It was just under a week ago that The Stone Roses officially announced their plans to reform and play two shows in Manchester’s Heaton Park next summer. Obviously, ticket sites went crazy, crashed, sparked frantic browser refreshing and much hysterics amongst the ‘Roses dedicated and hardcore fan base. This was, let’s not forget, a band that had always denied reformation rumours, and the infamous ‘falling out’ of principle songwriters Ian Brown and John Squire meant that most people stopped daring to dream, as it were, many moons ago.
Well, the tickets sold out in 14 minutes, giving some indication as to the huge demand for these two summertime shows. Surely more dates will be subsequently announced? Perhaps even an ‘Arena’ tour? New material, too? Hopefully not.
here comes the neighbourhood 