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No Stone Roses Reunion Ever - John Squire Echoes Ian Brown In Stating It’s All Over Posted: 20 Mar 2009 12:20 AM PDT Two supposed reunions as reported by the British tabloid newspapers have now been shown to be nothing more than pure speculation. First it was Led Zeppelin, now the Stone Roses. It’s time to face facts that neither is going to happen. This week started with a British tabloid stating the Stone Roses were set to reform once again, with a full UK tour on the cards. This was immediately shot down by Ian Brown’s spokesman, and now John Squire has echoed that denial. First, Squire created a piece of art declaring that the reunion wasn’t going to happen. The artwork, a picture of which was posted on Squire’s Web site, includes the line, “I have no desire whatsoever to desecrate the grave of seminal Manchester pop group The Stone Roses, 12.3.09.” Squire now classes himself as an artist first and a guitarist second, having moved on from the Stone Roses and forging a new career for himself. As well as a big show in England this summer, he will be displaying his art in Austria and Japan. Squire then made it clear that a Stone Roses reunion wouldn’t be taking place. Not now, not ever. He appeared on BBC Newsnight and told Gavin Esler there was absolutely no chance whatsoever of the band getting back together. “Yeah. I’d rather live my life than attempt to rehash it. It would be pointless. I find art far more challenging and rewarding.” “That’s the whole point of the visit to your studio - I’m trying to stop the phones ringing. I think music is a young person’s game and I don’t think us old fogey’s should get in the way of that.” So that’s it. Never gonna happen. Forget it, move on, concentrate on the new bands coming along instead. Part of me is a little sad that the Stone Roses are dead and buried but a bigger part of me agrees it’s for the best. The Stone Roses were a great band and have left us with one brilliant album, and one middling album. Leave it there and let a new generation form the history of tomorrow. [Photo Source: Amazon.co.uk] Tags: Brit, British, Ian Brown, John-Squire, Led Zeppelin, Madchester, manchester, Mani, Newsnight, Reni, Stone Roses, Stone Roses Reunion, UK Share This

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