Stone Roses

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    The Stone Roses’ Ian Brown Testifies Against Convicted Sex Offender Fred Talbot

    The Stone Roses’ frontman Ian Brown has testified against Fred Talbot, his former schoolteacher and the UK weatherman who was convicted of indecent assault on students and is currently facing more charges. Brown, who had Talbot as a biology teacher at Greater Manchester’s Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, told the court that Talbot tried to abuse one of his friends during a camping trip to Scotland in 1977 or ’78, according to the BBC. Brown said that Talbot took one of his friends away from

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    The Stone Roses Release ‘All for One,’ Their First Single in More Than 20 Years

    “Madchester” bedrocks the Stone Roses have been hinting for a while now that another live reunion is imminent, with their lemon logo popping up around the U.K. since late last year. Finally, the Roses announced on Twitter that, in addition to the already-promised Summer 2016 shows, they would release their first studio single in more than 20 years (their last official release was their sophomore album, 1994’s Second Coming) today at 8 p.m. U.K. time/3 p.m. EST. Opening with a twirly guitar-lin