The Stone Roses will play New York – Madison Square Garden 30/6. This is in addition to their Sold Out gigs in their hometown, Manchester. For disappointed fans an extra date fourth has been added: Manchester – Etihad Stadium 15/6.Also, fans can travel the Irish sea: Dublin – Marlay Park 9/7. See more at: http://www.thestoneroses.org/

As Glastonbury Festival gradually nears, headline acts have been drip-fed. Organiser Emily Eavis teasing that there will be “three brilliant British bands” headlining – Coldplay already confirmed for the Sunday. Perhaps The Stone Roses will be one of these “brilliant British”?

Brilliant is definitely a word to describe The Stone Roses alongside bright, burning and bedazzling for want of some synonyms.

‘Fools Gold’, ‘Made of Stone’, ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, ‘This is the One’ ‘Love Spreads’ make up my personal Top 5 – a difficult process which, of course, changes daily. What are the fans’ favourite? Four of my favourites made the Top 10 in Nme’s Reader’s Top Twenty. Below are the Top 10 – for the full list see: http://www.nme.com/ratemy/249723/whats-the-greatest-stone-roses-track

-1- ‘I Am The Resurrection’

-2- ‘I Wanna Be Adored’

-3- ‘Waterfall’

-4- ‘She Bangs the Drums’

-5- ‘This Is The One’

-6- ‘Fools Gold’

-7- ‘Sally Cinnamon’

-8- ‘Made of Stone’

-9- ‘Bye Bye Badman’

-10 ‘Elephant Stone’

Notice none of this Top 10 is from their last 1994 album Second Coming. Every fanatic will have their own opinions and those prompt enough to obtain Manchester – Etihad Stadium tickets will certainly reminisce those older days back in the early 90s.

Glastonbury Festival? We just have to wait. Whoever is announced will certainly be another “brilliant British band”.