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Darren & Andrew from 808 State, who will be DJing at the event

picture supplied courtesy of Antony Crook and 808state.com

Greetings all and welcome to the next newsletter from The Complete Stone Roses, in this issue we have....

INTRODUCTION OF NEW SINGER "JON MACKENZIE"

CONFIRMATION OF APPEARANCE AT THE "UK INDIE GUITAR FESTIVAL"

ANNOUNCEMENT OF "808 STATE" AS DJ SUPPORT IN MANCHESTER

MORE 20TH ANNIVERSARY CHARITY SHOW DETAILS RELEASED

Lots has been happening of recent and as well as introducing our new singer "Jon Mackenzie" (See Bio Here) full time into the band now and saying goodbye to "Brian" which we done in style with a big party :) , ...we are also relieved to announce that we have finally managed to fix the problems that were going on with the video pages of "the complete video diaries" (our new project following the band about on tour and getting up closer and more personal than ever before) - we have now uploaded the video footage that was shot whilst the band went to perform in "Bahrain, Dubai & Amsterdam" at the start of last month, along with more videos shot after that period. As well as following the band on their adventures there's a couple of songs that were performed, in there too. Please follow the link below to see the videos.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE COMPLETE VIDEO DIARIES

anyhoos Jon played his 1st show with us in Bathgate a couple of weekend's ago (14th Feb) and the manager has been quoted as saying that "with respect to our last singer, it was the best debut performance from any singer thats been in the band" so upwards and onwards as usual eh? Footage of Jon singing can now be seen in the video diaries section of the site (link above) although bear in mind that the sound quality is not always the greatest when standing at the side of the stage (as the tour manager does) filming the performance. We will get some proper footage with good sound, shot at some stage over the next few months but meantime enjoy the video diaries.

As most of you know, the band are now looked after by London booking agents "Primary Talent International" and as such, the shows are getting booked rapid style so please check the gig listings page to see when we're next playing near you. A show which we can now tell you about is the "UK INDIE GUITAR FESTIVAL" due to take place between 24th - 26th July and featuring acts such as "THE PIGEON DETECTIVES, OCEAN COLOUR SCENE, THE HOLLOWAYS, THE MYSTERY JETS, BRITISH SEA POWER, PAUL CARRACK, CORNERSHOP, JAMES WALSH, MATT MALLEY" and many many more. The weekend event limited to just 7000 tickets will be at Crown Farm, Ashton under whychwood. Oxfordshire.

All details, including purchasing tickets at http://indieguitars.com/

We are also delighted to exclusively announce to the mailing list, the confirmation of 80's dance act "808 STATE" who will be supporting us by DJ-ing at the Manchester charity show on 13th March @ MOHO LIVE, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the debut, self titled release from "the stone roses", in addition to this we would also like to take this opportunity to announce that due to previous association with Manchester United TV, we have been donated some items to raffle on the night of the show exclusivley to those in attendance, prizes such as official Manchester United football signed by the 1st team, a signed shirt donated from Carlos Teves (both certified and authentic) and TCSR packages consisting of music DVD's, tshirts, concert tickets etc will be raffled with all profit going directly to Francis House Childrens Hospice.

Not forgetting that we will also be selling one-off 20th anniversary tshirts and posters, designed exclusivley using an image from the Ian Tilton collection of iconic stone roses photographs with all profit going directly to the charity also, and if that wasn't enough Ian Tilton himself has agreed to make available for one night only, a collection of original stone roses prints for sale with a very generous 10% of all sales made that night also going to Francis House.

Shows coming up soon include

MANCHESTER MOHO (charity show in aid of Francis House - 13th March)

LEEDS COCKPIT (14th March)

WICK ASSEMBLEY ROOMS (20th March)

WOLVES WULFRUN HALL (28th March)

BRIGHTON AUDIO (11th April)

SOUTHAMPTON JOINER (12th April)

BRISTOL THEKLA (18th April)

+ many many more listed on the band web site