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| Stone Roses documentary has Manchester premiere | Stone Roses documentary has Manchester premiere |
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| A documentary film charting the return of influential Manchester band The Stone Roses has premiered in the group's home city. | |
| The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone features footage from across the band's career and their comeback shows of last year. | The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone features footage from across the band's career and their comeback shows of last year. |
| Filmmaker Shane Meadows and the band were expected to attend the screening, at Victoria Warehouse, Trafford. | |
| The film was simultaneously broadcast to 200 UK cinemas, with a general release nationwide on 5 June. | |
| The Stone Roses, whose 1989 eponymous debut is widely regarded in the UK music press as one of the best albums ever, returned after their 1996 break-up for a string of gigs last summer. | The Stone Roses, whose 1989 eponymous debut is widely regarded in the UK music press as one of the best albums ever, returned after their 1996 break-up for a string of gigs last summer. |
| 'Nervous wreck' | 'Nervous wreck' |
| Concerts at Manchester's Heaton Park, attended by 220,000 fans, were the first in the UK to feature the band's original line-up for 22 years. | Concerts at Manchester's Heaton Park, attended by 220,000 fans, were the first in the UK to feature the band's original line-up for 22 years. |
| Meadows, a self-confessed Roses fan, said: "You hear people say 'never work with your idols, it can only go wrong' and I was a bit of a nervous wreck. | Meadows, a self-confessed Roses fan, said: "You hear people say 'never work with your idols, it can only go wrong' and I was a bit of a nervous wreck. |
| "Normally as a director you're in control, you have written a script, whereas on this I was following their lead." | "Normally as a director you're in control, you have written a script, whereas on this I was following their lead." |
| The director, perhaps best known for the film and later television series This Is England, said the documentary was as "much about the fans as the band". | The director, perhaps best known for the film and later television series This Is England, said the documentary was as "much about the fans as the band". |
| He said: "They [the band] were really open with me, they gave me access to clips, photographs, things no-one has ever seen." | |
| The Stone Roses are due to play further gigs this summer, including dates at Finsbury Park and a headline slot at the Isle Of Wight Festival. | The Stone Roses are due to play further gigs this summer, including dates at Finsbury Park and a headline slot at the Isle Of Wight Festival. |