2016 | The Stone Roses Archive

2016 - John Squire continues creating art:
All For One
Beautiful Thing

John Squire continues painting on his farm in Macclesfield

From Uncut Magazine 13 May 2016, Mani interview:

How often do you see John Squire? “I spoke to John last week. I last saw him about a month ago. I go up to his farm in Macclesfield, because like I say, I’m godparent to his kids. We phone up, and in his usual way we have a good laugh. A lot of people have John down as being very quiet and insular, but I know how to tickle him. He’s a great kid.” What’s John up to musically? “Erm… painting.”

2016 Storytime with Boon - Episode 16 Podcast
Free Download. Interesting podcast featuring a recording of The Mill with Mani (see 1984) and goes into detail regarding Mani joining The Stone Roses.

February 2016 - Ian Brown features in Q Magazine
Includes an Ian Brown / The Stone Roses article on Fred Talbot and stories of the band members meeting The Clash and more.

20 February 2016 - Ian Brown's 53rd birthday

February 2016 - The Church Studio Sessions, Crouch End, North London- Wake Up World (aka Shake Up The World)

Apparently the lyrics to this song appeared on Twitter but the actual song has never surfaced. Unconfirmed if Ian Brown solo or if the lyrics were intended for the Roses.

25 February 2016 - The Church Studio Sessions, Crouch End, North LondonnNME interview Larry Bartleet

Have you heard from the Stone Roses how they're prepping?

"Not directly, no, but I know that they've been in the studio and everything, I think they keep things quite close to their chest, but it's all exciting."

March 2016 - The Church Studio Sessions, Crouch End, North London
Apparently the band had at least five rehearsal and recording sessions. There was an E.P. worth of material recorded but only the two tracks were released. The unconfirmed track titles are taken from unconfirmed sources.

From 01 March 1995 -'The Face Magazine' Issue 78, March 95: What about the next album then?

Mani: It’ll be soon and it won’t sound like this one at all It’ll be dub, funk, fuckin’ jazz music…

Ian: We’ll do a funk LP next, something completely different for 1996. And a live LP too before that.

John: A funk LP? I don’t intend making a funk record, personally. I’ve got another album almost written, I made a list of songs up yesterday actually.

Reni: Look, if the next one takes as long, I’ll have my solo LP out first.

From 24 March 2016, 11:19 - Radiox Website:...

Reni was caught outside Paul Epworth's studios in North London this week. The rumours surrounding The Stone Roses recording a third album have reignited this week, after the band and their gear was seen leaving Paul Epworth's famous The Church Studios in Crouch End. Despite both Mani and John Squire allegedly telling a fan they were just rehearsing, drummer Reni may have just given the game away.

According to NME when asked about the rumours, the 51-year-old said: "I'm recording," before adding: "I can't tell you anything because I'll get my arse kicked".

March 2016 - The Church Studio Sessions, Crouch End, North London All For One / Beautiful Thing

The Stone Roses recording in the studio with Paul Epworth (Primal Scream, Adele, Florence and the Machine, Paul McCartney). Paul Epworth's Church Studios were also used for rehearsal sessions during the reunion.

From 20 May 2016 NME Magazine:...2016 - at his plush north London studios The Church in late March. It was here that NME collared an upbeat Ian Brown, who told us the sessions were going ''like a dream''.

Ian Brown said ''We'll just keep writing and if it's our standard, we'll go.'' he said, adding 'We'll ride it until the wheels fall off, like we did last time...'.

Chris Coghill (Friend of Mani and actor who starred in 2012 Stone Roses' related film Spike Island) said: ...They'd been at the studio in Crouch End for the last few weeks so I knew they were recording, but I was still sat there like a schoolkid listening to the radio.

I spoke to Ian about it after the Finsbury Park gig (in 2013) - I asked him what the new material was sounding like. He said 'Fucking Top.'.

March 2016 - The Church Studio Sessions, Crouch End, North London
All For One (Prodigy Remix) / All For One (Unplugged) / All For One (Funk Master Flex’s Super Scratch Mix) / Beautiful Thing (Monitor Mix)

Apparently several mixes were made during the sessions but none have been released or leaked.

From 20 May 2016 NME Magazine: Dave Haslam (ex-Hacienda DJ) said: There was studio time booked a while ago but it wasn't used, and even though the band had always wanted to record new material, the timing was never quite right - they've all got busy lives. So the album was always going to come later rather than sooner. There's long been a creative tension between Ian and John...

10 April 2016 - Reni's 52nd birthday

April/May 2016 - Reni fractures two ribs in a fall.
Both dates in Japan are cancelled after Reni fractured two ribs in a fall.

10 May 2016 - Lemon Posters appear on Billboards, In Store Windows & Around Manchester To Promote The Upcoming Single

A new release is announced on Twitter, but there was no mention of the title.

12 May 2016 - All For One U.K. Release Date

All For One - Written by Brown/Mounfield/Squire/Wren. Copyright Control except Ian Brown published by Ibex Songs. Produced and Mixed by Paul Epworth at The Church Studios, London. Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering, London.

Artwork by John Squire, The shadows of the leters on the sleeve show the number 1 in the shadow.
CD Y4CDRO01, Download, 7inch Y4LPRO01
Format: CD. Sony DADC UNIVERSAL IFPI LY34 4796651 01 Catalog Number: VSCDT 2138, Virgin Records. Barcode: 602547966513. 00602547966513, Made In The EU (in the sleeve)
All For OneProducer: Paul Epworth

The Annie Mac Show, on BBC Radio 1 Debuted the song at 19:45pm 12 May 2016.

The song was available immediateley after as a download and the day after on CD. Some HMV pre-orders delivered the CD on the 12 May 2016, before the BBC debut.

20 May 2016 - The Stone Roses appear on the cover of NME Magazine

'The Stone Roses. The New Tune What The World Was Waiting For?'. Included Interviews with various members of the band and quotes from people related to the band.

02 June 2016 Thursday- Tokyo Budokan, Tokyo, Japan * Doors Open: 18:00 Start: 19:00 * Tickets Y12,000 / Y9,000 *

Cancelled after Reni fractured two ribs in a fall in April/May. Tickets went on sale 30 January 2016 Saturday and sold out. The band would return to play 21 & 22 April 2017 though.

03 June 2016 - Tokyo Budokan, Tokyo, Japan * Doors Open: 17:15 Start: 18:15 * Tickets Y12,000 / Y9,000 * Support Act(s): The Bawdies Cancelled, see above.

07 June 2016 Tuesday - "The Gig With No Name" Victoria Theatre, Halifax * Doors Open: 19:15 * Ticket Price: £25.00

Soundcheck: All For One / Elephant Stone / Waterfall

I Wanna Be Adored / Elephant Stone / (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister / Bye Bye Badman / Begging You / Waterfall - Don’t Stop / Elizabeth My Dear / Fools Gold / All For One / Love Spreads / She Bangs The Drums / This Is The One / Breaking Into Heaven / I Am the Resurrection

Secret warm up show for the tour. Yellow wristbands noted the date and "The Gig With No Name".

All For One is performed live for the first time. Begging You is added to the setlist after a 21 year break, performed with Reni drumming live for the first time. Made Of Stone wasn't on the initial printed setlist but was played anyway.

Simon Wolstencroft said: “I know that in the gap since the last gigs [in 20l3] he’s been very frustrated at not being in the studio and not playing because he really loves it. He didn't want it to stop. The last time I spoke to him he was telling me they'd just gotten back together again for the gigs this summer and he sounded really happy. But I still told him, ‘Don’t worry, Ian. If it goes wrong, you’ve always got your own songs.’ He could have another massive tune again tomorrow if he wanted. I know he could.”

08 June 2016 - The Sands Centre, Carlisle

I Wanna Be Adored / Elephant Stone / Sally Cinnamon / Bye Bye Badman / Mersey Paradise / Begging You / Waterfall - Don’t Stop / Fools Gold / All For One / Love Spreads / Made Of Stone / She Bangs The Drums / This Is The One / I Am the Resurrection

Another secret warm up show for the tour.
The official touring pass is revealed. Waterfall design with white border 'The Stone Roses Touring' text and on the other side an excerpt from Waterfall flag art with 'The Stone Roses' text, central, and a white box for a name or job title to be written in.

The pass would changed for the 2017 tour, as several passes were sold and fans attempted to re-use the 2016 pass for access to the shows VIP areas.

9 June 2016 - Beautiful Thing U.K. Release Date
Beautiful Thing

The song was initially available to stream on Youtube, the video used the image from upcoming 'Butterfly' single sleeve.

Details of the song emerged on the website of music copyright site PPL (PPL is the copyright organisation which oversees the playing of songs in public.)

08 June 2016.
The official website stated 'Beautiful Thing released at midnight tonight' on the 09 June 2016. Downloads were made available shortly after the youtube debut.

The track was scheduled for release 01 July 2016 but was delayed due to the vinyl pressings, see 22 July 2016.

5 June 2016 Wednesday - Etihad Stadium, Manchester City Stadium, Manchester * Doors Open: * Ticket Price: £ * Support Acts: Public Enemy, Chronixx, Blossoms

I Wanna Be Adored / Elephant Stone / Sally Cinnamon / Mersey Paradise / (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister / Bye Bye Badman / Where Angels Play - Shoot You Down / Begging You / Waterfall - Don't Stop / Elizabeth My Dear / Fools Gold / All For One / Love Spreads / Made Of Stone / She Bangs The Drums / Breaking Into Heaven / This Is The One / I Am The Resurrection

This was an additional show as the original dates (17 & 18) sold out within an hour of going on sale, Tickets Went On Sale Friday

06 November 2015 at 10:30am. The promo poster used the flightcase design with 'stencil' logo using a yellow background for all four shows.

Before ‘Bye Bye Badman’, Ian dedicated the song to “human beings posing as policemen”.

‘This Is The One’, was played especially for David Beckham, who was wearing a bucket hat and got to meet the band at the stadium too.

The studio recording of Beautiful Thing was played through the P.A. system after Resurrection.

Outside the ground there was loads of Reni style bucket hats for sale, rain macs and shades too. No-one could predict the weather. The show only started to get busy after 19:00 (this was a midweek show where many fans had to work).

The merchandise on sale included some unique designs for the show. Unique Posters, T-Shirts, Lithograph prints were on sale. It was the first time I'd seen the Stone Roses Album Windbreaker jacket on sale too. Priced at £60, this was too steep for me to afford at the time but they still hold their value today.

17 June 2016 Friday - Etihad Stadium, Manchester City Stadium, Manchester * Doors Open: 16:30 * Ticket Price: £59.00 * Support Acts: Public Enemy, The Coral, Buzzcocks

The studio recording of Beautiful Thing was played through the P.A. system after Resurrection. Tickets Went On Sale Friday 06 November 2015 at 09:30am and sold out within an hour.

8 June 2016 Saturday - Etihad Stadium, Manchester City Stadium, Manchester * Doors Open: * Ticket Price: £ * Support Acts: Public Enemy, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, Audioweb

Ian Brown mentioned Audioweb in an interview back in 1996, obviously he was still a fan here too. Tickets Went On Sale Friday 06 November 2015 at 09:30am and sold out within an hour.

The studio recording of Beautiful Thing was played through the P.A. system after Resurrection. Three years to the date later Metallica would pay tribute to the roses by covering I Wanna Be Adored at the same venue (18 June 2019 - Etihad Stadium, Manchester)

19 June 2016 Sunday - Etihad Stadium, Manchester City Stadium, Manchester * Doors Open: 16:30 Ticket Price: £59.00 * Support Acts: Public Enemy, Courteeners, Bugz Malone

The studio recording of Beautiful Thing was played through the P.A. system after Resurrection. This was an additional show as the original dates (17 & 18) sold out within an hour of going on sale, Tickets Went On Sale Friday 06 November 2015 at 10:30am.

The final date for me was the best show. Sound wise and performance wise. Courteeners performed a cover of James 'Tomorrow'.

29 June 2016 - The Stone Roses Glastonbury 2017 rumours spread

30 June 2016 Thursday - Madison Square Garden, NYC, New York, U.S.A. * Doors Open: 16:30 * Ticket Price: £59.00 * Support Act(s): Rodrigo y Gabriela

I Wanna Be Adored / Elephant Stone / Sally Cinnamon / Mersey Paradise / (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister / Bye Bye Badman / Shoot You Down / Begging You / Waterfall - Don't Stop / Elizabeth My Dear / Fools Gold / All For One / Love Spreads / Made Of Stone / She Bangs The Drums / Breaking Into Heaven / This Is The One / I Am The Resurrection

Tickets Went On Sale Friday at 10:00am. The promo poster used the flightcase design with 'stencil' logo using a yellow background.

A unqiue 'Madison Square Garden New York' 'Lemon' shirt design was on sale from the official merchandise stall. Media photos taken by Adela Loconte.

08 July 2016 Friday - T-In The Park, Main Stage, Strathallan Castle, Perthshire, Scotland * Gates Open: * * Support Act(s): Disclosure, Courteeners, James Morrison, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Alessia Cara, The Temperance Movement*

Tickets Went On Sale Friday 06 November 2015 at 09:30am. T In The Park Festival apparently sold out on Roses day tickets. Venue noted as 'Strathallan Castle, Perthshire'. Media photos taken by Ross Gilmore/Redferns.

25 February 2016 - NME interview T-In The Park festival director Geoff Ellis. From NME Blog Larry Bartleet wrote:

Have you heard from the Stone Roses how they're prepping?

"Not directly, no, but I know that they've been in the studio and everything, I think they keep things quite close to their chest, but it's all exciting." How did you book them? "They've always been strong in Scotland, they've headlined here once before and we had them play Glasgow Green which sold out in 30 minutes for 50,000 tickets, so when I heard that they were gonna do a handful of dates this year, and that they were gonna do shows at Man City and they'd consider doing a Scottish show, immediately I'm like, 'we definitely want them'.

They were the first band we announced. "It's great to have them as the first name on the team sheet really. They were one of the first bands I booked as a concert promoter, I put them on at Middlesex Poly in London and they were fantastic at that gig, there were about 150 people there and Bob Stanley came along to review it and said, 'This band are the future of the music industry in Britain' – or words to that effect – and then the band exploded just after that. The rest is history. I just love them."

09 July 2016 Saturday - Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland * Doors Open: 17:30 * Ticket Price: (Euros) 74.50 * Support Act(s): Rodrigo y Gabriela, Soak

I Wanna Be Adored / Elephant Stone / Sally Cinnamon / (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister / Bye Bye Badman / Shoot You Down / Begging You / Waterfall - Don't Stop / Elizabeth My Dear / Fools Gold / All For One / Love Spreads / Made Of Stone / She Bangs The Drums / Breaking Into Heaven / This Is The One / I Am The Resurrection

Tickets Went On Sale Friday 20 November 2015 at 9:00am. The promo poster used the flightcase design with 'stencil' logo using a green background.

A unqiue 'Marlay Park Dublin' 'Lemon' shirt design was on sale from the official merchandise stall. Media photos taken by Kieran Frost/Redferns.

22 July 2016 - Beautiful Thing Vinyl U.K. Release Date
Beautiful Thing

The song was initially available to stream on Youtube from 09 June 2016. 6,000 Pressings went on sale as a Limited Edition Vinyl Release. The track was also available as a download too. The vinyl was scheduled for 01 July 2016 but was delayed due to the vinyl pressings.

11 August 2016 - Stone Roses offered a full refund on Beautiful Thing due to a mix up in limited numbers.

Fans who bought a limited edition 12-inch version of the track could get their £6.99 back after Universal Records admitted descriptions of the item had been “misleading.”

Universal advertised the one-track vinyl single as being limited to 5000 copies, but later admitted 6000 copies were actually pressed.
Universal said: “This item was inaccurately advertised as being limited to 5000 units. The vinyl single was manufactured to accommodate all territories and the UK allocation for this was 5000 units, but a total of 6000 units were manufactured globally.

“We appreciate that this was misleading and apologise for this miscommunication. “The vinyl is still very in demand but should you wish to return your copy and have a refund for your purchase, please simply email storesupport@umusic.com quoting your order number and we will issue you the return details and issue a full refund, including postage on the item. “Once again we would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

16 November 2016 - Mani's 54th birthday

24 November 2016 - John Squire's 54th birthday

12 December 2016 Monday - Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Notes: The promo poster used the flightcase design with 'stencil' logo using a yellow background for all three dates. Concert Hall 'In The Round' from $129.

13 December 2016 Tuesday - Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

14 December 2016 Wednesday - Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia