They said it would never happen, though the cynical among us would wager that ‘they’ didn’t include their bank managers. But after a 16 year hiatus, the Stone Roses returned with a free show at Warrington Parr Hall. Announcing it on their official website, wristbands were given out (one per person) to the first 1500 [...]
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If, in the build-up to the official announcement, you had asked me to name the line-up for T in the Park 2012, I’d have looked at the one headliner already announced – The Stone Roses – and then added two more. ‘Fucking Kasabian‘, I would have said, before adding drily ‘oh, and Snow Patrol, obviously.’ [...]
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Whilst it was inevitable that the Stone Roses comeback shows at Heaton Park were highly unlikely to be all she wrote, from a marketing point of view it made perfect sense not to go on about it too much. After all, would there have been such a fantastic scramble for tickets – a staggering 225,000 [...]
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Ah, Friday, Friday here again in tidy attire, to paraphrase Blur. The weekend starts here good buddies – or will at home time – and through all the rock’n’roll excess which I’m sure you will engage in let’s reconnect with our spiritual sides. Or get drunk and start crying, one of the two. Anyway, this [...]
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Good day to you all, my fine friends. We are all buzzing here after seeing one of Glasgow’s finest bands, the mighty Fram , perform a surprise acoustic gig in the city last night. And that has been good for my mood, as ELM has not been very well this week. I know. It’s a [...]
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Due to a football match being held there tonight, Manchester has been very much in the headlines in Glasgow for the last few days. ELM is a footy-free zone, but it did get me thinking about some great Manchester bands. there can’t be many provincial cities in the world with the rich heritage of the [...]
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I logged on this morning to a busy inbox, amongst which were the usual spam mails offering all sorts of interesting things. While I was intrigued by the headline ‘tear her holes apart with your massive dong’ – and who wouldn’t be? – there was also a missive telling me of the benefits of ignoring [...]
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