U.S. Vinyl Only Release

1999 - The Stone Roses appear on various artists compilation Rabbit In The Moon Remixes - Volume 2
I Wanna Be Adored (LunaSol's Acid Hacienda Mix) - Remixed and reworked by Confucius & Monk (D. Christophe & S. McClure) (Rabbit In The Moon) at Hallucination Studios, Tampa, Florida.
Mastered for CD by Mike Fuller at Fullersound, Miami, FL.
Various Artists CD - USA - Hallucination ‎– HALCD 1003 - 6-49027-10032-6
I Wanna Be Adored (LunaSol's Acid Hacienda Mix) 7:31
Notes: Similar to I Wanna Be Adored (Bloody Valentine Edit) which appeard on The Remixes CD.

N - 25 February 1999 - Ian Brown announces on his official website that the Stone Roses will not be reforming.
"A spokesman for Ian Brown denies that there is any truth to the rumours that The Stone Roses will reform following the demise of The Seahorses."
Notes: To stop the whispers about a roses reunion, a statement was made public on www.ianbrown.co.uk. Overnight the statement disappeared with no explanation. 27 February 1999 NME issued an article speculating The Stone Roses reunion.

N - 01 March 1999 - John Squire announces the break-up of the Seahorses
Notes: This, again, fuelled rumours of a Stone Roses reunion, which were shortly crushed by Mani and Ian during media at the time.

M - March 1999 - ID Magazine, Ian Brown Telephone Interview by Tobias Peggs.
Notes: See Media for the article.

N - 09 March 1999 - Mani announces the Stone Roses will not be reforming.
Notes: Mani told the manager of The Complete Stone Roses, a touring tribute band who he was DJing for, that the Roses would not reform "because it would be for the wrong reasons."
From 04 February 2000 Friday - Dave Simpson Interview with Ian Brown in private bar room in Kensington, London for The Guardian: Although he misses the "company" of the Stone Roses, there won't be a reunion, despite the band being recently offered £2m for just two festival dates. "We're the Roses, man," snaps Brown. "We don't do things like that."

17 March 1999 - Remixes / B-Side Tracks Japanese Release Date
CD POCP-7357 Made In Japan
Management: Noel Walters, Dub Strika Management.
PhotographyL Corinne Day, Design & Direction: Misson.

Japanese Tour
Ian Brown - Ian
Aziz Ibrahim - Guitar
Inder "Goldfinger" Matharu - Tabla / Percussion
Simon Moore - Drums
Sylvan Richardson - Bass

24 March 1999 Wednesday - Club Quattro, Nagoya, Japan * Doors Open: 18:00 * Price: * Support:
Notes: Rescheduled from December 1998, after Ian was imprisioned.
25 March 1999 Thursday - Imp Hall, Osaka, Japan * Doors Open: 18:00 * Price: * Support:
Notes: Rescheduled from December 1998, after Ian was imprisioned.

28 March 1999 Sunday - The Garden Hall, Yebisu, Tokyo, Japan * Doors Open: 18:00 * Price: * Support:
(Unfinished Monkey Business) / See The Dawn / Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover) / What Happened To Ya Part 1 / Ice Cold Cube / What Happened To Ya Part 2 - Thriller / Jingle Jangle (Free My Way) / Sunshine / Corpses / Nah Nah / Can't See Me / My Star / Sally Cinnamon (Acoustic)
Notes: Rescheduled from December 1998, after Ian was imprisioned. First time Sally Cinnamon is played for nine years. It would also be the first and last time it is performed acousticlly. Sally Cinnamon would see a return to the set in 2004.
Jingle Jangle aka Free My Way debuts for the first time live, a slightly more funky upbeat version than the one that would be recorded for the Golden Greats LP.
From City Life Magazine 2000, Ian Brown Interview 1999: “It wouldn’t be fair on Reni and John and Mani to do that. I did an acoustic ‘Sally Cinnamon’ in Japan when I got carried away but I wouldn’t do that again. It’s about staying fresh; life itself, let alone music.”
My recording was noted as 'Live Japan 2000'. An incorrect BBC article in 2004 mentioned the date being Japan 1997 'Since the group's ignominious demise eight years ago, Brown has often teased audiences with snippets of Roses songs, but has never played one in entirety save a one-off acoustic version of Sally Cinnamon in Japan in 1997.'.
Bootleg: Jingle Jangle ("double CD - two shows from Japan 3/99, funky versions of "Free My Way" and including an acoustic "Sally Cinnamon"") (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Originally Priced: £16) (Unfinished Monkey Business) - See The Dawn / Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover) / What Happened To Ya Part 1 / Ice Cold Cube / What Happened To Ya Part 2 - Thriller / Jingle Jangle (Free My Way) / Sunshine / Corpses / Nah Nah / Can't See Me / My Star / Sally Cinnamon (Acoustic) - CD-R

29 March 1999 Monday - The Garden Hall, Yebisu, Tokyo, Japan * Doors Open: 18:00 * Price: * Support:
Notes: Rescheduled from December 1998, after Ian was imprisioned.
Bootleg: Jingle Jangle ("double CD - two shows from Japan 3/99, funky versions of "Free My Way" and including an acoustic "Sally Cinnamon"") (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £12) - CD-R

30 March 1999 Tuesday - Liquid Room, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan * Doors Open: 18:00 * Price: 5500yen * Support:
Notes: Additional Date. Advance Tickets went on sale 20 February 1999.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - CD-R

31 March 1999 - Aziz debut show - Berlin's, Manchester
My Star
Notes: Aziz Ibrahim debuts his new band 'Aziz'. Aziz Ibrahim was joined by ex-Smiths members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce. Charity Concert.
Fan (Peter) said: "Thought you might be interested in knowing that I actually went to the ''Aziz'' gig at Berlin's in Manchester. It was alright although I think most people there were expecting Ian Brown - those had been the rumours, which the organiser confirmed when I went to buy tickets on the day of the event - cheeky cunt. Speaking to one of the roadies afterwards Ian was simply meant to just turn up and not do anything, and just be a face at a charity do, but he didn't even manage that!! (I don't actually blame him as it was full of people all dressed smartly for a glitzy party, and as we know the Roses shyed away from that type of scene). Aziz teased the crowd by saying ''Could the real Ian Brown step forward'' before launching into My Star which actually sounded even better than on the album."

Eden Studios
Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
Notes: Thriller appeared on the Goldem Gaze single and a limited edition vinyl release 'Thriller/Billie Jean'

08 April 1999 - Breaking Into Heaven by Mick Middles is published.
Notes: Mick has also written biographies on The Smiths & Happy Mondays. The book cost £9.99. The book features information from former manager Howard Jones, Andy Couzens and Gareth Evans. The book seems heavily influenced by Gareth Evans input.
The book also revealed the location of Gareth Evans' house. On 08 September 1999 Gareth Evans' house was burgeled. Apparently the thieves stole lots of band related rarities. Evans offered a reward for information. It is unknown if the theieves were caught of if the 'missing' items were found.

10 April 1999 - Reni's 35th birthday

DJ Mani - 21 May 1999 - The Complete Stone Roses - Manchester * Support Act(s): DJ Mani
Notes: Mani was quoted "The only people he plays with are Brown, Squire and Wren". Mani also explained that Primal Scream were on the verge of splitting.
Apparently Reni was going to go to the show with Mani.

22 May 1999 - The Home Internationals, Royal International Pavillion, Llangollen, Wales * Supporting: Catatonia
Notes: Part of Catatonia's 'The Home Internationals' Series Of Homecoming Shows. Ian Brown features in the Catatonia - The Home Internationals tour programme.
23 May 1999 - The Home Internationals, Royal International Pavillion, Llangollen, Wales * Supporting: Catatonia
Notes: Part of Catatonia's 'The Home Internationals' Series Of Homecoming Shows. Ian Brown features in the Catatonia - The Home Internationals tour programme.

Ireland Tour
24 May 1999 Monday - Sir Henry's, Cork, Republic of Ireland

25 May 1999 Tuesday - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Bootleg: Thriller () Audience Recording
Bootleg: Audience Recording - FLAC (Johnky transfer)

26 May 1999 Wednesday - Limelight, Belfast, Ireland
27 May 1999 Thursday - Limelight, Belfast, Ireland
From 01 February 2009 Sunday - The Guardian, article by Luke Bainbridge: What is your favourite United memory? The Champions League final in 1999. I had a gig in Belfast that night, which is a big United city, obviously. We watched it before we went on stage and we thought it was all over. Then Teddy scored, one all, then Ole put that one in, that was it. All over. Best United game ever. Did you say anything when you went on stage? I think I sang, "Number one is Georgie Best, number two is Georgie Best, number three..." which I also did at the Manchester v Cancer show, the day of Georgie's funeral. I came on singing, "Number one is Georgie Best" and the crowd were going absolutely crazy, half of them booing because they were Blues. Gary Neville was there so I said, "Let's have a great big hand for Gary Neville" and half the crowd booed. I apologised last time I saw him and he said, "No mate, forget it. I'm well used to that by now."

29 May 1999 Saturday - The Home Internationals, Margam Park, Port Talbot, Wales * Supporting: Catatonia
Notes: Ian Brown features in the Catatonia - The Home Internationals tour programme. Last of Catatonia's 'The Home Internationals' Series Of Homecoming Shows.

June 1999 - Simon Moore leaves and is replaced with Simon Wolstencroft
Notes: Simon Wolstencroft was in The Stone Roses in 1983/1984 and played in the pre-Roses band The Patrol too.

RM - July 1999 - Robbie Maddix - Boardwalk, Manchester
Notes: Robbie goes solo, playing guitar and singing. He apparently played a show at The Boardwalk.

1999 – Ian Brown is nominated for Best British Solo Artist at the Brit Awards.
Notes: Ian would be nominated five times over the next ten years, sadly never wins the award.
It would be around ten years to this date that The Stone Roses answered this question from Cut Magazine (see July 1989): I asked them whether this was some sort of career, and whether they’d still be doing the Stone Roses in 10 years’ time?
“Sitting on a beach in Belize.” says lan. “With a big fat belly.” “Eighteen stone,” says Mannie. “Lying in a hammock drinking mango juice,” says John. ”Wanking”. “Total decadence,” they all agree, laughing.

04 August 1999 - Tim Burgess retaliated to Ian's comments
Notes: From NME Website: The Charlatans' Tim Burgess has re-ignited his feud with former Stone Rose Ian Brown by branding him "sad", "pathetic" and "bitter" with a parting shot of "get a life".
The row between the two began last year after Ian Brown, promoting his debut solo album 'Unfinished Monkey Business', accused Burgess of copying him. He added that his family laughed at Burgess when he appeared on television as it was so obvious that he was 'aping' his style.
Speaking exclusively to NME from The Charlatans' own studio in Cheshire where they have just finished their new album 'Us & Us Only', Burgess retaliated: "I did think it was a bit sad that he couldn't slag me off himself, he had to pretend it was his family. That's pretty pathetic. It was frustrating actually, because he said it when we didn't have a record coming out for a while, so we couldn't reply. I mean, as if every time I go onstage or make a record I'm thinking of old papa Brown - is that what he thinks? He's got a problem if he's getting paranoid about that sort of thing. "But I don't feel too bad about it 'cos it just makes him look bitter about our success. I know for a fact that he's desperate to get The Stone Roses back together, but Squire doesn't want anything to do with him. So I think he should get a life."

DJ Mani - 13 August 1999 Friday - The Complete Stone Roses - Phantom FM Session, Ireland * Show Time 18:00-20:00 * Support Act(s): DJ Mani
Notes: Webcast on www.phantomfm.com. Acoustic session with interview.
Broadcast: Phantom FM (www.phantomfm.com, Webcast in RealAudio, with 30 second picture updates)

Inder Goldfinger - Percussion
Simon Wolstencroft - Drums
Dave McCracken - Keyboards, Programming

21 August 1999 Saturday - V99, V Festival, JJB / Reebok Arena, Hylands Park, Chelmsford * Ticket Price: * Supporting: Orbital
Jingle Jangle (Free My Way) / Too Many Soliders / Gettin' High / My Star / Can't See Me
encore: Be There
Notes: Aziz, Simon Wolstencroft and Sylvan Richardson did not attend. Apparently Ian sang to backing tracks with Dave McCracken DJ/Keyboard player programming most of the tracks with Inder Goldfinger playing percussion.
Possibily the debut performance of Gettin' High.
Apparently Golden Gaze and Dolphins Were Monkeys were also played and braodcast alongside My Star, unconfirmed source.
Ian was advertisted as 'Very Special Guest' on the posters. Also playing on the line up included Luke Slater, Richie Hawtin, Freestylers, Groove Armada, Regular Fries & The Egg. Happy Mondays where third on the bill on the V Stage. Suede headlined preceeded by Stereophonics, Cast, The Cardigans, Lynden David Hall, The Saw Doctors and Gomez. Virgin Radio recorded the set but unconfirmed if they broadcast the set. There was an offer on at the time where ticket holders would travel to Weston Park for free with Virgin Trains for the show.
March 2000 - Jockey Slut Magazine includes a Ian Brown Q&A Session: Why did you slag off Tim Burgess last year? The Charlatans nicked your audience at V99 so he must me doing something right! Martin Dobson, London. "(Laughs) Er, I don't know that I did. I just said that when I came out in '89 he had a quiff and two weeks after seeing me he had flares, a bowl haircut and he was shaking his microphone like a maraca. So I was saying he was a little suspect back in the day."
Bootleg: Chelmsford V99 Hylands Park 21/8/99 (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Originally Priced: £7) Cassette

22 August 1999 Sunday - V99, V Festival, Weston Park, Staffordshire * Ticket Price: * Supporting: Orbital
Notes: This was the first year V was hosted in Staffordshire. They moved to a more central location (near the midlands) as the park in Leeds already hosted the Leeds Festival (at the time part of the Carling Weekend). Staffordshire would host V Festival for the forseeable future. Ian was advertisted as 'Very Special Guest' on the posters. Also playing on the line up included Luke Slater, Richie Hawtin, Freestylers, Groove Armada, Regular Fries & The Egg.

1999 - Julian Broad Photo Shoot, Mexico City
Notes: Ian is photographed outside the Constituyentes, Mexico City and it features, alongside another Mexican photo, in 2005 The Greatest hardback book style edition.
From 02 February 2000 - Adam Walton Interview for Adam Walton Show, BBC Wales Music, Wise Buddha, London: AW: Is that why the album sounds so worldly?
IB: I was deliberately brief with my lyrics on the album, there's certain phrases that get repeated and I deliberately did that for the people who buy my records that don't speak English. I get a lot of letters from people who say they've learnt English from a Stone Roses LP, or they've tried to! My girl's Mexican and I've been to Mexico about 10 times with people who don't speak English, or only speak a little English, so I've consciously tried to make my lyrics brief so that non-English speaking people can understand.

September 1999 - I Am Without Shoes Fan Website Mani Interview
Notes: Will Odell published the interview on his fansite thestoneroses.net. See Ian Brown 1999 Media for the full interview.

September - October 1999 - On Target Magazine includes Mani Interview
Notes: Mani talks about scootering, the early days of the Roses and how he currently gets on with the other ex-Roses. Interview conducted 1999 - The Dry Bar Manchester. See Primal Scream Media for the complete article.

01 October 1999 Friday - Q.U.B.S.U.N. (Queen's University Belfast Students Union), Mandela Hall, Belfast
Soundcheck (Dave McCracken & Inder Goldfinger) Getting High / So Many Soldiers
Setlist: My Star / Can't See Me / Be There
Notes: Unconfirmed but this could be the debut performance for So Many Soliders.
Fan, Graham Laffin, said: Ian Brown returned to Belfast only 4 1/2 months after his last gig in the city. Relatively low key advertising had been done and a new venue was being tried out : the Mandela Hall in Queen's University Students Union. The hall is bigger than the previous gig in "The Limelight" and there was a better sound set-up (perhaps a little over bassed). The hall was full up for the concert and the crowd were very receptive and enthusiastic. Ian was typically himself, and his hair is as long now as I've ever seen it before. Being lucky I was allowed to sit in on the soundcheck where Ian was trying out a lot of new material. The band where absent from the gig except for the percussionist and a keyboardist, so Ian sang to recorded loops of the songs. All of the new material was rehearsed during the lengthy soundcheck. I have to say that it is his best stuff yet and seems to be less guitar dependant. Strong tuneful baselines seem to dominate the songs. I met Ian briefly, but he was late and busy so I didn't get a chance to talk with him about the new songs. Anyway, despite there being several members of the band missing, the concert was a huge success, and Ian was in very fine form. The vocals were clear and strong throughout, and the percussion was breathtaking. Ian during mid song kept walking to the front of the stage, shaking fans hands and talking to them also. He even posed cheekily for the cameras. The set list was all new basically except for My Star, Can't See Me (Invisible Mix), and Be There (Single Mix). I thought it was a pretty brave thing to do, playing all new songs with the exception of only 3 old ones, but to be honest the new material is so good that it came far from being a disappointment. So a low key gig, with capacity crowd in a pretty big hall, with the band being absent, and mostly all new material still resulted in a superb concert and enjoyable night out. If this concert is anything to go by, the new album will be very good. I for one can't wait until it is released.

02 October 1999 Saturday - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Republic
of Ireland
Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover) / Ice Cold Cube / What Happened To Ya - Thriller (Michael Jackson cover) / Corpses / Nah Nah / So Many Soliders (Soldiers (Dub)) / Sunshine / Getting High / My Star - Dear Prudence / Can't See Me / What Happened To Ya / Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
Notes: Ian performs an early version of So Many Soldiers, a reggae dub version which is different to the studio version on the Golden Greats LP.
Bootleg: Dublin 99 ("Ian show from Dublin 10/99 with a few tracks from his new album including reggae/ska version of "So Many Soliders"") (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £12) - CD-R
Bootleg: I’ll Be There Again () Audience Recording
Bootleg: Olympia () Audience Recording

The Stone Roses - 04 October 1999 - The Stone Roses 10th Anniversary Edition U.K. Release Date
CD
I Wanna Be Adored 4:52
She Bangs The Drums (10th Anniversary Mix) 3:42
Waterfall 4:37
Don’t Stop 5:17
Bye Bye Badman 4:01
Elizabeth My Dear 0:59
(Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister 3:26
Made Of Stone 4:09
Shoot You Down 4:10
This Is The One 4:59
I Am The Resurrection 8:13
Bonus Disc
Fools Gold 9:53
What the World is Waiting For
Elephant Stone (12inch Version)
Where Angels Play
'Home Footage' 5:10
Notes: 10th Anniversary Edition includes the debut album remastered with new sleeve artwork by John Squire. The set also includes a biography (by Mick Middles), Quotes from Tony H. Wilson, Mark E Smith, Clint Boon with photos (taken 1989 - Paris) and a bonus disc of B-Sides and Non-LP tracks.
The bonus disc also has an ECD section which features extended 'Home Footage' in the studio videos of the band, which appeared in edited form on The Complete Stone Roses VHS release back in 1995. These can be seen in better quality on The Stone Roses 2004 Double DVD release.
The mix of She Bangs The Drums is slightly different to the original version. It is unconfirmed which version was used for this release.
Woolworths store charged 'Anniversary Edition (including enhanced CD) £14.99'.
16 December 1999 - The Stone Roses Anniversary Edition Japan / China Release Date
China
CTCZ-80021~2 2 CD Made In Japan.
(Tall Paul Remix) *Remix by Tall Paul, Additional production by Tall Paul and Larry Lush. Engineered by Larry Lush.
(Cricklewood Ballroom Mix) *Remix and additional production by Ollie Dagois for Sam Productions.
Notes: Includes extra photo booklet, two bonus rexmies, an ECD section featuring an LP edit of I Wanna Be Adored in a WAV File.
From November 2001 - I Am Without Shoes (thestoneroses.net) John Leckie Interview: IAWS: In recent years, members of the Stone Roses have criticised the production of 'The Stone Roses', saying they were after a rawer, more rocky sound (I've yet to meet a fan who agrees!). At the time of recording/mixing were the band happy with the sound? JL: Yes... They loved it on final playback before it went to factory. It was mastered for vinyl (compressed and bass cut...less top on the last tracks of each side). It was never "re-mastered" for CD, so all later releases sound crap.

06 October 1999 Wednesday - Golden Greats Album Launch, Ruddles Music Bar, 117-199 Church Street, Stoke, Staffordshire, ST4 1DB * Doors Open: 21:15, Ian on stage 22:15
Notes: "Ian on stage for 2 songs from 10.15pm. In support of youth clubs..." Tickets were free for this event. Advance Promo Golden Greats was floating around at this time, a second promo Golden Greats - Revised soon followed.

10 October 1999 Sunday - Five Gigs In One Day, Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland * Doors Open: 12:00, On Stage: 14:00
Getting High / Love Like A Fountain
Notes: The proceeds for these free shows went to The Youth Club association. Over 300 people attended the show, Ian played two songs. Ian flew in at a private airfield near Edinburgh on an eight-seater. Ian's manager, percussionist Inder Matharu and bodyguard Martell are part of the enterouage. From October 1999 - NME Magazine: It's only a two-song set from Brown, just him DAT and drummer, but the fans are rabid for it...Onstage, singing bang on note, he confronts his supporters head held high for two swift doses of the rocker 'Getting High' and the acid baggy lurcher 'Love Like A Fountain'. As he skips from the venue into a waiting car, hysteria erupts around him, kids who were ten years old when the Roses emerged, shoving pens in his hand, screaming they love him, hammering on the windows and giving him the Edinburgh salute....

10 October 1999 Sunday - Five Gigs In One Day, TJ's, Newport, Wales
Notes: Ian flies to Bristol airport for this show. Ian drives to the next locations.
10 October 1999 Sunday - Five Gigs In One Day, The Attic, Cheltenham
10 October 1999 Sunday - Five Gigs In One Day, Riddles Bar, Stoke
10 October 1999 Sunday - Five Gigs In One Day, Road House, Manchester * Doors Open: 23:00, On-Stage: 02:00am
So Many Soldiers
Notes: Bootleg notes the date as 06 October 1999.
See Media for the October 1999 - NME Magazine article/review of the Five Gigs In One Day event.
2000 - Manchester Uni Paper, Ian Brown Interview: Soon after his release from prison, Brown went on a five-stop tour of the country, to promote the 'Golden Greats' album. Thing was, he played all five cities in a day.
"I wanted to raise money for youth clubs, so I was going to do a youth club tour. All the money I collected on that day was donated. It only takes =£36000 a year to keep a youth club open, but there isn't enough youth clubs in the country so I wanted to use my position to try and help do that."
It's an unusual way of fundraising. "I said to my agent I wanted to play in youth clubs, but it didn't become feasible, so they said we'll get you where we can, and the money that's raised will go towards youth clubs. They raised £316000. That's three youth clubs for a year."
Bootleg: (CD-R) Complete Audience Recording

Aziz - October 1999 - Middle Road Rehearsals
Notes: Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce join Aziz for a jam.

Aziz - October 1999 - Middle Road Rehearsals
Notes: Andy Rourke and Steve White join Aziz for a jam.

Aziz - October 1999 - Middle Road Rehearsals
Notes: Paul Weller, Mani and Steve White join Aziz for a jam.
From September - October 1999 - On Target Magazine, Mani Interview: Aziz (Ibrahim) who plays guitar in Ian Brown's band he's doing a solo thing and Weller's been working with him. They got me down the other week and Steve White on the drums and we bashed a couple out and we've got a couple more to do. That'll be interesting. I wouldn't mind working with Weller himself on some of his gear. I think he's got a couple lined up for me as well, we live in hope. That'll be an achievement for me - I've always wanted to work with him."

TV - 22 October 1999 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Love Like A Fountain
Notes: T.F.I. Friday, Series 5, Channel 4 TV Programme. Kylie Minogue, Geri Halliwell, Tina Turner, Dixie Chicks also appeared on the show.
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos VHS (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00)

Ian Brown - 25 October 1999 - Love Is Like A Fountain U.K. Release Date
Love Like A Fountain - Portrait & Illustration by Ian Wright. Design and art direction by Stephen Kennedy. Photography by Fabiola Quiroz.
Love Like A Fountain - Written by Ian Brown. Published by Sony Music Publishing Ltd.
Recorded and Mixed at Sarm West/Sarm East / Metropolis Studios, London. Produced & Arranged by Ian Brown. Engineered by Tim Wills. Programmed by Dave McCracken. Assistant Recording Engineer: Dan Bierton. Mixed by Stephen 'The Pop' Fitzmaurice. Assistant Mix Engineer: Neil Tucker / Adrian Hall.
Drums: Simon Wolstencroft / Ian Brown. Bass Guitar: Sylvan Richardson Jr. Keyboards & Programming: Dave McCracken. Additional Keyboards: Ian Brown. Electric Guitar: Tim Wills.
Love Like A Fountain (Radio Version) - Engineered by Tim Wills. Assistant Recording Engineer: Dan Bierton & Adrian Hall. Mixed by Steve Fitzmaurice. Mastered by Tony Cousins.
The Fisherman - Written by Ian Brown & Inder Mathuru.
Recorded by Tim Wills, assisted by Dan Bierton. Mixed by Tim Wills & Ian Brown. Mastered by Aaron Chakraverty at 777 Productions
Drums: Simon Wolstencroft. Percussion: Dave McCracken. Bass Guitar: Sylvan Richardson Jr. Keyboards: Inder Mathuru. Guitar - Aziz
Love Like A Fountain (Stereo Mc's Mix) - Mastered by Aaron Chakraverty at 777 Productions. Remix & additional production by Stereo Mc's.
Love Like A Fountain (Aim Mix) - Mastered by Aaron Chakraverty at 777 Productions. Remix & additional production by Aim for Whole Car Productions. Mixed and engineered by Andy Turner. Additionals recorded at Speed Limit Studios.
Promo Video directed by Mexican director Juan Carlos Martin.
12inch Vinyl Promo - Polydor Fountain-2 (Embossed black sleeve)
Love Like A Fountain (Aim Mix)
Love Like A Fountain (Stereo MC's Mix)
Love Like A Fountain (Infected By Scourge Of The Earth)
Love Like A Fountain (Original)
U.S.A Promo
Love Like A Fountain (U.S Version) aka U.S.A Edit
Love Like A Fountain (Andy Votel's Bespoke-Opus Mix)
Love Like A Fountain (Infected By Scourge Of The Earth Mix)
Love Like A Fountain (Stereo MC's Mix)
Love Like A Fountain (Aim Mix)
CD1
Love Like A Fountain (Radio Version) 3:31
The Fisherman
Love Like A Fountain (CD-Rom Video)
CD2
Love Like A Fountain (Radio Version)
Love Like A Fountain (Stereo MC's Mix)
Love Like A Fountain (Aim Mix)
7inch Vinyl
Notes: The single got to number 23 in the U.K. charts. Juan also directed the Dolphins Were Monkeys promo videos.
At the time the U.S. Promo included some unique remixes but over time the tracks would be released on subsequent releases.
Love Like A Fountain (Andy Votel's Bespoke-Opus Mix) would feature on Dolphins Were Monkeys CD2 (see 07 February 2000)
Love Like A Fountain (Infected By Scourge Of The Earth Mix) would feature on the various artists charity compialtion 'Cohesion' (see 2001 - Cohesion)

1999 - Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, London
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) / So Many Soldiers / Love Like A Fountain / Sunshine
Notes: Sunshine would later be released on the 7inch format of the Golden Gaze single.
Official: Golden Gaze - 7inch - Sunshine (Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, London)
Bootleg: FM -
Bootleg: Gettin' Higher (Gettin Higher (10 November 1999 Wednesday - Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London + 08 August 1998 - Fuji Festival, Tokyo Bay, Japan + 1999 - Evening Sessions) (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £12) - CD-R

TV - 1999 Later With Jools Holland TV Show, BBC Studios, London
Love Like A Fountain / Golden Gaze
Official: Jools Holland DVD
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances (90 mins) + Seahorses TV Appearances (60 mins) () (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £17) - VHS Video
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

TV - 05 November 1999 - Top Of The Pops, BBC TV Studios, London. Broadcast: 05 November 1999
Love Like A Fountain
Notes: Footage features on Greatest Promos DVD.
Official: 2005 - Greatest Promos DVD
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances (90 mins) + Seahorses TV Appearances (60 mins) () (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £17) - VHS Video
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

06 November 1999 - Ian Brown shares the front cover of NME Magazine
Notes: Front page ''Innit For The Monkey, Ian Brown Flies Again''. NME priced at £1.15.

November 1999 - Golden Greats Japanese Release Date
CD POCP-7434 99/11/1. 01/10/31. Made In Japan.
Notes: This release includes an unique mix of Fisherman. The album also includes an alternate sleeve with a free sticker, of the sleeve painting, inside too.

Ian Brown - 08 November 1999 - Golden Greats U.K. Release Date
Golden Greats - Portrait & Illustration by Ian Wright, 1999.
Gettin' High (Ian Brown, Aziz Ibrahim)
Love Like A Fountain - Written by Ian Brown. Published by Sony Music Publishing Ltd.
Free My Way (Brown)
Set My Baby Free (Brown, Aniff Akinola)
So Many Soldiers (Brown, Dave McCracken, Tim Wills)
Golden Gaze - Written by Ian Brown/Tim Wills/Dave McCracken/Mike Bennett & Simon Wolstencroft. Published by Sony Music Publishing Ltd/Minder Music Ltd. Produced and Arranged by Ian Brown. Engineered by Tim Wills. Programmed by Dave McCracken. Assistant Recording Engineer: Dan Bierton. Mixed by Stephen Fitzmaurice. Assistant Mix Engineer: Neil Tucker and Adrian Hall. Recorded and Mixed at Sarm West/Sarm East/ Metropolis Studios, London. Vocals: Ian Brown. Guitar: Tim Wills. Drums: Ian Brown / Simon Wolstencroft. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger. Keyboards: Dave McCracken.
Dolphins Were Monkeys - Written by Ian Brown/Tim Wills/Dave McCracken. Published by Sony Music Publishing Ltd. 1999 Polydor Ltd. (UK) Vocals: Ian Brown. Drums: Ian Brown / Dave McCracken. Percussion: Inder GoIdfinger. Keyboards: Tim Wills / Dave McCracken. Produced by Dave McCracken. Mixed by Steve Fitzmaurice. Recorded by Tim Wills. Programming by Dave McCracken. Assistant Recording and Mixing Engineer: Dan Bienon. Recorded and Mixed at Sarm west/Sarm East and Metropolis Studios, London.
Neptune (Brown, Sylvan Richardson)
First World (Brown, Ibrahim)
Babasónicos (Brown, Diego Tuñon, Walter Kebleris)
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Ian Brown - vocals, keyboards, drums, arrangements
Aziz Ibrahim - guitar
Tim Wills - electric guitar, piano
Sylvan Richardson - electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, cello
Carlos Hernán "Carca" Carcacha - guitar
Dave McCracken - keyboards, programming
Aniff Akinola - keyboards on Set My Baby Free, drums
Simon Wolstencroft - drums
Dan Bierton - drums
Diego Castellano - drums
Inder "Goldfinger" Matharu - percussion
Audrey Riley - cello
Uma-T - harmonica
DJ Peggyn - sound Fx
CD (Polydor, 543 141-2, CD) / Cassette (Polydor, 539 141-4, cassette) / Limited Edition Gold Vinyl (Polydor, 543 141-1, LP)
Gettin' High / Love Like A Fountain / Unknown / Free My Way / Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Golden Gaze / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Neptune / First World / Babasonicos
Promo
Gettin' High / Love Like A Fountain / Free My Way / Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Golden Gaze / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Neptune / First World / Babasonicos
Revised Promo
4 Track U.K. Promo CD
Love Like A Fountain (Album Version, fade out) 4:33
Set My Baby Free (Album Version, fade out) 4:12
Dolphins Were Monkeys (Album Version) 4:59
Babasonicos (Album Version) 4:04
Golden Greats Sampler Tape Interscope Records INTR-10068-4
Love Like A Fountain (U.S. Version)
Love Like A Fountain (Stereo MC's Remix)
Set My Baby Free
Love Like A Fountain
26 July 2005 - Golden Greats (Koch, KOC-CD-9912, US CD)
Notes: The album charted at number fourteen in the U.K. Charts. Ian Wright produced the sleeve art. There was several features on TV which included Wright discussing the artwork. Limited Edition, to 700, prints were signed and numbered by Ian Wright, a limited number were also signed by Ian Brown. Prints measured 42x59.5cm.
The album had the working title of 'From The Inside', relating to Ian's time in Jail.
Steve Fitzmaurice had worked with Seal and attracted Ian's attention.
Aniff Akinola did the original chant on A Guy Called Gerald's Voodoo Ray.
Free My Way was sometimes noted as 'Jingle Jangle'. Ian would later collaborate with UNKLE, again, for the track REIGN, listen to Free My Way and see the comparisons in melody.
Gettin' High includes an excerpt of "Morrassi" performed by Aziz Ibrahim. Love Like A Fountain features an uncredited excerpt after the song.
Neptune includes cymbals recorded in water.
Babasonicos were an Argentinian band who were big in South America but based in New York. Ian met them through his girlfriend Fabiola Quiroz. They sent Ian some tracks over and he mixed them up with the band to produce the LP finale 'Babasonicos'.
The 4 Track U.K. Promo features the tracks with fades outs. The LP blends together like a long mix but the promo versions do not. Free My Way (with a fade out) appeared on the NME magazine various artists giveaway CD 'The Band Who' February 2000.
As a promotion for the album release in London. The first 300 people to purchase the album at one of the six central London loactions received a free ticket to the 10 November private show.
Futhur promotion included a Virgin Megastores Golden Greats scratchcard. Scratch a matching 3 symbols out of 5 to win. Prizes included £1000 worth of CD albums of your choice & gift vouchers from Virgin Megastores, Ian Brown Gold Discs, signed CDs and more.
The album was re-released in 2005 with bonus remixes to co-incide with The Greatest compilation.
From 02 February 2000 - Adam Walton Interview for Adam Walton Show, BBC Wales Music, Wise Buddha, London: AW: The lead track on the album, Gettin' High, starts off with a guitar riff. It's about the only time it sounds like a rock album. Was that you playing with people's expectations?
IB: I did want to make kind of a standard American, FM rock tune, but I wanted it to sound modern so I didn't use a bass guitar in it. I wanted this album to sound more like an acid house thing where the guitar is dropped, it's not the main instrument. Then I wanted to turn it round and go into Love Like A Fountain and take people on a whole different trip....
AW: It seems to me that you make records that celebrate that sense of community, and yet your contemporaries seem to try and set themselves apart from that.
IB: Where I come from we do celebrate our community. In Manchester we come from all different types of backgrounds, some come from India, some from Jamaica, some from Pakistan and Ireland. But we're all Mancunians together and I'm proud to come from somewhere that celebrates the fact that we're all the same but we have our differences.
AW: Is that why the album sounds so worldly?
IB: I was deliberately brief with my lyrics on the album, there's certain phrases that get repeated and I deliberately did that for the people who buy my records that don't speak English. I get a lot of letters from people who say they've learnt English from a Stone Roses LP, or they've tried to! My girl's Mexican and I've been to Mexico about 10 times with people who don't speak English, or only speak a little English, so I've consciously tried to make my lyrics brief so that non-English speaking people can understand.
When you've got those influences in the pot and you're producing it yourself, how do you filter out all the extraneous stuff?
IB: I got to a certain point where I believed that 90% of the cake is the preparation so I did all of that beforehand. Then I decided half way through recording that it would be nice to get an extra pair of fresh ears in so I bought in a kid called Steve Fitzmorriss who mixed Seal. Now, Seal uses about 70 vocal tracks, 150 snare tracks, so I knew I had a guy who could help me and basically my brief was just to get the bicycle pump on it! So the recordings I had he just pumped them up.
AW: There's a lot of different feelings on this record. The middle three songs are the ones you wrote in prison. Why did you put them all together on the record?
IB: I did mess about with the running order of the record so that it would all run together over 45 minutes, so that it made sense and was cohesive; not necessarily lyrically, more as a mood thing so that you would be uplifted, suspended, whatever.
AW: What was your mindset when you wrote those songs?
IB: I wrote a lot of lyrics in prison, but they'd all be like "crawls upon the shoulders, hatred in the eyes". I wrote about 50 songs in there that were all about jail. I've come out and thought I've only served eight weeks, I can't really write a concept album about jail. I did, though, want to include a jail tune on the album.
AW: Tell me about some of the collaborators on the record. They're not household names and more power to the record for introducing us to new people.
IB: I'm into the idea of trying to bring kids up with me, help put people on the map.
AW: Where did these people come from?
IB: Luckily the engineer in my studio turned out to be a guitarist, so he's played with me. My programmer is super musical, he's not just a computer programmer, so we've written a few songs together. I'm working closely with Dave McCracken on my next LP which we've started now.
Babasonicos were friends from New York, an Argentinian band who are big in South America. We'd had loads of chats about doing something, they sent some tracks over and told me I could chop them up and do what I want, so I did! And I worked with Anif who did the original chant on Voodoo Ray, which was great for me because my brief was to do the acid house thing, and here's a kid that's done the ultimate acid house record.
AW: Tell me about the percussion player.
IB: Inder Mathura. He's greatest percussionist in the world. I think that his percussion takes the acid house influences to a whole different world, like on Neptune. He takes it to a whole new level. You see, he was never involved in those things, he's never taken ecstasy, he doesn't take drugs, he's come to it with a certain purity.
AW: On Neptune you've got this trancey feel to the track and all these delicate fills of percussion that take it to a different place entirely.
IB: On that we put cymbals in a bucket of water... well, recorded them being hit and then being put in a bucket of water, that's how we got that 'w-w-w-w' sound.
AW: Tell us a bit more about Babasonicos and their contribution to the last track on the album.
IB: They're friends from Argentina that I met through my girlfriend. They well known in Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia. You know, as we'd go to France, Holland or Germany, they go to Bolivia or Columbia. They've been Roses fans and they know my Monkey Business, and they asked if I would like to do a record with them, and I'd heard some of their old music so I said 'Yeah, send me some tracks over'. So they sent me three four or tracks and told me to do whatever I wanted to do to them, chop them up, cut them up, whatever. I compressed them, as much compression as I could get, and floated over the top and I'm made up with it...
From October 1999 - NME Magazine: Is that song on the album 'So Many Soldiers' about Manchester?
"Yeah, it's about how people shouldn't be so quick to judge young gangsters. Maybe you're not born with a criminal mind, society gives you that criminal mind. There's nothing with more faith than a bad boy that's turned good. Jails are full of poor people basically, that's a deliberate policy and it's never changed for hundreds of years. So, yeah, it is. I used to drive around Manchester in 1990, and I'd have young kids in Volkswagen Golfs aged 16, 17, they'd put a piece in the back window, pointing at me. But I won't be so fast to condemn them."...Four of the songs on 'Golden Greats' come directly out of his prison experience - 'Free My Way' and 'So Many Soldiers' were written in Strangeways, 'Set My Baby Free' draws on a letter his girlfriend sent to him inside, and 'Babasonicos' directly addresses the magistrate who jailed him. Brown's sense of humour has not been dulled...
From 2000 - CNN: "So I came out of prison in the morning and went straight into the studio. I finished the album in 40 days. It was a lot faster when you didn't have to wait for nobody else."
16 February 2000 Wednesday - music365.com Ian Brown Q & A Session: Stoned: What is your favorite song from the ‘Golden Greats’ album? Ian: ‘Set My Baby Free’, because of the keyboard riff - composed by Anif Akinola, who did the original ‘Voodoo Ray’ with A Guy Called Gerald.

10 November 1999 Wednesday - Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London, WC1 * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: By Invite Only.
''Rap'' / Love Like A Fountain / Gettin' High / Set My Baby Free / First World / Corpses / My Star / So Many Soldiers / Golden Gaze
encore: Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)
Notes: Aziz did not appear at the show. The original Golden Greats promo poster denoted the date as 'November 10th'. As a promotion for the album release in London, the first 300 persons to purchase the album, at one of the six central London loactions, received a free ticket to the show.
See Media for 15 November 1999 Monday 00:00 - The Guardian Newspaper article, by Caroline Sullivan.
From September - October 1999 - On Target Magazine, Mani Interview: With Aziz going solo do you think he'll still work on Ian's stuff? "Yeah he is. Aziz has always had his own solo deal apart from Ian's stuff. Yeah pretty strange gear - loads of Indian-ish sitary tabla based stuff. He's got me and Andy Rourke involved. I'm just trying to do as much as I can now 'cause I need the fuckin' cash."
Bootleg: TV or FM Recording
Bootleg: Gettin Higher (10 November 1999 Wednesday - Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London + 08 August 1998 - Fuji Festival, Tokyo Bay, Japan + 1999 - Evening Sessions) (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £12) - CD-R

11 November 1999 Thursday - Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London
Notes: Unconfirmed date? Could be confused with the above.

16 November 1999 - Mani's 37th birthday

17 November 1999 - Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, BBC Studios, London - First Transmitted: 17 November 1999
Sunshine
Notes: Taken from Golden Gaze 7inch Single "Produced (BBC) by James Birtwistle. Engineered by Jerry Smith. Ian Brown. Drums: Simon Wolstencroft. Keyboards: Dave McCracken. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger."
Official: 05 June 2000 - Golden Gaze 7inch Vinyl Single - Sunshine (Evening Session)

The Golden Greats Tour
23 November 1999 Tuesday - Universitry Of Northumbria Students Union, Newcastle * Doors Open: 19:30 * Price: £12.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour

24 November 1999 - John Squire's 37th birthday

25 November 1999 Thursday- Octagon, Sheffield * Doors Open: 19:30 * Price: £12.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour

26 November 1999 Friday - Royal Court, Roe St., L11HL, Liverpool * Doors Open: 19:30 * Price: £12.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour
Bootleg: Audience Recording - CD-R

27 November 1999 Saturday - University, Leeds * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £12.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Notes: Sold Out Show. The Golden Greats Tour

29 November 1999 Monday - Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland * Doors Open: 19:30 * Price: £12.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) / My Star / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Can’t See Me / Set My Baby Free / First World / Corpses / Free My Way / So Many Soldiers / Love Like A Fountain / Golden Gaze / Getting High / Sunshine /
encore: Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) /
encore 2: Dolphins Were Monkeys
Notes: Additional tour date. The Golden Greats Tour.
An Autumn Stone Productions bootleg cd was prodcued and went on sale in 2000 at record fairs and Barrowlands, Glasgow market too.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - The Golden Greats Tour aka Getting High in Glasgow (2000 Autumn Stone Productions) CD
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Monkey Mania (*Appears to be the same as the above source, possibily a straight copy) (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £12) - CD-R
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Tape (Same source as above) (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £7) - Glasgow Barrowland 29/11/99

30 November 1999 Tuesday - Glasgow Barrowlands, Scotland * Doors Open: 19:30 * Price: £12.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour

02 December 1999 Thursday - Wolves Civic Hall, Wolverhampton * Doors Open: 19:30 * Price: £12.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour

03 December 1999 - Ian Brown appears in Manchester Evening News
Notes: Article By Neil Davenport, see Media for the complete article.

03 December 1999 Friday - UEA LCR, Norwich * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £12.50
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour
Bootleg: Audience Recording - CD-R

05 December 1999 Sunday - Manchester Apollo, Manchester * Doors Open: 19:30 * Price: £13.50 * Support: Regular Fires
(Unconfirmed Set) Can't See Me / Golden Gaze / So Many Soldiers / Set My Baby Free / Corpses / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) /
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour. Ian told he audience he had "a touch of flu".
06 December 1999 - Manchester Evening News Review by Neil Davenport: Brown's back - in the pink. Ian Brown - Apollo. Fervent expectation surrounded Ian Brown's first hometown gig since The Stone Roses four years ago.
Hardly surprising, but given how fellow North West heroes such as Oasis and The Verve have faded from the ecstatic memory bank, it is a salutary reminder of his enduring iconic status. Lean, rugged and dressed largely in black, Brown jigs and shadow boxes. An ebullient Can't See Me begins and fears that his voice is below par are seen to be groundless. With syncopated percussion, sparse keyboards and engulfing density, the likes of Golden Gaze and So Many Soldiers move closer to the challenging arenas normally occupied by Massive Attack and Tricky. The taut and clipped Set My Baby Free shows Brown's genuine ability but the normally stellar Corpses is hampered by the absense of Aziz Abraham's deft guitar. Despite a dour cover of Michael Jackson's peerless Billie Jean and in Ian Brown's words, "a touch of flu" there wasn't much to fault a self-assured return. Neil Davenport.
From City Life Magazine 2000 article: ...I’d seen his recent gig at the Apollo and it was surprisingly short of nostalgia. Down the front, especially, the fans were clearly a younger generation; “It’s amazing. It’s like all the Roses fans little brothers and sisters are getting into it.”

Bootleg: Audience Recording (Incorrectly tagged as 'Ian Brown Manchester Apollo 05/12/98') CD-R

06 December 1999 Monday- Rock City, Nottingham * Doors Open: 19:30 * Price: £12.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour

07 December 1999 Tuesday - Brixton Academy, Brixton, London * Doors Open: 19:00 * Price: £13.50 * Support: Regular Fires
Can’t See Me / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Set My Baby Free / The Fisherman / Corpses / So Many Soldiers - Free My Way / My Star / Love Like A Fountain / Golden Gaze / Getting High / Sunshine / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) / Be There / Dolphins Were Monkeys
Notes: The Golden Greats Tour. Sold Out Show.
From 1998 - Top Of The Pops Q&A: Jacqueline asks: "What has been the greatest venue you've played at?" Ian Brown: "Brixton Academy, because of the designs on the ceiling."
16 February 2000 Wednesday - music365.com Ian Brown Q & A Session: From Daniel Mushing: What is your favourite gig you have ever played? Ian: Glasgow Green, 1990, or Budokan, Japan, 1995, or Brixton Academy, 1999.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - CD-R

December 1999 - Ian goes teetotal and marries Fabiola Quiroz in Mexico
Notes: Fabiola, from Mexico, worked as a model. She was responsible for the photography on Ian's first solo album and is fully credited. Fabiola Quiroz Brown is thanked in The Greatest 2005 sleeve notes too. She teaches Ian Spanish, see her influence on 2001's Music Of The Sphere's track 'El Mundo Pequeno'.
From 2002 Lindsay Baker Interview with Ian: He's not sure if he'll keep at the music forever - he might pack it in and move to Mexico one day. He and his wife visit often: he feels at home there, sees himself as an "honorary Mexican". "The reason I was in a group was to get out of Manchester, because it rains every day, it's industrial, there's nothing to do. So when I'm on a beach in Mexico, I feel I've done something with my life." He loves the food, the music, the sunshine and the marijuana. And he's besotted with his wife. "She's given me a lot of happiness and brought me a lot of luck, being able to make music, and that's a freedom few people have. Women calm down men, don't they ? Men are 90% babies; a man left to his own devices becomes wild. And I just love having someone to look after."
From 04 February 2000 Friday - Dave Simpson Interview with Ian Brown in private bar room in Kensington, London for The Guardian: In December Brown married his Mexican girlfriend Fabiola in her country - just the pair of them and one witness. A baby is due in March.

31 December 1999 Friday - Castlefield Bowl Arena, Outside Arena, Manchester * Ticket Price: Free Entry * Support Act(s): Tom Hingley, DJ Twisted Nerve, DJ Grand Central, DJ Fat City, DJ Molotov Pop.
Notes: Sold Out Show. Manchester New Years Eve Party, event went on into the early hours of January the 1st 2000. 30,000 capacity venue and tickets were available free through Manchester City Council. The show was announced on the 15 December 1999.
23 May 2006 09:41 - The Daily Mail article by Piers Hernu: In a bizarre dénouement to his prison experience, exactly one year after his incarceration and on the eve of the new millennium, Brown took the stage in front of a crowd of 20,000 ecstatic fans at an open-air gig on the outskirts of Manchester - and relished the view. "I could see the Strangeways tower from the stage and it was the most amazing and satisfying feeling I've ever had. Sometimes the best revenge you can have is success."
From City Life Magazine 2000 article: In December he married his Mexican girlfriend (next month they’re expecting a child – Ian’s third). For New Year’s Eve he was in Manchester of course, for his appearance in Castlefield; “It was fantastic. I felt honoured man.” Live, Brown and his group do a version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Billy Jean’ but no old Stone Roses songs; “It wouldn’t be fair on Reni and John and Mani to do that. I did an acoustic ‘Sally Cinnamon’ in Japan when I got carried away but I wouldn’t do that again. It’s about staying fresh; life itself, let alone music.”
March 2000 - Ian Brown appears in Front Magazine: “There were about 20,000 people there. It was a great thing for me to be in Manchester in 99. I could see the Strangeways tower from the stage – a year later, in the pissing rain. It felt great.”
Bootleg: Audience Recording - CD-R
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown: The Gigs DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) (31 December 1999 Friday - Castlefield Bowl Arena) - Ian live in Castlefield, New Years' Eve 1998 (*professionally shot, never broadcast - exclusive to IAWS*) / (19 May 2002 Sunday - Rock AM Ring Festival) Ian live at Rock-Am-Ring (professionally shot, from German TV) / Ian live in London (amateur-shot) DVD

2000
M - 2000 - City Life Magazine, 2000 includes 1999 Ian Brown Interview.
Notes: Ian was interviewed in London, Kensington High Street. Ian was also interviewed by Dave Simpson for The Guardian in Kensington too. See Media for the article.

January 2000 - Ian Brown moves to Lymm, Cheshire
Notes: Ian's son Frankie would follow in his fathers footsteps by attending Altrincham Grammar School. Casey is approx 4 years old & Frankie is 7, they would come and visit Ian on weekends. Ian and Fabiola moved in after their honeymoon.
From 04 February 2000 Friday - Dave Simpson Interview with Ian Brown in private bar room in Kensington, London for The Guardian: Two years ago he was living in a council house but recently splashed out on a £250,000 Cheshire des res. This seems remarkably un-Brownlike, but he points out that after years of being called a "legend", he desired a "pop star's pad". He still owes the money on the house and if he gets kicked out after a year, then "fine". At weekends he dotes on Frankie and Casey, his two sons from his first marriage, which ended in 1995.
23 May 2006 09:41 - The Daily Mail article by Piers Hernu: Altrincham Grammar School (which Brown's son Frankie attends today).

29 January 2000 - Ian Brown had to cancel an afternoon of interviews promoting his new single Dolphins Were Monkeys.
Notes: From I Am Without Shoes Fansite 'Fabiola was being threatened with deportation by immigration officials' Fabiola was pregnant with Ian's child too, see March 2000.

TV - 01 February 2000 - The Priory, Channel 4 TV Show, Studios, London
Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze
Notes: Dolphins Were Monkeys includes some alternate lyrics and slightly different arrangement too.
Bootleg: TV Recording
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances (90 mins) + Seahorses TV Appearances (60 mins) () (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £17) - VHS Video
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

February 2000 - Ian Brown features on the NME Magazine various artists giveaway CD 'The Band Who'
Notes: Free My Way is the same as the album version but has a natural fade out. Given away with NME Magazine in February 2000.

2000 - The Stone Roses appear on Various Artists Compilation - There's Only One Jimmy Grimble Soundtrack
CD 2000 WRASS023 Wrasse Records
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know (Single, not as much reverb on intro) 4:01
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro 4:02
EMF - Unbeleievebale (awayTEAM Remix) 5:20
The Stone Roses - Waterfall 4:41
Ian McCulloch, Simon Boswell & Alex James - Blue Moon (Rodgers and Hart) 2:09
Echo & The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever 3:57
Ian McCulloch, Simon Boswell & Alex James - Do You Believe? (Ian McCulloch, Simon Boswell & Alex James) 5:26
Fatboy Slim - Right Here
Notes: Compiled by Johnny Marr.

M - 2000 - Manchester Uni Paper, Ian Brown Interview.
Notes: University Newspaper. See Media for article.

02 February 2000 - Ian Brown Interview, Wise Buddha, London
Notes: Adam Walton Interview at 15:12. Adam went to the 1989 Blackpool show, see 12 August 1989 for his memories. See Media for the transcription.
Broadcast: 2000 - Adam Walton Show, BBC Wales Music
Transcribed: 10 November 2011 - Thursday - BBC Wales Music

M - 04 February 2000 Friday - Dave Simpson Interview with Ian Brown in a private bar room in Kensington, London is published for The Guardian.
Notes: See Media for the complete article.

M - February 2000 - The Sun Newspaper Interview
Notes: Interview held at a 'North African' restaurant near Polydor Office, London. See Media for the article.

TV - February 2000 - Big Breakfast, Channel 4 TV Show, Interview
Notes: Interview on the bed with Donna Air. See Media for the transcript.

M - 07-13 February 2000 Monday - Ian Brown features on the cover of The Big Issue, Number 372, Priced at £1
Notes "How I survived my time in prison". See Media for the article. Kevin Cummins was present at the Interview, probably to take some publicity shots. See Media for the article. Ian actually praised Morrissey in the interview too, revealing: I suggest he's become like a Morrissey - a reclusive star with diehard loyal fans. Brown agrees. "I watched a few Morrissey videos recently. He was a supreme idol, he was never touched. He's funny, intelligent. He was rated, wannee? Then he said something and now he's super-marginalised, a pariah."...

Ian Brown - 07 February 2000 Monday - Dolphins Were Monkeys U.K. Release Date
Dolphins Were Monkeys - Portrait & Illustration by Ian Wright.
Dolphins Were Monkeys (New Version) Written by Ian Brown/Tim Wills/Dave McCracken. Published by Sony Music Publishing Ltd. 1999 Polydor Ltd. (UK) Vocals: Ian Brown. Drums: Ian Brown / Dave McCracken. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger. Keyboards: Tim Wills / Dave McCracken. Produced by Dave McCracken. Mixed by Steve Fitzmaurice. Recorded by Tim Wills. Programming by Dave McCracken. Assistant Recording and Mixing Engineer: Dan Bienon. Recorded and Mixed at Sarm west/Sarm East and Metropolis Studios, London.
Billie Jean - Written & Composed By Michael Jackson. Produced by Dave McCracken. Mixed & Engineered by Paul 'P-Dub' Walton. Mastered by Aaron Chakraverty at 777 Productions. Vocals: Ian Brown. Drums: Simon Wolstencroft. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger Mathuru. Keyboards & Programming by Dave McCracken.
Dolphins Were Monkeys (Goldfinger Mix) - Additional mix and production by Inder Goldfinger & Dave McCracken. Assistant recording engineer Dan Bierton. Mastered by Aaron Chakraverty at 777 Productions
Dolphins Were Monkeys (UNKLE Vs South Remix) - Remix by South (Jamie McDonald, Joel Cadbury, Brett Shaw) & UNKLE (James Lavelle/ Richard File). Pro Tools and Assisted by Damian Taylor. Mixed by Craig Cameron at Strongroom Studios.
Promo Video directed by Juan Carlos Martin.
09 December 1999 - 05 Track Promo (09/12/1999, black and white paper printed Polydor promo with CD-R with black text printed on) CD-R
CD1
Dolphins Were Monkeys (New Version)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)
Dolphins Were Monkeys (Goldfinger Mix)
Dolphins Were Monkeys (CD-Rom Video)
CD2
Dolphins Were Monkeys (New Version)
Dolphins Were Monkeys (UNKLE Remix)
Love Like A Fountain (Andy Votel's Bespoke-Opus Mix)
7inch
Dolphins Were Monkeys (New Version)
Corpses (XFM Session)
Notes: The single got to number five in the U.K. charts and number 28 in the Irish charts. Dolphins Were Monkeys is a new recording for the single release. Ian sings Michael Jackson's Billie Jean, the track would see a unique single release with Thriller on vinyl only.
Lyrically inspired by a trip to the Natural History Museum, Ian looked at the evolutionary theory that dolphins had once been land-based monkey like animals that had gone back to the sea whilst going off on a few other lyrical tangents.
The recordings were finished and a 5 track promo was circulating from 09 December 1999.
From 02 February 2000 - Adam Walton Interview for Adam Walton Show, BBC Wales Music, Wise Buddha, London:
AW: Dolphins Were Monkeys is the new single and for many people the stand-out track on the album. What was the musical conception of this?
IB: I wanted to have that soul/Motown feel to it, which is why we've got that Stevie Wonder-like Rhodes riff.
AW: Dolphins Were Monkeys IS PROBABLY THE FIRST RECORD EVER ABOUT EVOLUTION. WHERE DID YOU HEAR THE STORY THAT DOLPHINS, WHO HAVE BIGGER BRAINS THAN MONKEYS, MADE THE DECISION TO STAY IN THE SEA RATHER THAN COLONISE THE LAND?
IB: I saw that on the Discovery channel in the USA, and they were saying that the question is whether they made a conscious decision to go back into the water, or whether something on the land forced them to go back into the water.
AW: What Do You Think?
IB: I think they made a conscious decision because of the safety of the sea. I'm attracted to the sea, it's the most powerful thing that we've got on the planet. The sea could be used for power, like we've got solar power, we could use sea power. It's only multinational corporations that are stopping us from using these new powers. It's like the guy who invented the rubber tyre that lasted forever... we've never heard about it since! The sea has never been explored and yet it's our most powerful asset....AW: TELL US ABOUT THE ANDY VOTEL MIX WHICH I THINK IS BRILLIANT, BUT HE'S NOT A WELL-KNOWN NAME, YET! IB: Andy's come from a completely different direction, he's a very talented guy in that his approach is fresh. You can almost hear that it's Andy Votel within thirty seconds of the track starting, which is quite a skill.
From 2000 - VH1's The Wire -FOOL'S GOLD: IAN BROWN by Alison Tarnofsky: [As for the Dolphin's song] I didn't really think about it till after. I just watched this documentary on Discovery and it was saying that dolphins used to be monkeys. They either made a conscious decision to go back to the water or they were forced back into the water. So I figured that was a good subject for a song.
2000 - Manchester Uni Paper, Ian Brown Interview: "Scientists will tell you that the dolphin as a warm blooded mammal once lived on the land. The dolphin derives from a creature called the meryciad, which was a monkey like creature that became a dolphin ultimately. And the scientists say that dolphins went back into the sea, was it a conscious decision? We know that they've got brains, we know that they've got their own language, quite closely linked to human beings, and to monkeys. So the dolphins were monkeys scientifically. It's a known fact."
Ian Brown is sitting in a London cafe bar discussing the alternative theory of evolution proposed on his latest top five single, cunningly titled 'Dolphins Were Monkeys'.
"Were all linked. Not only are all human beings linked, but now were also linked with the dolphins and with the apes."
You're beginning to sound like a hippy.
"It's a shame that you say that nature and Creation equal hippy. To me hippy is a dirty middle class dropout who stinks of petunia oil. But this is a beautiful Earth and it's nice to know more about it. 100 years ago you'd have looked up at the stars, you'd have been more in tune with the stars. Like the ancient civilization, there were no TVs, there were no video games, so you're naturally gonna be more in awe and in touch with your surroundings. It's a shame that human beings are losing that, but it's still out there if you want to seek it."
And so it goes.
From 12 September 2005 - The Greatest, Ian Brown said: Track by track... Dolphins Were Monkeys - It was a visit to the marine department of the natural history museum which inspired this tune. Within the museum is a creature said to be the missing link between the dolphin and the monkey. It resembles an Afghan Hound with wide flipper-like paws, no ears like a fish and fur like an otter. Seeing it convinced me that the dolphins, being warm blooded, must have once lived on the land. What caused them to return to the sea remains a mystery.

25 April 2000 - Dolphins Were Monkeys U.S. Release Date
Notes: Not sure what format this was released on? or if it even hit the shelves at all.

M - 08 February 2000 - Ian features in a Q&A Interview in the News North-West Paper
Notes: See Media for the article.

TV - The Chart Show
Dolphins Were Monkeys
Notes: Pepsi Chart Show.
16 February 2000 Wednesday - music365.com Ian Brown Q & A Session: Matt: Ian I saw you at the Pepsi Chart show last night (I was wearing black and climbed on my mates shoulder to shake your hand). Do you despise doing crap shows like that? Ian: It wasn't crap, it was great. I don't do anything I don't like.
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

TV - February 2000 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Dolphins Were Monkeys
Notes: I can't find the date, even on TFI fansites. T.F.I. Friday Channel 4 TV Programme. The series ran over 4 years and included 205 episodes with long term cast Chris Evans, Will Macdonald and Andrew Carey. The show made a brief, unwelcome, comeback in 2015.
16 February 2000 Wednesday - music365.com Ian Brown Q & A Session: My-Star: I reckon Dave McCracken is a genius at programming etc, will he play on the next album? Also, was that him with you on TFI Friendly? Didn't look like him, waz he busy? Ian: Yes, so do I. Yes he will. No, it was Danny Bierton who did the drums on 'So Many Soldiers'.
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances (90 mins) + Seahorses TV Appearances (60 mins) () (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £17) - VHS Video
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) - DVD

16 February 2000 Wednesday - music365.com Ian Brown Q & A Session
Notes: Online interview conducted by David Kelly & Alexa Williamson. See Media for the transcript.

TV - 18 February 2000 - Top Of The Pops, BBC TV Studios, London. Broadcast: 18 February 2000
Dolphins Were Monkeys
Notes: Footage features on Greatest Promos DVD. Paul Ryder (Buffalo 66, Happy Mondays) had a cameo appearence on bass. The first time the two had been on the show together since Fools Gold, November 1989. Paul would support Ian on several occasions throughout his career, Paul even joined Ian on stage, playing bass, during Ian's 2005 tour.
Official: 2005 - Greatest Promos DVD
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances (90 mins) + Seahorses TV Appearances (60 mins) () (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £17) - VHS Video
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

18/19 February 2000 - Ian Brown flies to America to promote his new material

20 February 2000 - Ian Brown's 37th birthday

M - March 2000 - Jockey Slut Magazine includes a Ian Brown Q&A Session.
Notes: See Media for the article. Includes How did you get in such a mess over the homophobe accusations last year? Julie Thompson, Edinburgh. "I was doing a review of a Noel Coward record, and I started talking about Greek and Roman civilisations that had large homosexual power bases. It was the wrong forum - I shouldn't have been discussing it in a single review. I'd been reading about Roman and Greek civilisation. I've since had letters from history professors and students who tell me that what I was saying was historically accurate."

M - March 2000 - Ian Brown features on the front cover of Select Magazine
Notes: Front page 'Paranoia. Persecution. Prison. The Only Interview Since Strangeways' Prisoner B9311. Apparently the interview was conducted 10 February 2000. Ian Brown reveals he, initially, quit the Roses in 1993, but was persuaded to come back by the other members of the group. It is also revealed that Ian and Aziz had fallen out.

M - March 2000 - Ian Brown appears in Front Magazine
Notes: Article by Ed Chipperfield. See Media for the article.

06 March 2000 - Ian Brown is the talent scout for Get Out There
Notes: Ian became the Get Out There online talent scout for the site (www.getoutthere.bt.com) in March 2000, and follows recent panelists The Freestylers and Seb Fontaine. The winner received a signed guitar, tickets to 26 April 2000 Wednesday - The Spring Collection featuring Ian Brown, Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, London and the chance to meet Ian backstage at the show. The winner was unconfirmed.
From 06 March 2000 www.getoutthere.bt.com : CALLING ALL STONE ROSES FANS, DJs & MUSIC MAKERS. Ian Brown to judge the best new talent on Get Out There in March - winner to meet Ian Brown backstage at Hammersmith Palais gig to receive signed guitar Plus, updates on winners from GetOutThere.bt.com selected by The Freestylers and Seb Fontaine."
From 06 March 2000 Newsletter Email: "Get Out There is an opportunity for music makers to upload their music to an area where celebrities judge the tracks and can hand pick their favourites. Talent is singled out and could lead to the 'big break' for promising musicians. For those who are not musicians there are various interactive music related tools and games, including state of the art mixing software, a drum machine and a music quiz game. Plus, every month Get Out There has a brand new set of competitions. Former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown, is the new online talent scout for the site in March, and follows recent panelists The Freestylers and Seb Fontaine. Fresh from his Top Five success with "Dolphins were Monkeys", musicians can upload their material, safe in the knowledge that they have the ears of Ian Brown and in the process have the chance of winning a signed guitar, tickets to his gig at Hammersmith Palais on April 26, and the chance to meet the man himself. Plus, read Get Out There's exclusive interview with Ian Brown, the pop star who wants to have his cake and eat it, in Spanish...? All is revealed in the interview. To read the full article go to: www.getoutthere.bt.com/music/express/backstage/more.cfm?sortby=date&page=1&article=28"

March 2000 - Ian Brown bumps into Mani at the Soho Grand Hotel, New York, U.S.A.
Notes: From 08 March 2000 NME Article "Mani ran into Brown at New York City's Soho Grand Hotel last Monday during the Primals' tour of US and told nme.com he'd love to work with him again. Mani said: "I went, 'No fucking way man, it's Ian Brown'. And we were just all, like, we embraced and even though we don't see each other in like a year, it's like we met yesterday." "I kind of miss working with the guy. If we wrote a song that merited an Ian Brown excellent vocal then, yeah man, he can do it. He's always been a funky monkey. He's working with a couple of really good programmers, you know, and more of a technology-based thing. It's something he's always wanted to do and I'm happy for him." Mani has also been in contact with ex-Stone Roses drummer Alan 'Reni' Wren who is working on getting a record deal with his new band. Mani played bass on some of Reni's recent demos, but it's highly unlikely he'll join the band."
From 02 February 2000 - Adam Walton Interview for Adam Walton Show, BBC Wales Music, Wise Buddha, London: AW: You were a member of the best gang in town for a long time. The buck stops with you now. Do you miss being in a band?
IB: I miss the company of the lads on a day-to-day basis where we'd be laughing all the time. I'm going back to the times when we were as close as brothers, but we did lose that and I don't miss the times when we lost it. It's half the grief, now.
From 2000 - VH1's The Wire -FOOL'S GOLD: IAN BROWN by Alison Tarnofsky: You have spent quite a bit of time in New York recently, are you back in Manchester permanently now? What were your biggest observations about music in America right now?
I'm back in England now, me wife couldn't get a green card. She's Mexican and it's really difficult to get a green card, so we had to go back to England. Not by choice - we didn't have a choice. I love it here in New York, I have spent the better part of the last few years here, and it wasn't by choice that we left. I love New York hip-hop. I think the New York accent lends itself best to hip-hop. I got into a lot of Mexican music through me girl. She got me into Mexican music- we used to go to Salsa and Meringue events...

M - 2000 - VH1's The Wire - FOOL'S GOLD: IAN BROWN by Alison Tarnofsky.
Notes: Interview conducted March but only released in April. See Media for article.

2000 - Shawn Mortensen, New York, U.S.A. Photo Shoot
Notes: Images featured in The Greatest 2005 hardback book edition, and I am pretty sure the 2005 tour programme used a photo from the session on the cover. Features Ian in a slick Japanese style gown with white shirt and a dickie bow. Shawn also photographed Ian wearing a golden jumper too.

2000 - CNN Interview, U.S.A.
Notes: See Media for the transcription/article.

March 2000 - Ian & Fabiola's son Emilio is born.
Notes: Ian & Fabiola Quiroz Brown's only son was expected 21 March 2000. Ian had two sons, Frankie, 7, and Casey, 4, by a previous relationship.
From 2000 - CNN Interview: CNN: You have two kids and a third due March 15. Do they know their dad's musical history? Brown: "Sure, of course. My boys know I'm famous. They see me on the TV but they'd rather watch 'The Simpsons.' But I'm definitely a cool father. I take them to the zoo and the beach and the countryside and to buy them sneakers. I play soccer with them. I just taught them how to play chess."
23 May 2006 09:41 - The Daily Mail article by Piers Hernu: Brown has been teetotal since December 1999, the same year he married his Mexican wife Fabiola, the mother of his youngest son, to whom, despite the temptations of touring, he maintains he is rigorously faithful. He lives with her and their son Emilio, and at the weekends they are joined by his two sons from a previous partner. He clearly adores all of them. "Emilio is six on Sunday - he's the Latin me," he beams, "Casey is ten and-a-half and my blue-eyed double. And my oldest, Frankie, is 14 in two weeks. They're all much cleverer and far cooler than me."
From 2000 - VH1's The Wire -FOOL'S GOLD: IAN BROWN by Alison Tarnofsky: I've heard that you are interested in learning Spanish and touring in Latin America- is this true? That's an ambition that I've got- to be the first kid from the UK to go sing in Spanish in Spanish-speaking countries. The English are pretty lazy about learning other languages. I've managed to learn Spanish because of me girl. And were gonna have a baby in about three or four weeks so I've got to brush up on me Spanish. So they're not laughing at me when this baby comes. We're definitely gonna raise it bilingual.

31 March 2000 - Golden Gaze is mastered at Abbey Road
Notes: See 05 June 2000 for the eventual release date.

2000 - The Stone Roses appear on various artists compilation New School Vs. Old School Vol. 2 U.S. Release Date
The Stone Roses vs. Justin Robertson - Waterfall (Just Robertson's Mix) 6:20 - Produced by John Leckie. Additional production & remix by Justin Robertson. Ably assisted by Roger Lyons.

Waterfall (Justin Robertson's Mix) (Radio Edit) - Edit by Chris Haggerty at Battery Studios, NYC. Mastered by Chaz Harper at Battery Mastering, NYC.

The Stone Roses vs. Rabbit In The Moon - I Wanna Be Adored (Bloody Valentine Edit) 7:40 - Produced by John Leckie. Additional production by Confucius & Monk (Rabbit In The Moon) of Hallucination Studios, Tampa, FL.

Promo CD JDJ 42698-2 - Jive Electro presents New School Vs. Old School Vol. 2 sampler
Waterfall (Radio Edit) (The Stone Roses vs. Justin Robertson) (Justin Robertson's Mix) 3:40
CD - Old School Vs. New School Vol. 2 Jive Electro ‎– 01241-41714-2
Jive Electro 2000 Zomba Recording Corp. CD Matrix: SONOPRESS USA 01241417142 + + 06701-01 IFPI L040
The Stone Roses vs. Justin Robertson - Waterfall (Just Robertson's Mix)
The Stone Roses vs. Rabbit In The Moon - I Wanna Be Adored (Bloody Valentine Edit)
Notes: U.S.A Various Artists Compilation. The sampler is the only source for the Justin Robertson Radio Edit. The sampler, compilation and Remixes all feature edits of the full length mix, which is only available on the I Wanna Be Adored 2000 (Rabbit In The Moon) aka Old School Vs. New School Vol. 2 U.S.A Vinyl Promo.
From 30 October 2000 - The Remixes sleeve notes:
Justin Robertson - "I was working at Eastern Bloc in Manchester when The Stone Roses first album came out. They married awe inspiring songwriting with acid house attitude and 'Waterfall' was my favourite of all time, I used to play it in my more Balearic sets."

The Stone Roses - 2000 - I Wanna Be Adored 2000 (Rabbit In The Moon) aka Old School Vs. New School Vol. 2
I Wanna Be Adored (Rabbit In The Moon's Acid Hacienda V.2.1) 7:41
I Wanna Be Adored (Rabbit In The Moon's For The Love Of Acid) 3:57
Waterfall (Justin Roberton's Mix) 7:18
I Wanna Be Adored (Rabbit In The Moon's Sex, EFX and 909) 5:50
Notes: U.S.A. 12inch Promo Only. Unique source for several tracks including the full length Waterfall (Justin Roberton's Mix).

Aziz - April 2000 - Middle Road recording session, LP recording session
Notes: Paul Weller guests on the Middle Road sessions. Other guests include Mani, Inder 'Goldfinger', Talvin Singh, Weller's drummer Steve White and ex-Smiths members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce.

April 2000 - The Stone Roses feature in Q Magazine
Notes: See Media for the article.

April 2000 - Golden Gaze Promo Video Shoot
Notes: Directed by Dom Joly in London.

06 April 2000 - Golden Gaze video is premiered on the Jo Whiley Show, Channel Four.
Notes: The single would only be released 05 June 2000. The video was filmed using videotape (as opposed to film), an almost amateur-like choice.

10 April 2000 - Reni's 36th birthday

17 April 2000 Monday - Ian Brown says he would like to work with Primal Scream
From 17 April 2000 - NME article :...Speaking to NME last week, Ian confirmed he'd like to record with the Scream, saying: "If they come up with a decent tune, yeah, sure."

17 April 2000 Monday - Ian Brown confirms next LP writing sessions
From 17 April 2000 - NME Magazine article:...Brown also revealed that he's started work on the follow up to 1999's 'Golden Greats' album. He's written five new songs toward an album he hopes to finish by the end of this year, for release early next year...Currently in Manchester at home with his new baby, Brown is "slowly" learning Spanish, the language he is hoping to re-record his material in for release at a later date.
From 02 February 2000 - Adam Walton Interview for Adam Walton Show, BBC Wales Music, Wise Buddha, London: AW: I read today that you're planning on recording a Spanish album, and they would appear to be the ultimate collaboration for that.
IB: Yeah, I've got an ambition to be the first English kid to go to a Spanish speaking country and sing the songs in Spanish. Whether that means writing brand new songs or re-recording them and using Spanish, I don't know yet - it could go either way.
AW: That's one hell of a challenge.
IB: Well, my girl's Mexican, I've a baby coming at the end of March so I've got to learn Spanish fluently otherwise the two of them are going to be laughing about me and I won't know what they're saying!

M - 21 April 2000 - Ian Brown appears in Leagues Magazine
Notes: See Media for the article.

2000 - Ian Brown confirms writing his prison memoirs
Notes: The book was never published.
He said: "I want it to have literary merit, be of literary worth but I want it to be really funny as well. I've got loads of funny stories in there. "I'm gonna do a chapter about Stone Roses. I'm gonna do a chapter on my feelings on the music business and I'm gonna do a chapter on the year 1999, and contrast it with what it was like in prison at the end of 1998."...
30 September 2005 Friday 00:00 - The Independent: Ian Brown: You Ask The Questions: Have you ever considered writing a book about your experiences? JOHN SEALBY, MANCHESTER I wanted to write a book about when I went to jail to put my side of the story across. I wanted to write about what it's like to be known and be in prison. As far as I know, I'm the only guy categorised as category D that has served his full sentence in a category A prison. I started a book, did about 80 pages, then, all of a sudden, the music took over. But, hopefully, one day when I'm sat in a Bath chair listening to the birds singing, I'll write a book.

Inder Goldfinger - Percussion.
Dave McCracken - Keyboards.
Simon Wolstonecroft - Drums.
25 April 2000 Tuesday - Roadmender Centre, Northampton * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £11.50

26 April 2000 Wednesday - The Spring Collection featuring Ian Brown, Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, London * Doors Open: 20:00-01:00 * Stage Time: 22:30 * Ticket Price: £15.00 * Support Act(s): Buffalo 66, DJ Andy Votel *
First World / Golden Gaze / Corpses /
Notes: Sold Out Show. Dom Joly attended and filmed some of the show.
Buffalo 66 was Paul Ryder's (Happy Mondays bass player) new band, Ian described them as 'it's like funk, kind of rock, kind of stuff - Rage Against The Machine but slower. It's groovy with energy.'
Ian became the Get Out There online talent scout for the site (www.getoutthere.bt.com) (see 06 March 2000), the winner of the musical talent competition received a signed guitar, tickets to this show and the chance to meet Ian backstage. The winner was unconfirmed.
01 May 2000 Monday 00:00 - The Independent, Nicholas Barber Review: ...Dom Joly was at Wednesday's concert, filming the chaos, and he has directed the video for Brown's next single, so the theory is almost watertight. Almost. But sometimes, just sometimes, the show came together. Bearing in mind the site of the Stone Roses' gruesome last stand, Brown might be advised to avoid open-air festivals, but at a gig that's dark and smoky and doesn't start until 10.30, his indie/ dance/ world music experiments can make atmospheric sense. The sinuous, Middle Eastern patterns of "First World" and the throbbing synth riffs of "Golden Gaze" work some kind of alchemy on Brown's foghorn voice: tuneless or not, he recites sinister, gripping incantations. Then comes "Corpses In Their Mouths", on which he is actually required to sing a melody, and it's socks-in-ears time again.
It's possible that one day Brown will make the orchestral pop classic he keeps promising, but for now he is shaping up to be a classic pop eccentric. Watching him in concert is like observing his career: what's so fascinating is that you never know whether it's going to be brilliant or disastrous next. Even when it's terrible, it's always interestingly terrible...
Bootleg: Audience Recording - (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £7) Cassette - 'Hammersmith Palais 24/04/00'

27 April 2000 Thursday - The Spring Collection featuring Ian Brown, Empress Ballroom, Church Street, Blackpool * Doors Open: 20:00-01:00 * Ticket Price: £15 * Support Act(s): Buffalo 66, DJ Andy Votel *
Notes: Show was announced 11 February 2000. Buffalo 66 was Paul Ryder's (Happy Mondays bass player) new band, Ian described them as 'it's like funk, kind of rock, kind of stuff - Rage Against The Machine but slower. It's groovy with energy.'
From 16 February 2000 Wednesday - music365.com Ian Brown Q & A Session: My_Star: Ian, Can't wait for the Blackpool gig. What will the full line-up be? Also, are there any possibilities of doing some kind of signing/meeting fan's etc at a record store in Blackpool? Ian: Inder Goldfinger, percussion. Dave McCracken, keyboards. Simon Wolstonecroft, drums. Let's see.
01 May 2000 Monday 00:00 - The Independent, Nicholas Barber Review: ...As for his concert on Thursday, it could have been on Trigger Happy TV. In one sketch from Channel 4's recent Candid Camera update, its star, Dom Joly, stood up at a poetry circle and counted to 100, just to test what his audience would accept as a poem. Was Brown trying a similar prank? That would explain his walking on the spot, making "tsch-tsch" hi-hat noises and moaning random lines from his songs in among quotes from "Dear Prudence" and Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday", while his band jammed muggy, exotic funk grooves and, yes, a Pearly King and Queen boogied at the front of the stage....
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Date noted as 'Blackpool Empress Ballroom 23/04/00') - CD-R

29 April 2000 Saturday - Homelands Festival, Mosney Holiday Centre, County Meath, Republic of Ireland
Happy Birthday (Altered Images)
Notes: Ian's performance was not his best, the show suffered technical glitches halfway through the set, causing an interruption. Leftfield and Carl Cox also played the festival.
The set included a cover of Altered Images 'Happy Birthday', presumably for one of his band members.
March 2000 - Jockey Slut Magazine includes a Ian Brown Q&A Session: Do you feel more at home at festivals like Homelands alongside the likes of Leftfield and Carl Cox? Charlotte Paton, London. "I'm told they're the best set-ups, so I was made up to be offered it. To be in the company of Leftfield and Carl Cox is an honour. Carl Cox is the best DJ I've ever seen. I seen him in a tent in Stockholm. He had about 18,000 Swedes dancing - that is some feat."

Aziz with Inder Goldfinger - 2000 - Denmark * Supporting: allanolsen
Notes: Excerpt footage uploaded to the Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel, see the video 16 October 2021 - "Playing a Smokin' Stone Roses Riff through a 1 Watt Smokey Guitar Amp by Zinky" "...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..."
March 2000 - Ian Brown appears in Front Magazine: This turnaround is grounded more in the need to escape the monotiny of tradition, then? “I find guitar music pretty boring, really. If you play Jimi Hendrix it’s pretty hard to find anyone else afterwards. I feel like I’ve worked with the greats – John Squire, whatever disagreements we’ve had, is one of the greatest guitarists from the UK, ever. And I think Aziz Ibrahim (current plectrum-picker for Brown) is as well. I think I’ve worked with the two greatest guitarists that we’ve got.”

Aziz - 02 May 2000 - Royal Albert Hall, London * Supporting: Paul Weller
Notes: Aziz's live band features former Smiths Bass player Andy Rourke and drummer, Mike Joyce.

Aziz - 05 May 2000 - Arena, Nottingham * Supporting: Paul Weller
Notes: Aziz with band, featuring Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - CD-R

Aziz - 06 May 2000 - Apollo, Manchester * Supporting: Paul Weller
Notes: Aziz with band, featuring Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce.
Aziz - 07 May 2000 - Apollo, Manchester * Supporting: Paul Weller
Notes: Aziz with band, featuring Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce.
Aziz - 09 May 2000 - Leisure Centre, Aston Villa * Supporting: Paul Weller
Notes: Aziz with band, featuring Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce.
Aziz - 10 May 2000 - Leisure Centre, Aston Villa * Supporting: Paul Weller
Notes: Aziz with band, featuring Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce.

Aziz - 12 May 2000 - Band on The Wall, Manchester
Notes: Aziz's live band features former Smiths Bass player and drummer, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce.

TV - 19 May 2000 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Golden Gaze
Notes: Unconfirmed when Dolphins Were Monkeys was performed, see February 2000.
T.F.I. Friday, Series 5, Channel 4 TV Programme. Bon Jovi, Caprice, Michael Greco and Emiliana Terrini also appeared on the show.
The series ran over 4 years and included 205 episodes with long term cast Chris Evans, Will Macdonald and Andrew Carey. The show made a brief, unwelcome, comeback in 2015.
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

20 May 2000 Saturday - Rodon Club, Athens, Greece
21 May 2000 Sunday - Mylos Club, Thessaloniki, Greece

24-31 May 2000 - Ian Brown shares the front cover of Time Out Magazine
Notes: Ian Brown & Beth Orton share a tent on the cover to promote the music festival season.

25 May 2000 - Session, London
Set My Baby Free / First World - Fishermans Friend
Notes: Date taken from bootleg, probably incorrect.
Sounds like a Radio 1 Session, possibly Steve Lamaq Evening Session.
Unconfirmed, could be a short excerpt from the show 26 April 2000 Wednesday - The Spring Collection featuring Ian Brown, Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, London.
Bootleg: FM - First We Take Manhattan (Yodellin' Pig label, Limited Issue, Cat. No. YP51. Sleeve has Ian with a monkey on his shoulder.) Gold CD-R - 25 July 2000 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NYC - Audience Recording - Be There / Love Like A Fountain / First World - Fishermans Friend / Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Gettin High / Corpses / My Star / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / Billie Jean - 25 May 2000 - London - FM - Set My Baby Free / First World - Fishermans Friend

27 May 2000 Saturday - Homelands Festival, Mattersley Bowl, Blackpool * Support: Public Enemy
Notes:
From 17 April 2000 - NME article : Brown's next UK gig meanwhile will be at the Homelands festival May 27 with Public Enemy where he hopes to entice PE's Flavor Flav onto stage with him. He said "If there's two acts you wouldn't want to follow it'd be Busta Rhymes and P.E. It'll get us in the mood for definite. "I'm gonna ask Flav if he'll come and do a bit with us at the end. Hopefully I'll meet him and ask him if he fancies joining us for a ten minute spot."

Aziz - 29 May 2000 Monday - Aziz Ibrahim - Middle Road E.P U.K. Release Date
Recorded at various studios throughout Europe.
Middle Road -
Aziz Ibrahim - guitars, vocals
Talvin Singh - Tabla, percussion
Paul Weller - guitar, hammond organ, mellotron and backing vocals.
Mani - Bass
Andy Rourke - Bass
Steve White - Drums
Inder 'Goldfinger' - Percussion
Kills Me -
Denise Johnson - backing vocals. Andy Rourke - Bass guitar. Mike Joyce - Drums.
CD
Middle Road (Album Version)
Middle Road (Radio Edit)
Middle Road (Azwas Remix)
Kills Me
Murassi
Notes: Paul Weller, former The Jam/Style Council, guests on the Middle Road. Other guests include Mani, Inder 'Goldfinger', Talvin Singh, Weller's drummer/Former Oasis player Steve White and ex-Smiths members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce.

29 May 2000 Monday - BBC Music Live, Abbey Road, BBC London Live 94.9FM
Notes: A crew pass is depicted in the 2005 The Greatest booklet.

03 June 2000 Saturday - Homelands Festival, Dalleagles, Straid Farm, New Cummock, Scotland
(Incomplete Setlist) Dolphins Were Monkeys / My Star
Broadcast:
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

Ian Brown - 2000 - Thriller / Billie Jean U.K. Release Date
Thriller - Written & Composed By Michael Jackson. Produced and Mixed by Dave McCracken at Eden Studios. Engineered by Adrian Scarff, assisted by Jack Clark. Vocals: Ian Brown. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger. Keyboards & Programming by Dave McCracken.
Billie Jean - Written & Composed By Michael Jackson. Produced by Dave McCracken. Mixed & Engineered by Paul 'P-Dub' Walton. Mastered by Aaron Chakraverty at 777 Productions. Vocals: Ian Brown. Drums: Simon Wolstencroft. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger. Keyboards & Programming by Dave McCracken.
12inch Vinyl Polydor 561 908-1
Thriller
Billie Jean
Notes: Limited Edition Vinyl Only Release. Ian said in an interview that the reason he chose to record 'Billie Jean' was because his cover of Thriller was not good enough.
16 February 2000 Wednesday - music365.com Ian Brown Q & A Session: Simean: Ian are you really gonna do an album of Jacko covers? Ian: Maybe an EP - Beat It, Thriller, ABC - should I do Ben?
March 2000 - Jockey Slut Magazine includes a Ian Brown Q&A Session: Why did you record Billie Jean? Vanessa Greendon, Cheltenham. "Because I had a better version of 'Billie Jean' then 'Thriller'. Because I was doing 'Thriller' and I wanted to record that but 'Billie Jean' sounds better. I love Michael Jackson from the Jackson 5 right through to (adopts unconvincing Jackson voice), 'I'm bad, you know it!'. (Laughs) He's great, Jacko. I love the showbiz in America. It's like Public Enemy have the S1Ws. The Americans understand showbiz and Jacko's the king of it."

Ian Brown - 05 June 2000 - Golden Gaze U.K. Release Date
Management by Steve Lowes at Retaliate First.
Official Website: www.ianbrown.co.uk
Official Merchandise: www.ianbrown-online.co.uk
Portrait & Illustrations by Ian Wright. Design and art direction by Stephen Kennedy.
Golden Gaze (Single Version)
Written by Ian Brown, Simon Wolstencroft, Mike Bennett, Dave McCracken and Tim Willis.
Published by Sony Music Publishing Ltd/Minder Music Ltd. Produced and Arranged by Ian Brown. Engineered by Tim Wills. Programmed by Dave McCracken. Assistant Recording Engineer: Dan Bierton. Mixed by Stephen Fitzmaurice. Assistant Mix Engineer: Neil Tucker and Adrian Hall.
Recorded and Mixed at Sam West, Sam East & Metropolis Studios, London.
Mastered by Chris Ludwinski at Abbey Road Studios. Edited by Dave McCracken.
Vocals: Ian Brown. Guitar: Tim Wills. Drums: Ian Brown / Simon Wolstencroft. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger. Keyboards: Dave McCracken.
Golden Gaze (Andy Gray Remix) - Remixed by Andy Gray for 140db Management. Engineered by Tim Wills.
Love Like A Fountain (Laj & Quakerman Mix) - Remx by Laj & Quakerman for Fiasco Productions. Engineered by Tim Wills. Recorded at Sam West, Sam East & Metropolis Studios, London. Recorded by Tim Wills, assisted by Dan Blerton. Mastered by Chris Ludwinski at Abbey Road Studios. Drums: Simon Wolstencroft & Ian Brown. Guitars: Tim Wills Bass guitar: Sylvan Richardson Jnr. Keyboards & Programming: Dave McCracken. Additional Keyboards: Ian Brown.
Thriller - Written & Composed By Michael Jackson. Produced and mixed by Dave McCracken at Eden Studios. Engineered by Adrian Scarff, Assisted by Jack Clark. Keyboards & Programming by Dave McCracken. Percussion by Inder Goldfinger. Mastered by Chris Ludwinski at Abbey Road Studios.
Golden Gaze (Sharktank's Dirt It Up Mix) - Remix & additional production by Dan Bierton for Sharktank Productions. Mixed by Marc Lane at Sub-Aqua. Additional guitars by Greg Hartwell & Marc Lane. Keyboards & Programming by Dave McCracken. Mastered by Chris Ludwinski at Abbey Road Studios.
Sunshine (17 November 1999 - Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, BBC Studios, London) - Written by Ian Brown. Produced (BBC) by James Birtwistle. Engineered by Jerry Smith. First Transmitted 17 November 1999. Drums: Simon Wolstencroft. Keyboards: Dave McCracken. Percussion: Inder Goldfinger. Ian Brown: Vocals.
Promo Video directed by Dom Joly, April 2000, London
Golden Gaze Commercial Reference CD Mastered by Abbey Road 31 March 2000
CD Promo - Polydor GG1 (Beige sleeve)
Golden Gaze (Radio Edit) 3:11
Golden Gaze (Andy Gray Remix Radio Edit) 4:02
CD Promo - Polydor GG3 (Dark Grey Sleeve)
Golden Gaze (Andy Gray Remix) 9:33
Thriller 3:28
Golden Gaze (Album Version) 3:57
12inch Vinyl Promo - Polydor GG2
Golden Gaze (Andy Gray Remix) 9:33
Golden Gaze (Andy Gray Instrumental Mix) 9:33
Love Like A Fountain (Laj & Quakerman Mix) 6:28
CD1
Golden Gaze (Single Version)
Golden Gaze (Andy Gray Remix)
Love Like A Fountain (Laj & Quakerman Remix)
ECD?
CD2 (with three picture postcards. Postcards / Art
Love Like A Fountain - Portrait & Illustration by Ian Wright.
Golden Greats - Portrait & Illustration by Ian Wright.
Dolphins Were Monkeys - Portrait & Illustration by Ian Wright.)
Golden Gaze (Single Version)
Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Golden Gaze (Sharktank's Dirt It Up Mix)
7inch 561844-7 Limited Edition 905
Golden Gaze (Radio Edit) aka (Single Version)
Sunshine (1999 - Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, Studios, London)
Notes: The single got to number 29 in the U.K. charts and number 50 in the Irish charts. The tracks were mastered and ready 31 March 2000. The single was scheduled for release 08 May 1999 but was delayed. The promo video was being aired from April.
'With every purchase of CD2 receive 3 limited edition postcards to complete set of 4 front illustrations'.
The promo video featured on the enhanced section of CD1 was directed by Trigger Happy TV comedian Dom Joly. The video was filmed using videotape (as opposed to film), an almost amateur-like choice but this is due to Dom Joly's input. He used this style for his show Trigger Happy TV.
Thriller is a Michael Jackson cover, this and another Michael Jackson cover 'Billie Jean' would also feature on a limited edition 2 track vinyl release.
From 12 September 2005 - The Greatest, Ian Brown said: Track by track... Golden Gaze - One of the highlights of a trip to Jamaica was sat in a beachside straw roofcafé with the rays of the sun through the roof, I saw your Golden Gaze. Recording the song and the others for Golden Greats I had the pleasure of staying in the same apartments Marley and the Wailers had used on their first trip to England in the early seventies! Golden Gaze.
From 12 September 2005 - The Greatest: Dom Joly (Actor/Comedian/Journalist) "Ian Brown is one of those rare creatures: an icon who doesn't disappoint in person. The Stone Roses were the single most important band of my youth and Ian's solo material has just got better and better. I was honoured to direct the video for Golden Gaze, and Music of the Spheres is hardly ever off my car stereo. He's cool, he's a monkey and I've got the F.E.A.R. Vote monkey, get monkey."
Barny Sumner (New Order) "Ian 's solo stuff is brilliant, and I really like Golden Gaze - top tune."

TV - 2000 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday aka T.F.I.Friday), Channel 4 Studios, London
Golden Gaze
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 150 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) / Ian 30 minute interview, 1998 - never broadcast! / Ian The Works Documentary, 2001 - Video VHS (PAL, NTSC)
Video Bootleg: Ian Brown TV Appearances/Promos DVD (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Running Time (Approx): 120 mins. Originally Priced: £17.00) Corpses (Promo video) / My Star (Promo video) / My Star (Top Of The Pops) / Corpses (Live on TFI Friday) / Corpses (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Can't See Me (Promo video) / Can't See Me (Live on TFI Friday) / Can't See Me (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Ice Cold Cube (Live on MTV) / Be There (Promo video) / Be There (Live at NME Premier Show) / Be There (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on TFI Friday) / Love Like A Fountain (Promo video) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Love Like A Fountain (Live on Jools Holland) / Golden Gaze (Live On Jools Holland) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on Top Of The Pops) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Promo video) / Golden Gaze (Live on The Priory) / Golden Gaze (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live at Homelands) / My Star (Live at Homelands) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Live on TFI Friday) / Dolphins Were Monkeys (Chart Show) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Billie Jean (Live) - DVD

08 June 2000 Thursday - Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke
Notes: Billed as a 'Secret show'.
11 June 2000 Sunday - Laugardalshollin, Reykjavic, Iceland

2000 – Ian Brown is nominated (again) for Best British Solo Artist at the Brit Awards.
Notes: 'Best Male' category.

U.S. Tour
*Cancelled* 14 June 2000 Wednesday - Cotton Club, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Notes: Ian Brown's U.S. tour dates are cancelled. Ian was dropped by his U.S.A. record company and they did not want to fund the tour due to poor record sales in the U.S. Ian funded the 25 June 2000 show himself. The news came about just a week before the first show (07 June 2000). All shows were subject to a refund except the 25 & 29 June 2000 shows which went ahead. Unconfirmed if any other shows were funded by Ian.
*Cancelled* 16 June 2000 Friday - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
*Cancelled* 17 June 2000 Saturday - TLA (Theatre of Living Arts), Philadelphia, U.S.A.
*Cancelled* 18 June 2000 Sunday - Axis, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
*Cancelled* 21 June 2000 Wednesday - The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*Cancelled* 22 June 2000 Thursday - St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, U.S.A.
*Cancelled* 23 June 2000 Friday - Double Door, Chicago, U.S.A.
*Cancelled* 24 June 2000 Saturday - 400 Bar, Minneapolis, U.S.A.

25 June 2000 Sunday - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, U.S.A
Be There / Love Like A Fountain / The Fisherman - "Happy Birthday To Ya" / Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Gettin' High / Corpses / My Star / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)
Notes: Originally scheduled for 19 June 2000 Monday.
No guitarist at this show. During The Fisherman, Ian sings 'Happy Birthday to ya, Happy Birthday to ya...'...
See Media for a Review by Wilson Neate, 24 June 2000 for Popmatters.
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Core Sound Binaurals - Sharp MDMS722)
Bootleg: The King Lives...King Monkey That Is (Catalogue number: SEM174) Audience Recording - Be There / Love Like A Fountain / The Fisherman - Happy Birthday / Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Gettin' High / Corpses / My Star / Golden Gaze / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) - Bonus Tracks: Golden Gaze (Live) / Love Like A Fountain (Live) / Golden Gaze (Live)
Bootleg: First We Take Manhattan (Yodellin' Pig label, Limited Issue, Cat. No. YP51. Sleeve has Ian with a monkey on his shoulder. Date listed as "25 July 2000 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NYC") Audience Recording - Gold CD-R - Be There / Love Like A Fountain / First World - Fishermans Friend / Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Gettin High / Corpses / My Star / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / Billie Jean - 25 May 2000 - London - Set My Baby Free / First World - Fishermans Friend
Bootleg: King Monkey Takes Manhatton (straight copy of the above)
Bootleg: Tape () (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £7) - NYC Bowery Ballroom 25/06/00 (55 mins)

*Cancelled* 26 June 2000 Sunday - Bluebird Theatre, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

28 June 2000 - KCRW FM Radio Session, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A
Gettin' High / So Many Soldiers?
Notes:
Bootleg: Webcast / FM

29 June 2000 Thursday - El Rey, Hollywood, Los Angeles, U.S.A
Notes: The PA system broke down halfway through the set. It was fixed and the show went on.

*Cancelled* 30 June 2000 - Bimbo's 365, San Francisco, U.S.A.
*Cancelled* 02 July 2000 - Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, U.S.A.
*Cancelled* 03 July 2000 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia; Toronto, Canada

M - 05 July 2000 Wednesday - Ian Brown Q Magazine Photo Shoot, The Sea Room, St Martins Lane Hotel, London
Notes: Jason Bell photographs Ian wearing grey. Ian appears in Q Magazine, cash for questions. See Media for the article.

26 July 2000 Wednesday - Quart Festival, Main Stage, Kristiansand, Norway
Bootleg: Audience Recording - CD-R

30 July 2000 Sunday - Fuji Rock Festival, Nigata, Japan * Stage Time: 19:10 * Supporting: Primal Scream
Love Like A Fountain /
Notes: Ian Brown and Primal Scream on the same bill. No doubt Mani and the band met with Ian backstage.
Takako, a fan, said: "Ian appeared on the stage at 19:10. He greeted his fans from there and started to sing "Love Like A Fountain". He sang on key perfectly and said that he would sing " Fools gold", but some people didn't see the joke and began to call Mani.". Mani was watching Ian from the wings. He was surprised at the response from the audience. Still he waved to them gladly. After Main waved Ian commanded the audience to "Be Silent!". During Primal Scream's set Higher Than The Sun was dedicated to Ian.
March 2000 - Jockey Slut Magazine includes a Ian Brown Q&A Session: You and Primal Scream seem to be the only artists around who still mean it, man, and you're nearly 40. Why is that? Clare Keenan, Leeds. "I think coming up through punk had a lot to do with that. It showed you that you had to empower yourself to be able to empower anybody else. We could see the blag of the Thatcher years because we were politicised before Thatcher came. I read something that Bobby Gillespie was saying the other week that I agreed with: that the Tories went out of their way to make politics boring so that people wouldn't become involved in political things as they were smashing the trade unions and attempting to destroy the working classes. They were serious times."
From 12 September 2005 - The Greatest - Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream) said: "A lot of snide bastards wrote Ian off after the Stone Roses. He came back strong with 'My Star '. I love that record. He's a fighter, he's got a lot of soul, he means what he says and he don't care who hears it, he's a great rock 'n'roll star, a true working class hero, I love the guy. "

04 August 2000 Friday - Benicassim Festival, Maravillas Stage, Nigata, Spain

Aziz - Aziz appears on the Various Artists Compilation APE given away with Melody Maker Magazine
Morassi
Notes: Cassette only release given away with UK music newspaper magazine.
From Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel : 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...

Aziz - August 2000 - Lahore To Longsight LP Release Date
All songs written by Aziz Ibrahim except
Korma Coma written by Aziz, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce,
Pressure 2 Know U written by Aziz and Paul Weller.

Middle Road - Written by Aziz. Recorded at various studios throughout Europe.
Aziz Ibrahim - guitars, vocals
Talvin Singh - Tabla, percussion
Paul Weller - guitar, hammond organ, mellotron and backing vocals.
Mani - Bass
Andy Rourke - Bass
Steve White - Drums
Inder 'Goldfinger' - Percussion

Pressure 2 Know U - Written by Aziz/Paul Weller
Aziz Ibrahim - guitars, vocals
Paul Weller - guitar

Korma Coma - Written by Aziz/Andy Rourke/Mike Joyce.
Aziz Ibrahim - guitars, vocals
Andy Rourke - Bass guitar. Mike Joyce - Drums.

Mummy's Boy - Drum Loop/Sample by Alan 'Reni' Wren. Aziz Ibrahim - guitars, vocals

Morassi -
Aziz Ibrahim - guitars, vocals

Notes: Paul Weller, former The Jam/Style Council, guests on the Middle Road and guests/co-writes Pressure 2 Know U.
Other guests include Mani, Inder 'Goldfinger', Talvin Singh, Weller's drummer Steve White and ex-Smiths members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce. Released on Aziz's own label 'No Label Records'
From Official Aziz Ibrahim Youtube Channel : 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...
From October 1999 - NME Magazine: Reni recently recorded a drum loop for ex-Stone Roses guitarist Aziz Ibrahim, now in his own band with ex-Smiths Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke. The loop appears on a new Ibrahim track, 'Mummy's Boy', which is being tipped as a possible single release.
See Ian Brown Media for the complete article, From February 1999 - Pulp Magazine Interview: Aziz and Mani Interview: The mutual appreciation between Mani and Aziz has taken fruit in more than just a verbal sense. Living five minutes from each other means they've been hanging out and jamming for a while now, whilst keeping up their energy levels thanks to Aziz's mum's delicious food. The end product is something which both are quietly confident about.
"The thing is, Mani's still in Primal Scream and I'm still in the Ian Brown band, but I submitted some of my best material, like 'My Star' and 'Corpses' to Ian's album which put my solo album back. In doing it I thought about who I wanted to play on it and, I just got a mental block. I couldn't think about anyone playing bass on it other than Mani."
"We're just trying to work it in where we've got windows of time when we're not busy doing other things," continues Mani. "We're just trying to use time wisely."
And can we expect a live band of sorts with Aziz and Mani on stage together? The line is, "watch this space". As Mani says:
"I'm a right fucking show off. I love being in front of people… so we need to be getting it on!!!"
Mani is not the only note-worthy name working on Aziz's solo album. Paul Weller and Steve White (Weller's drummer) will be playing on it. Andy Rourke from the Smiths will be on it. A relative cornucopia of pure talent. In true music industry style, Aziz elaborates on how he met Weller.
"We'd just raided Paul Smith in London and I think we'd just taken everything when Paul and Steve turned up. I think he just remembered me from the 'My Star' single and he was asking me about the guitar lines and things. We just got chatting and Steve, his drummer, invited us to their gig in Wolverhampton. After the show we went backstage and decided to meet up the next day at his management's offices. We ended up just sat in the car park jamming some guitar. It just ended up they decided to work on my album. I think what really got Paul was when I told him that Mani might be working on some of the tracks, and he was really keen on getting the four of us together to jam out some live stuff. I knew something wicked would come from it, I mean it's obvious, just common sense isn't it?"
Mani later tells us Paul is also working on a Primal Scream track at the moment which has a "The Who circa 1964 vibe. Mental."
Don't be mistaken in thinking that Aziz is taking without giving. He's working on numerous projects with young Asian artists from around England....Steve White (Paul Weller's drummer) on working with Aziz Ibrahim
"Not only is Aziz a great musician, someone I wanted to work with since I saw him with the Stone Roses 4 years ago in Ireland. I think his writing is very very fresh and it's a perfect mixture of good musicianship and Aziz's Asian and English background. It's a really exciting project and it's been a real pleasure to work on it.
We've done five tracks in two days which is pretty good going. He just let me do my thing on it. Which is really nice. He was really keen to let me bring what I do to the studio. It's not like a session then, it feels like you're actually participating in something, making some music together which is the kind of thing I rather doing."
From April 1999 - Leagues Mag, Mani interview:
If you were to be in a tribute band, who would be the subject matter?
"Oh, I'd love to play with the Jimi Hendrix Experience tribute band. I'd be Noel Redding obviously. I've been working on Ian Brown's guitarist Aziz Ibrahim's solo album and he's done a few tunes with Noel so I think I'm probably gonna get to meet him. Apparently, he's a right old arsehole."
He lives in Cork and there was a newspaper story about how he now plays guitar in a local pub for 50 quid a night.
"He's a jobbing musician man. That's what it comes down to. I'll probably end up the same, but hopefully not....

25 August 2000 Friday - The Corn Exchange, Newmarket Street, off Chesser Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £15
Notes: Part of T On The Fringe.

26 August 2000 Saturday - Leeds Festival, Radio 1 Evening Session Stage, Temple Newsam Park, Leeds * Support Act(s): Shack, Elliot Smith, Utah Saints, Les Rythmes Digitales, Lupine Howl, Clint Boon Experience, The Animalhouse, The Crocketts, Lineoleum, Clearlake, Action Spectacular
Notes: Aziz (returns) plays guitar during the set. Festival's initial line up was announced 17 March 2000. The Carling Weekend Reading & Leeds Festival held over the bank holiday weekend. Ian headlined the Radio 1 Evening Session Stage. No doubt Ian had a catch up with Clint Boon (former Inspiral Carpets). Primal Scream and Oasis played the 28 August.

27 August 2000 Sunday - Reading Festival, Radio 1 Evening Session Stage, Reading, Berkshire * Support Act(s): Shack, Elliot Smith, Utah Saints, Les Rythmes Digitales, Lupine Howl, Clint Boon Experience, The Animalhouse, The Crocketts, Lineoleum, Clearlake, Action Spectacular
Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) / Gettin' High / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / My Star / So Many Soldiers / Golden Gaze / Set My Baby Free / The Fisherman / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)
Notes: Aziz plays guitar during the set. Festival's initial line up was announced 17 March 2000. The Carling Weekend Reading & Leeds Festival was held over the bank holiday weekend. Ian headlined the Radio 1 Evening Session Stage.
Bank Holiday Monday Line Up included Stereophonics, Placebo, Slipknot, Rage Against The Machine, Blink 182 and more.
Broadcast: BBC Radio1
Official: Gomez / Ian Brown - 2000 - In Concert 840 BBC Transcription CD
07 Applause 7" (fades in) / Set My Baby Free / So Many Soliders / Billie Jean / Gettin' High / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / My Star
Bootleg: Soundboard - CD-R - Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) / Gettin' High / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / My Star / So Many Soldiers / Golden Gaze / Set My Baby Free / The Fisherman / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) / Love Like A Fountain / Golden Gaze - Bonus Tracks - 1999 - Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, Studios, London - Love Like A Fountain / Billy Jean / So Many Soldiers / Sunshine
Bootleg: Soundboard - CD-R - Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) / Gettin' High / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / My Star / So Many Soldiers / Golden Gaze / Set My Baby Free / The Fisherman / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)

Gomez / Ian Brown - 2000 - In Concert 840 BBC Transcription CD
(BBC Worldwide. 30:20) Live 2000 CD
[7] Ian Brown "7" Applause (Fades In)" / Set My Baby Free / So Many Soldiers / Billie Jean / Gettin' High / Dolphins Were Monkeys / Golden Gaze / My Star
Notes: BBC Radio Promo CD, In-House only. Although not noted, I'd guess this was recorded 27 August 2000 Sunday - Reading Festival, Radio 1 Evening Session Stage, Reading, Berkshire.

TV - 25 September 2000 - Cover Stories: A History of Record Sleeve Design in the North-West
Notes: Includes Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Farm and more.
Bootleg: VHS capture from Daewoo VCR via OBS. Edited and converted to MP4 in Shotcut.

2000 - Ireland
Notes: Aziz plays guitar during the set?, Unconfirmed, These would be Aziz's last shows.

200x - The Remixes Vol. 1 SPRMX001 Promo White Label. White generic sleeve with stickered tracklist.
Fools Gold (Rabbit In The Moon Remix)
One Love (Adrian Sherwood Remix)
Made Of Stone (808 State Remix)
I Wanna Be Adored (LunaSol's Acid Hacienda Remix)

The Stone Roses - 30 October 2000 - The Remixes U.K. Release Date
Tracks 1 to 11 produced for and on behalf of Dodgy Productions. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Limited. An original sound recording made by Silvertone Records Limited.
Mastered by Streaky Gee at Battery Mastering Studios, London. Initial Pressings Glass Mastered At Technicolor.
Shoot You Down (The Soul Hooligan Remix) by Soul Hooligan
Fools Gold (Top Won Mix) by A Guy Called Gerald
Made Of Stone (808 State Mix) - Engineered by Andy Drelincourt.
Waterfall (12" Remix) - Additional production and remix by Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne
One Love (Utah Saint's Mix) - Additional production & remix at Utah Central.
I Wanna Be Adored (Bloody Valentine Edit) (Remix by Rabbit In The Moon) - Additional production by Confucius & Monk (Rabbit In The Moon), Engineered by Scapegoat. Produced and mixed at Hallucination Studios, Tampa, Florida. Rabbit In The Moon appears courtesy of Hallucination Recordings.
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix) - Remix produced for RUN Productions courtesy of Prototype Recordings.
I Am The Resurrection (Jon Carter Mix) - Remixed for Dave Dorrell Management.
Waterfall (Justin Robertson's Mix) - Additional production & remix by Justin Robertson. Ably assisted by Roger Lyons.
She Bangs The Drums (Elephant Remix) - Additional Production & Remix by Math & NBG.
Elizabeth My Dear (Kinobe's Mix) - Kinobe
Elephant Stone (Mint Royale Remix) - Remix and additional production for Mint Productions. 1998 Silvertone Records Limited
Double Vinyl. Silvertone, Catalog Number: 9260151 (White-label Promo)
Double Vinyl. Silvertone, Catalog Number: 9260151 Silvertone Records
CD-R Promo, Silvertone, titled "Remix Album".
Made Of Stone (808 State Mix)
I Am The Resurrection (Jon Carter Mix)
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix)
One Love (Utah Saint's Mix)
I Wanna Be Adored (Bloody Valentine Edit) (Remix by Rabbit In The Moon) 7:40
Fools Gold (Top Won Mix) (Remix by A Guy Called Gerald)
Elephant Stone (Mint Royale Remix)
Waterfall (12" Remix) (Remix by Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne)
She Bangs The Drums (Elephant Remix)
Shoot You Down (The Soul Hooligan Remix)
Waterfall (Justin Robertson's Mix)
Elizabeth My Dear (Kinobe Remix)
CD. Catalog Number: 9260152 Silvertone Records
CD. Europe Catalog Number: 7 9260152 Silvertone Records
CD Europe BMG Catalog Number: 82876 55130 2 Silvertone Records/BMG
CD Australia & New Zealand Catalog Number: 9260152
CD 2002 Brazil Silvertone Records ‎/ Globo Catalog Number: 6385926015-2
Shoot You Down (The Soul Hooligan Remix) 4:47
Fools Gold (Top Won Mix) (Remix by A Guy Called Gerald) (Edit)
Made Of Stone (808 State Mix)
Waterfall (12" Remix) (Remix by Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne)
One Love (Utah Saint's Mix)
I Wanna Be Adored (Bloody Valentine Edit) (Remix by Rabbit In The Moon)
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix)
I Am The Resurrection (Jon Carter Mix)
Waterfall (Justin Robertson's Mix) (Edit)
She Bangs The Drums (Elephant Remix)
Elizabeth My Dear (Kinobe Remix)
Elephant Stone (Mint Royale Remix)
Notes: See 14 March 2001 for the Japanese release. Re-released on vinyl 02 October 2020 & 29 January 2021.
Although not mentioned on the sleeve Fools Gold (Top Won Mix) (Remix by A Guy Called Gerald) has been edited, the full version only appears on the 1992 CD single.
Waterfall (Justin Robertson's Mix) is an edit, the original full length remix only appears on a USA vinyl promo.
Fools Gold (Grooverider's Mix) appears to be an edit too, not to be confused with the commercial radio edit either. The full length remix can be heard on several USA vinyl promos.
From 2001 I Am Without Shoes Exclusive Mani Interview: > IAWS: The Remixes album, what do you make of that? I gather you were meant to be reviewing it for a radio station, did that happen? Mani: Er… I think it did! I like ‘Elephant Stone’ – for me that’s the whole point of a remix - to mash it all up and take it in a completely different direction, so that one was good. IAWS: Are you going to see any of the money from that? Mani: Well, I certainly haven’t yet! Doubt it, we’ll see…
2013, David Wood wrote an piece for North West Music Store's website 'Promenade Music'. The article included: Neil Claxton, my co-director in Faith & Hope, was the remix producer for the Sone Roses 'Begging You' single 'Stone Corporation Vox' mix that was released on Geffen Records ten years after the 'So young' single. In 98 Neil was asked to do a further re-mix for the Silvertone Records 'The Stone Roses - The Remixes' album. 'Elephant Stone' the 'Mint Royale Remix' appeared on the album and the same track later appeared on Neil's own 'Mint Royale' album 'Pop Is' which was released on our record label.
From 30 October 2000 - The Remixes sleeve notes:
808 State - "Taking any track off an album of such stature as 'The Stone Roses' would have been a pleasure. 'Made Of Stone' is great track and we hope we have done it some justice."
Paul Oakenfold - "The Stone Roses were one of the leading bands of the nineties - it was an honour for me to support them at Spike Island and Alexandra Palace. Waterfall's one of my favourite tracks and it was great for Steve and me to remix."
Utah Saints, 2000, Utah Central - "At a time when most guitar bands were being up there own arses about dance music, Stone Roses arrived with the funk, and truly managed to be unique. They understood how to cross many musical genres, and underpinned the whole thing with some great songs. Their artwork, in true Manchester tradition was always very impressive, and gave all their records a special feel. Anyway, Utah Saints are not going to get all academic on you. Stone Roses. Important. Charismatic. Special. They knew how to rock, and in the words of Edwin Starr, 'they definitely had the funk'. All the musicians involved in Stone Roses are currently still producing fine music in their own projects, and helping music to go forward. We recommend that you check it out."
Rabbit In The Moon - "The Stone Roses were the first band to come along since Pink Floyd who knew how to use electronic and acoustic instruments together. They had the focus, the vision, and the rhythm. Poetic atmospheric bliss. To remix both 'Fools Gold' and 'I Wanna Be Adored', I know what Heaven sounds like."
Jon Carter - "Quite simply the best band of my time"
Justin Robertson - "I was working at Eastern Bloc in Manchester when The Stone Roses first album came out. They married awe inspiring songwriting with acid house attitude and 'Waterfall' was my favourite of all time, I used to play it in my more Balearic sets."
Elephant - "Wanted to make a passive grey song out of a strong brown one. Skipped to the loo with it like a remix should. Not to reinvent, but to reference, with a lazy nod, and an autumn cough. Not to throw paint, but to finger paint an under arm throw, because a little wink is sometimes befitting of a big hard stare. So a small thing. 'You have to love your sandwich in order for it to make you happy' This one has, thanks"
Kinobe - "We just hope that our remix of 'Elizabeth My Dear' emulates the kind of peaceful undertones that The Stone Roses mellower side put across"
Mint Royale - "The Stone Roses took up the reins of geat Manchester guitar music after the demise of The Smiths had left us stranded with clumps of assorted flowers stuck out of our jacket lapel, broken hearing aids and dodgy quiffs. They wrote great songs; they must have, because eleven years down the line they're still as played and reversed as they ever were, and that's all the endorsement you need."

16 November 2000 - Mani's 38th birthday

23 November 2000 Thursday - The Red Box, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Notes: Aziz plays guitar during the set?

24 November 2000 - John Squire's 38th birthday

24 November 2000 Friday - The Nerve Centre, Derry, Northern Ireland
Notes: Original date announced as "13 October 2000 - Nerven Centre, Derry, Ticket Price: £14" Aziz plays guitar during the set? Not sure if this was Aziz's last show.

Aziz - December 2000 - King Tuts, Glasgow, Scotland
Bootleg: Audience Recording - CD-R

12 December 2000 - Mani relights the reunion rumours
From 12 December NME article: Mani has thrown down the gauntlet to the remaining members of The Stone Roses to reform and "close the book once and for all". Mani said: "I'm of the belief that you should never say never. Who knows what might happen - I'd love to reform to just do the summer festivals and give all these people a chance to actually see us and see us doing it well. For me it finished in such a smelly and horrible way that I'd like to just do something to close the book once and for all properly and then I'd be happy."
He also confirmed that the band had been offered "absolutely astounding financial incentives" to reform, but had declined. He said: "You'd be just doing it for the money and we always aid we would never prostitute ourselves that way." Despite his willingness, Mani said any chance of a reunion in the near future was unlikely. "I wouldn't hold my breath really. It'd be a nice thing to do but I don't know whether it would ever happen."

16 December 2000 Saturday - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
17 December 2000 Sunday - The Centre, Brighton
19 December 2000 Tuesday - Colston Hall, Bristol
20 December 2000 Wednesday - Academy, Birmingham
22 December 2000 Friday - Apollo, Manchester
Bootleg: Audience

31 December 2000 Sunday - Resolution 2000, 2000/1...kill all hippies - New Years Eve 2000, Alexandra Palace, Great Hall, London, N22 * Doors Open: 18:00 (Music Starts 20:00) - 06:00 * Ticket Price: £49.00 * Supporting: Primal Scream, Asian Dub Foundation (Live), DJ Liam Howlett (The Prodigy), DJ James Lavelle, DJ Andrew Weatherall, DJ Jon Carter, DJ Steve Lawler, DJ Layo & Bushwacka, DJ Andrew Curley, DJ Craig Richards, DJ Luke Slater, DJ Psychonauts and DJ Adrian Sherwood.
Notes: Organised by Mean Fiddler. The venue held 12,000 people, it was spread over 3 rooms. Primal Scream, Ian Brown and ADF played in the Great Hall which held 8,000.
Line up included Asian Dub Foundation & DJ sets from Liam Howlett (The Prodigy), James Lavelle, Andrew Weatherall, Luke Slater, Psychonauts and Adrian Sherwood. Ian Brown meets James Lavelle of UNKLE, Ian would later record and work with UNKLE. Adrian Sherwood was DJing, Adrian responsible for the One Love remixes which featured on the Roses' Waterfall single. Andrew Weatherall, well known for remixing Primal Scream tracks, also spun some records on the night (despite not being on the promo poster). DJ Jon Carter was responsible for a remix of I Am The Resurrection on the 2001 The Stone Roses The Remixes CD.
Mani did not see Ian's set but they did meet up after the show.
From I Am Without Shoes Exclusive Mani Interview: > IAWS: First off, the Resolution gig at Ally Pally, how was it and did you bump into Ian Brown? > Mani: Yeah, it was good, great gig. I actually missed Ian’s set, it was pretty short and started quite early. We caught up with each other later on. Partied till the early hours after that…
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