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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. A documentary charting the return of 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 the band's career and their comeback shows last year.
Filmmaker Shane Meadows and the band attended the screening, at Victoria Warehouse, Trafford. Three of the four band members attended the screening, but drummer Reni was absent. Singer Ian Brown said he had "a really bad cold".
The film was simultaneously broadcast to 200 UK cinemas, with a general release nationwide on 5 June. Guitarist John Squire told the BBC the group had written "a few" new songs and were working on a new album this year.
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. "We won't be playing any of them live until we've recorded it," he said.
The premiere 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, broke up in 1996 but returned 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. Director Shane 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 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."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.