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John Robb’s bio on The Stone Roses updated with reunion information; read excerpts here!

n a year full of exciting reunion shows from the likes Of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pulp, Mazzy Star perhaps none raised more eyebrows than The Stone Roses reunion. After 16 years apart, the band is embarking on a string of sold-out European dates while fans await North American dates and a possible new album.

With all of that going on, author John Robb has updated his classic bio on the band. The Stone Roses: The Reunion Edition is fully revised and updated, with brand new chapters and exclusive details on their reformation; this is the definitive, most revered account of the band, from a journalist and musician who was there from the beginning.
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Posted on April 26, 2012 in Books, Music News | Tagged Ian Brown, Manchester, Stone Roses |

This Is The Resurrection – Stone Roses reunion in full force with tour dates, label signing, new album

The news just keeps getting better for Stone Roses fans. The music world was shocked in Mid-October, when the original Stone Roses lineup, Ian Brown, John Squire, Gary (Mani) Mounfield and Alan (Reni) Wren announced plans for 2 Manchester shows next June. As welcome as this news is, we all thought, will this actually happen and will they just do the shows and then disappear again?

As weeks went on, more and more shows were announced with the band playing several festivals across Europe and Asia. Now, expectations are at a fever pitch, with the announcement that the band has signed a major record deal, with Columbia in North America and Universal in the UK. We could be looking at their first new material since 1994′s Second Coming.
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Posted on December 11, 2011 in Music News, Tour Dates | Tagged Stone Roses |

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