Ian Brown with The Stone Roses in June 1989... and performing solo at the O2 Academy in Edinburgh, September 2022.

Manchester music legends now and then

16 years separate these two Cure albums: 4:13 Dream from 2008 and 2024's Songs Of A Lost World.

Which artist has the biggest gap between studio albums?

Drummer Reni rehearsing with The Stone Roses in 1994

Hear The Stone Roses' Love Spreads with Reni's isolated drums

Famous bassists: Flea, Mani, Kim Deal and Peter Hook

The best bassists in rock

Some of the best albums of 1994 from Primal Scream, Oasis, Jeff Buckley, Weezer, The Stone Roses and Blur.

The 25 best Indie Albums of 1994

Manchester music legends: The Stone Roses, Oasis, Joy Division and The Smiths

The 50 best songs from Manchester

The Stone Roses at Spike Island in 1990

Unearthed footage of The Stone Roses' 1990 Spike Island gig to be used in new documentary

Strong comebacks: AC/DC, Daft Punk and The Stone Roses

The biggest comeback tunes in history

Liam Gallagher with the rocker and John Squire inset

Liam Gallagher defends short gig sets on joint tour with John Squire

Liam Gallagher and John Squire on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch Liam Gallagher and John Squire perform I'm A Wheel on Jimmy Fallon

John Squire and Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher & John Squire at O2 Apollo Manchester: stage times, support, setlist & more

Liam Gallagher and John Squire Perform At The Halls Wolverhampton

Liam Gallagher & John Squire's Wolverhampton setlist

John Squire and Liam Gallagher

WATCH: Liam Gallagher & John Squire play Glasgow's Barrowland & cover The Rolling Stones: Full setlist

John Squire and Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher & John Squire at Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom: support, stage times, setlist & more

Albums with strong opening tracks from Abbey Road by The Beatles to The Stone Roses' debut.

10 great album opening tracks

John Squire and Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher and John Squire plot more joint albums: "I can’t wait to hear the next songs John writes"

John Squire performs with The Stone Roses in Finsbury Park in 2013

John Squire reveals why The Stone Roses never recorded a third album

Some of the items in the new Adidas X United X Roses collection.

Manchester United launch Stone Roses-inspired collection