Ronnie Biggs

Stone Roses to Reunite for tour

Yes yes yes it can never be quite the same but I'm still buzzing about this one.....

Oyibopeppeh

What?

They barely lasted 2 years....one excellent single (Fool's Gold), a good first album and then what?

All hype.

Ronnie Biggs

Yeah, two albums...but one of them is amongst the greatest British albums of all time.

Best British Albums

Still sounds fantastic today, no hype required....

Spugsy

you been glue sniffing again?

Sandboy

could actully be better than the original this, if they've all grown up and he's learned to sing

bloody brilliant first album

Oyibopeppeh

No, me fingers

shiva

I'll believe it when it happens, but please god make it happen. Given that they were just about the most influential band of the last 20 years based on a debut album they have the potential to free us from simon cowell and the current craze for aspartame pop

shiva

Then what, well that single good album is cited as an influence by just about every band that hasn't used auto tune in the last two decades. And it still sounds good today

Oyibopeppeh

I never slagged the first album, it was a breath of fresh air to the music scene back in 1989 and it still is today.

shiva

So not really all hype then was it

Oyibopeppeh

What was it now, 4 or 5 years to release the 2nd album, which of course was hyped to knock the first one off it's pedestal....That counts as hype in my book.

shiva

Ah so your "all hype" is now modified to second album hype, perhaps you like a chance to modify it further saying as "all" is a bit too wide for you to defend

Oyibopeppeh

alright, just for you....anything post first album, second album, third album (?)....

shiva

the_red_sheep

Great news, can only hope the 'extensive world tour' makes it out here.

For what it's worth I think the 2nd (proper) album is really quite good, in fact excellent. The fact it took so long, and went in a slightly different direction, and obviously wasn't as good as the first, have left it very under rated IMO.