Tickets for The Stone Roses‘ trio of Manchester Heaton Park shows have completely sold out.

The first two gigs set for June 29-30 sold out within 14 minutes of going on sale this morning (October 21) with 150,000 tickets being snapped up. The band then added a third date on July 1, which sold out less than an hour later.

Frontman Ian Brown said: “We plan on spending the rest of the day jumping up and down with our hands in the air”.

Overall, 220,000 tickets were snapped up within 68 minutes for all three shows. Rumours are now circulating that they will also play T In The Park next year along V Festival and the newly resurrected Phoenix Festival.

The original line-up – frontman Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani and drummer Reni announced their reunion on Tuesday (October 18) for their first gig in 15 years.

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Promoters have announced that tickets for the Stone Roses reunion gigs in Manchester next June will cost £55 when they go onsale tomorrow (October 21) at 9.30am (BST).

The band, who announced their reformation on Tuesday (October 18) at a press conference in central London, will play two homecoming gigs at Heaton Park on June 29-30 in 2012 before embarking on an extensive world tour. Tickets will be limited to four per person, with VIP packages also available, priced at £199 and £299 respectively.

The Stone Roses reunion features the band’s original line-up – frontman Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani and drummer Reni.

For further information about the gigs, go to The Stone Roses newly launched official website Thestoneroses.org.

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The Stone Roses have confirmed they have reunited at a press conference this afternoon (October 18).

The original line-up – frontman Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani and drummer Reni -announced the news at the conference at London’s Soho Hotel at 3pm (GMT) this afternoon where they revealed plans for two homecoming gigs at Heaton Park on June 29-30 next year.

They also revealed they are working on new material and intend to perform some at the shows. When asked if the band were working on a new album Brown said: “We hope so. But we said that before didn’t we?”

Whispers of a Stone Roses reunion started to circulate back in 2005 after Mani joined Brown onstage during his solo gigs in Blackpool and Glastonbury. However, Mani was quick to put a lid on reports of a full band reunion, telling NME at the time they would only reform when “Manchester City win the European Cup”.

Meanwhile, on the 20th anniversary of the band’s self-titled debut album in 2009, reunion rumours began to surface again, only to be shot down by Brown and Squire. To underline his stance, the guitarist even released artwork which stated: “I have no desire whatsoever to desecrate the grave of seminal Manchester group The Stone Roses.”

However, it was in April this year that reunion rumours surrounding the group went into overdrive when Brown and Squire met at Mani’s mum’s funeral and reportedly buried the hatchet.

Mani once again angrily denied reports that the band were set to reunite, telling NME: “I’m disgusted that my personal grief has been invaded and hijacked by these nonsensical stories.” Squire added that reforming for a bumper payday would be “tragic”.

However, it seems that over the ensuing six months the band have ironed out their differences to some degree.

Reports that the band were back together surfaced on Friday (14), when a major music PR circulated an invite to a press conference for the following Tuesday, promising a “very importance announcement” but refusing to deny or confirm suggestions that the band in question were The Stone Roses.

Subsequent tabloid stories suggested that Brown had revealed details of the reunion to his friend Dynamo, a street magician who claimed he received a text from the singer confirming the band was to reunite. Meanwhile, Reni was more cryptic about his involvement, contacting NME to say: “Not before 9T will I wear the hat 4 the Roses again”.

The reformation comes some 31 years after the seeds of the band were first planted, when Brown and Squire met at Altrincham Grammar School For Boys and formed short-lived Clash-inspired band The Patrol.

After short spells in other bands, the pair teamed up with future drummer with The Fall Simon Wolstencroft and bassist Peter Garner in 1984 to form the first incarnation of The Stone Roses, with Brown now taking up vocal duties. Within months Wolstencroft quit to join Terry Hall’s band The Colourfield, paving the way for long term sticksman Reni.

In 1985 The Stone Roses recorded their first ever single, double A-side ‘So Young/Tell Me’. Four years later they released their landmark self-titled debut LP, which entered the UK album chart at Number 32 in May 1989. They later scored their first Top 40 hit with ‘She Bangs The Drums’.

That same year the band gained widespread notoriety when the power cut out during a TV performance on BBC’s The Late Show. Brown repeatedly chanted “amateurs” at TV presenter Tracy MacLeod.

Signature anthem ‘Fool’s Gold’ put the band firmly on the map with a Number Eight hit later in 1989, before the band played in front of 27,000 fans at their legendary/infamous gig at Spike Island in Widnes the following year, dubbed a “Woodstock for the baggy generation”.

It took the band more than five years to release their second album, 1994’s ‘The Second Coming’. Although it marked a departure from their baggy debut and wasn’t as warmly received by fans and critics as their debut, it still spawned the four-piece’s highest-charting single when ‘Love Spreads’ went to Number Two.

Reni left the band in March 1995 and Squire followed suit a year later, citing “gradual social and musical separation” as the official reason for his departure.

The remaining line-up eventually split after a disastrous performance at Reading Festival in August 1996 – a gig that appeared to be the band’s shambolic swansong until today’s reunion announcement.

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Ian Brown has reportedly confirmed that the much talked about reunion of The Stone Roses is definitely taking place.

According to The Sun this morning (October 17), magician Dynamo, who is a close friend of Brown, showed the paper’s journalist a text message from the singer about the reunion, which said: “We are going to rule the world again. It’s happening.”

Rumours of a reunion flared up on Friday (October 14), with a major music publicist refusing to confirm or deny that a planned announcement on Tuesday (October 18) would indeed be declaring the band’s return. It follows news breaking last April that singer Ian Brown and guitarist John Squire had met up, for what was thought to be the first time since the band’s 1996 split.

The band’s former drummer Alan ‘Reni’ Wren became the first member of the band to break ranks on the reunion rumours on Friday (October 14), contacting NME with a cryptic message that read: “Not before 9T will I wear the hat 4 the Roses again”.

According to the tabloid’s report, Elbow‘s Guy Garvey has also confirmed the reunion, with a source telling the paper: “Guy was talking to friends about how the original line-up had been rehearsing over the summer in Manchester.”

If Friday’s rumours are to be believed, plans for The Stone Roses reunion will include a large scale show in Manchester‘s Heaton Park next summer.

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The Stone Roses are rumoured to be reforming for two hometown gigs next year.

Numerous online news outlets and Twitter feeds are reporting that the Madchester legends will announce their reformation on Tuesday, 15 years after they split in 1996.

A major music PR has called a press conference in London on Tuesday to make a “very important announcement”, without stating which band or musician it relates to. According to NME, the PR has refused to either confirm or deny the name of the artist in question.

The reports come six months after The Sun reported that singer Ian Brown and guitarist John Squire had “buried the hatchet”, paving the way for a comeback. The story was hinged on the pair meeting at bassist Mani’s mum’s funeral, the first time the pair were believed to have met since 1996.

Mani subsequently refuted the reports, calling them “total fantasy island gear” and said that he was “disgusted that my personal grief has been invaded and hijacked by these nonsensical stories. It isn’t true and isn’t happening.”

Back in June, Squire also dismissed rumours of a reformation, commenting that the idea of bands reforming for a cash windfall was “tragic”.

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