Manchester’s Stone Roses begin a run of four stadium shows in their hometown tomorrow. What might their perfect setlist contain?The band disowned their earliest recording, but the presence of this song on the soundtrack of Mat Whitecross’s sparky though sycophantic film Spike Island (2012), a dramatisation of their most famous gig, emphasises how much it has affected fans. The group was formed in Manchester in the early 1980s by childhood friends Ian Brown and John Squire, and went...
Guardian Music — Manchester’s Stone Roses begin a run of four stadium shows in their hometown tomorrow. What might their perfect setlist contain?The band disowned their earliest re... more info