Stone Roses will re-form, fifteen years after the alternative rock band split up.
A musician friend of the Stone Roses former front man, Ian Brown, reportedly received a text from Brown confirming the reunion.
Ian Brown’s friend, Dynamo, told the Sun the text read: “We are going to rule the world again. It’s happening”
Meanwhile, a major music publicist invited media to attend a “special press conference for a very important announcement” to be held tomorrow, though the subject of the meeting has not been revealed.
The English alternative rock band, which split over legal quarrels and internal disputes, has not played together since a devastating performance at the Reading Festival in 1996. Reported animosity between Brown and guitarist John Squire had kept the band mates apart until both attended a funeral earlier this year for the mother of the band’s bass player Gary “Mani’ Mounfield.
The Stone Roses formed in 1985 in Manchester, amidst the ‘Madchester’ era. Brown and Squire — who originally played together in a post-school cover band called The Patrol — were ultimately joined by Mounfield and drummer Alan ‘Reni’ Wren to create the classic line up for the majority of the group’s fame.
The band’s 1989 self-titled debut album is widely regarded as the most influential British albums of all time.
Elbow singer Guy Garvey was overheard had reportedly seen the original Stone Roses band members practicing over the weekend, further fuelling the rumour.
Since the Stone Roses dismantled, Mounfield has joined Scottish alternative rock band Primal Scream, while Wren has laid low. Both Brown and Squire have fostered successful solo careers.
Currently a movie is being made about the 1980s Manchester music scene, which might include a cameo by the Stone Roses. The film is being made by Tom Green, the director of the Channel 4 television programme Misfits.
Director Green said “The Roses died in 95. This is the resurrection.”
