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The Stone Roses returned to the stage last night in Sweden as they played the Hultsfredsfestivalen. Unusually the band opened their performance with Love Spreads and went on to play a full 14 song set.
In Amsterdam tonight, the Roses didn’t return to the stage to perform their planned encore. With Ian returning to tell the audience that ‘the drummer’s gone home’.
Their performance at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam was their fourth comeback gig following ecstatically received performances in Warrington and Barcelona.
We’ll wait and see how this one pans out before we say anymore.
Update: sounds like this has been blown out of proportion and some misreporting going on.
Summary of events here: LouderThanWar.
The Stone Roses officially start their 2012 tour dates tomorrow (Friday 8 June) with the first of two Barcelona gigs.
The warm-up gigs in Barcelona and Amsterdam should see the reformed band perform their first full sets, after the ecstatically received surprise gig in Warrington.
thestoneroses.co.uk fansite will be in Barcelona and we’ll be reporting on the gigs. Follow us on Twitter @stoneroses for instant reactions, with full reports to follow on this website.
We’ve also set up the first of a series of webpages for each of the forthcoming gigs. You can can share your expectations, post comments, leave reviews and link to photos and videos. Help those who can’t make the gigs share the experience.
See you in Barcelona!
May
Rock City Art gallery is exhibiting a fantastic collection of Stone Roses photographs captured by award winning photographer Ian Tilton.
‘What The World Is Waiting For’ brings together Tilton’s collection of images charting the rise of The Stone Roses from obscurity in 1987 to worldwide cult status 1990. Based in Manchester, Ian Tilton began his career in the eighties, shooting iconic bands around the world such as Guns N Roses, Iggy Pop, The Smiths, U2 and The Cure.
Tilton’s shot of Nirvana’s exhausted and tearful Kurt Cobain was hailed by Q Magazine as one of the 6 best rock photographs of all time – while his photo of the Stone Roses front man Ian Brown with an orange in his mouth has gone down in rock n roll photographic legend. The photography of Tilton also featured on the interior sleeve of the Roses’ debut album. He successfully captured the raw energy and allure of the young band when they played live on the Other Side of Midnight TV show.
Ian Tilton and The Stone Roses lived in the same area of Manchester. “We bonded on our first shoot together as none of us wanted to create something boring. We held a mutual appreciation of creating something conceptually different.†Ian Tilton
He says: “They’d been working at it for years when I first came into contact with them in 1985, then I photographed them in 1987, they came to my studio in Chorlton, and I realised at last they’ve got something good.â€
If you can’t make the exhibition, the RCA website also has a great selection of the images online. Exhibition posters, prints signed by Tilton and a book based on the exhibition are all available to buy.
The exhibition runs from June 1st until June 22nd and entry is free. See the Rock City Art website for full details.