The Stone Roses have announced plans for one-off gig in Dubai next year.
The reformed Manchester band will play the Media City Amphitheatre on February 21, 2013. Tickets for the concert go on sale on Sunday (November 18). Fans can register for tickets at Thestonerosesdubai.com.
The band are also set to play two shows at Finsbury Park in London and another at Glasgow Green in June next year. Support for the Glasgow show includes Primal Scream, Jake Bugg and The View. Support for the London shows will be announced shortly.
Guns N' Roses, Jack White and surprise guest Eddie Vedder played Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit in California this weekend.
The event, celebrating its 26th anniversary, featured an all-star line up with The Flaming Lips, Foster The People, Steve Martin, kd Lang and Ray LaMontagne all featuring on the strictly acoustic bill. According to Rolling Stone, Young opened the all-day event by performing a short set, including a duet with his wife Pegi on "Comes A Time".
Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash has announced a full UK solo tour for later this year.
The guitarist, who released his second solo album Apocalyptic Love in May, will play five shows across the UK in October.
The gigs begin in Edinburgh at the city's Corn Exchange on October 7 and run until October 15 when the guitarist and his band headline Newcastle's O2 Academy. The run of gigs also includes shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London.
Guns N' Roses are notorious for being late onstage, but they tested their fans' patience to the limit last night (May 29) by not taking to the stage until after 11pm (GMT).
The writer of the new film which is set during The Stone Roses' 1990 Spike Island show has spoken about how the reunion of the Manchester legends has affected the film's production.
The Stone Roses "have at least three or four new tracks recorded", according to Chris Coghill, the writer of the new film which is set at their 1990 Spike Island show.
Guns N' Roses kicked off their UK and Ireland tour at The O2 in Dublin last night [May 17] with a near three-hour set that did not conclude until just after 1:15am.
Pyrotechnics, six costume changes, a cover of the Pink Panther theme tune and the band's now traditional late arrival on stage marked the 21-song set that got underway at 10:25pm - nearly an hour and a half after the band's expected stage time.
Flair, grit and determination - not to mention a nine-figure outlay on players - have all been cited in recent days as the reasons why Manchester City won the Premier League over the weekend.
However, fans of the club actually have one man to thank for their first title win in 44 years - and it's apparently not manager Roberto Mancini.
Nope, ironically it's staunch Manchester United fan Mani - who infamously said The Stone Roses wouldn't reform until the Blues tasted major success.
