1 October: Futurama, Dienze, Belgium
3 October: Club Logo, Hamburg, Germany
4 October: Luxor Club, Cologne, Germany
10 October: Melkweg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
12 October: Les Inrockuptibles Festival, Paris, France
23 October: Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan
24 October: Kan-1 Hoken Hall, Tokyo, Japan
25 October: Mainichi Hall, Osaka, Japan
27 October: Nihon Seinenkan, Tokyo, Japan
13 November: ‘Fools Gold’ – UK charts no. 8/Billboard Modern Rock US charts no. 5; B-sides ‘What the World Is Waiting For’, ‘Fools Gold’ extended mix (Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
18 November: Alexandra Palace, London
4 December: The Stone Roses album – Billboard US charts no. 86 (US release, with extra track ‘Fools Gold’, Jive/Zomba, vinyl, CD and cassette)
11 December: ‘Sally Cinnamon’ – UK charts no. 46 (reissue, FM Revolver, 7-inch, 12-inch CD and cassette)
1990
12 February: ‘Elephant Stone’ – UK charts no. 8 (reissue, Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
26 February: ‘Made of Stone’ – UK charts no. 20 (reissue, Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
5 March: ‘She Bangs the Drums’ – UK charts no. 34 (reissue, Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
15 May: Patrol, Copenhagen, Denmark
16 May: Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden
17 May: Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
19 May: The Voice, Oslo, Norway
27 May: Spike Island, Widnes
3 June: Féria de Nîmes Festival, Spain (cancelled)
3 June: Provinssirock Festival, Seinäjoki, Finland
7 June: Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
9 June: Glasgow Green, Scotland
21 June: Chicago, USA (cancelled)
22 June: New York, USA (cancelled)
24 June: Detroit, USA (cancelled)
29 June: Hollywood High School Gymnasium, USA (cancelled)
30 June: San Francisco, USA (cancelled)
2 July: ‘One Love’ – UK charts no. 4/Billboard Modern Rock US charts no. 5; B-sides ‘Something’s Burning’, ‘One Love’ extended mix (Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
1991
June: Madison Square Garden, New York (cancelled)
June: Forum, Los Angeles (cancelled)
June: San Francisco (cancelled)
2 September: ‘Elephant Stone’ (reissue, Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
9 September: ‘Waterfall’ – UK charts no. 27 (Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
7 October: ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ – UK charts no. 33 (Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
14 October: The Stone Roses album (reissue, Silvertone Records, double vinyl, CD and cassette)
2 December: Blackpool Live (Silvertone Records, video of Empress Ballroom gig)
1992
9 March: ‘I Am the Resurrection’ – UK charts no. 33 (Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
4 May: ‘Fools Gold’ remix (Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
6 July: Turns into Stone album – UK charts no. 32; compilation of A-sides and B-sides: ‘Elephant Stone’, ‘The Hardest Thing in the World’, ‘Going Down’, ‘Mersey Paradise’, ‘Standing Here’, ‘Where Angels Play’, ‘Simone’, ‘Fools Gold’, ‘What the World Is Waiting For’, ‘One Love’, ‘Something’s Burning’ (Silvertone Records, CD and cassette)
13 July: The Singles Collection (Silvertone Records, 8CD box set)
13 July: ‘So Young’ (Silvertone Records, CD)
1994
28 November: ‘Love Spreads’ – UK charts no. 2/Billboard US charts no. 55; B-sides ‘Your Star Will Shine’, ‘Breakout’, ‘Groove Harder’ (Geffen Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
5 December: Second Coming album – UK charts no. 4/Billboard US charts no. 47; ‘Breaking into Heaven’, ‘Driving South’, ‘Ten Storey Love Song’, ‘Daybreak’, ‘Your Star Will Shine’, ‘Straight to the Man’, ‘Begging You’, ‘Tightrope’, ‘Good Times’, ‘Tears’, ‘How Do You Sleep’, ‘Love Spreads’, secret track (Geffen Records, double vinyl, CD and cassette)
1995
6 March: ‘Ten Storey Love Song’ – UK charts no. 11; B-sides ‘Ride-On’, ‘Moses’ (Geffen Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
10 April: ‘Fools Gold 95’ – UK charts no. 25 (Silvertone Records, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
19 April: Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway
20 April: Palladium, Stockholm, Sweden
24 April: Docks, Hamburg, Germany
25 April: Metropol, Berlin, Germany
26 April: Paradiso, Amsterdam
27 April: La Luna, Brussels, Belgium
29 April: E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
1 May: The Complete Stone Roses album – UK charts no. 4; compilation of A-sides and B-sides: ‘So Young’, ‘Tell Me’, ‘Sally Cinnamon’, ‘Here It Comes’, ‘All Across the Sands’, ‘Elephant Stone’, ‘Full Fathom Five’, ‘The Hardest Thing in the World’, ‘Made of Stone’, ‘Going Down’, ‘She Bangs the Drums’, ‘Mersey Paradise’, ‘Standing Here’, ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, ‘Waterfall’, ‘I Am the Resurrection’, ‘Where Angels Play’, ‘Fools Gold’, ‘What the World Is Waiting For’, ‘Something’s Burning’, ‘One Love’ (Silvertone Records, vinyl, CD and cassette)
1 May: Zurich, Switzerland
3 May: Art Palladium, Rome, Italy
5 May: Pakhus 11, Copenhagen, Denmark
7 May: Aqualung, Madrid, Spain
9 May: Le Transbordeur, Lyon, France
11 May: Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France
14 May: Midtown Music Festival, Atlanta, USA
16 May: Gaston Hall, Washington DC, USA (cancelled)
18 May: Marine Terminals, Toronto, Canada
20 May: Manhattan Ballroom, New York, USA
21 May: Avalon Club, Boston, USA
22 May: Webster Hall, New York, USA
24 May: The Trocadero, Philadelphia, USA
26 May: Riverport Amphitheater, St Louis, USA
27 May: World Music Theater, Chicago, USA
29 May: Palladium, Los Angeles, USA
31 May: Fillmore Club, San Francisco, USA
5 June: Factory Hall, Sapporo, Japan (cancelled)
7 June: Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan (cancelled)
8 June: Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan (cancelled)
10 June: Century Hall, Nagoya, Japan (cancelled)
12 June: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (cancelled)
13 June: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (cancelled)
14 June: Kousei Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan (cancelled)
16 June: Yuubin Chokin, Hiroshima, Japan (cancelled)
17 June: Sun Palace, Fukuoka, Japan (cancelled)
19 June: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan (cancelled)
24 June: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset (cancelled)
30 July: Lollipop Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
31 July: Tullikamari Club, Tampere, Finland
1 August: Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland
2 August: Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland
5 August: Feile Festival, Cork, Ireland
1 September: Pilton Party, Somerset
11 September: Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan
12 September: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
13 September: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
15 September: Convention Hall, Okinawa, Japan
18 September: Century Hall, Nagoya, Japan
20 September: Yuubin Chokin, Hiroshima, Japan
21 September: Sun Palace, Fukuoka, Japan
24 September: IMP Hall, Osaka, Japan
25 September: IMP Hall, Osaka, Japan
27 September:
Factory Hall, Sapporo, Japan
28 September: Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan
1 October: Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia
2 October: Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
3 October: Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
5 October: Metro, Melbourne, Australia
7 October: Thebarton, Adelaide, Australia
8 October: Metropolis, Perth, Australia
9 October: Metropolis, Perth, Australia
13 November: ‘Begging You’ – UK charts no. 15; B-side remixes (Geffen Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
28 November: The Royal Hall, Bridlington Spa
30 November: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
1 December: Corn Exchange, Cambridge
2 December: Brighton Centre
4 December: Newport Centre, Wales
5 December: Exeter University
7 December: De Montford Hall, Leicester
8 December: Brixton Academy, London
9 December: Brixton Academy, London
11 December: Rivermead, Reading
12 December: Norwich University of East Anglia
13 December: Town and Country Club, Leeds
15 December: Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
16 December: Whitley Bay Ice Rink
17 December: Music Hall, Aberdeen
19 December: Barrowlands, Glasgow
20 December: Barrowlands, Glasgow
22 December: Apollo, Manchester
23 December: Apollo, Manchester
28 December: Sheffield Arena
29 December: Wembley Arena, London
1996
February: Crimson Tonight live EP; ‘Daybreak’, ‘Breaking into Heaven’, ‘Driving South’, ‘Tightrope’ (Geffen Records, Australia and Japan only)
2 August: Festival Internacional, Benicàssim, Spain
10 August: Festival Vilar de Mouros, Portugal
11 August: Skanderborg Festival, Denmark
12 August: Budapest, Hungary
23 August: Lowlands Festival, Holland (cancelled)
25 August: Reading Festival
25 November: Garage Flower album – UK charts no. 58; ‘Getting Plenty’, ‘Here It Comes’, ‘Trust a Fox’, ‘Tradjic Roundabout’, ‘All I Want’, ‘Heart on the Staves’, ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, ‘This Is the One’, ‘Fall’, ‘So Young’, ‘Tell Me’, ‘Haddock’, ‘Just a Little Bit’, ‘Mission Impossible’ (Silvertone Records, vinyl, CD and cassette)
1999
February 22: ‘Fools Gold 99’ – UK charts no. 25 (Silvertone Records, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
October 11: The Stone Roses album – UK charts no. 19; tenth-anniversary edition (Silvertone Records, double CD)
9 October: The Stone Roses: The Remixes album – UK charts no. 41 (Silvertone Records, double vinyl, CD)
2002
4 November: The Very Best of the Stone Roses album – UK charts no. 19; compilation: ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, ‘She Bangs the Drums’, ‘Ten Storey Love Song’, ‘Waterfall’, ‘Made of Stone’, ‘Love Spreads’, ‘What the World Is Waiting For’, ‘Sally Cinnamon’, ‘Fools Gold’, ‘Begging You’, ‘Elephant Stone’, ‘Breaking into Heaven’, ‘One Love’, ‘This Is the One’, ‘I Am the Resurrection’ (Silvertone Records, double vinyl, CD)
2004
28 June: The Stone Roses: The DVD; Blackpool live, music videos and TV performances (Silvertone Records, double DVD)
2009
10 August: The Stone Roses album – UK charts no. 5; twentieth-anniversary edition (Silvertone Records, Special Edition, Legacy Edition, Collector’s Edition, double/triple CD, DVD, triple vinyl)
Acknowledgements
This book is based on interviews conducted in 2011 and 2012, and would not have been possible without the following: Bushra Ahmed, Shami Ahmed, Paul Birch, Anthony Boggiano, Johnny Bolland, John Breakell, Bryn Bridenthal, Jon Brookes, Tim Chambers, Andy Couzens, Kevin Cummins, Gareth Davies, Sue Dean, Bob Dickinson, Anthony Donnelly, Christopher Donnelly, Bruce Flohr, Pete Garner, Gary Gersh, Doug Goldstein, Paula Greenwood, Dave Haslam, Peter Hook, Steven Howard, Aziz Ibrahim, Nigel Ipinson-Fleming, Clive Jackson, Dougie James, Keith Jobling, Phil Jones, John Kennedy, Lewis Kovac, Stephen Lea, Peter Leak, John Leckie, Greg Lewerke, Steve Lock, Robbie Maddix, Howard Marshall Jones, Mensi, Tony Michaelides, Bruce Mitchell, Dennis Morris, Eileen Mulligan, Micke Murhoff, John Nuttall, Mike Phoenix, Brian Pugsley, Lindsay Reade, Dave Roberts, Eddie Rosenblatt, Phil Saxe, Paul Schroeder, Harald Sickenga, Slim, Mike Smith, Pennie Smith, Robbie Snow, Lawrence Stewart, Joe Strong, Annette Svensson, Trevor Taylor, Michael Tedesco, Ian Tilton, Mark Tolle, Geoff Travis, Tim Vigon, Geno Washington, Si Wolstencroft and Geoff Wonfor. Apologies to those who gave considerable time that is not reflected in the finished work.
Reni’s manager, John Nuttall, deserves much credit for corralling many of the above, and for assisting in the accuracy and authenticity of the book – from the beginning to the end, and particularly during the sticky bit in the middle.
Thanks to Reni for the inspiration and the start; Kevin Pocklington, at Jenny Brown Associates, for the deal and support; Joel Rickett, at Penguin, for riding out the bumps; Andrew Loog Oldham for taking me to the top of the mountain; and Shirley Spence for allowing me to see clearly from it.
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