UPDATE 2:07 p.m.: The band will headline UK music festival T In The Park and play two Manchester gigs next year. Not the news we were all hoping for. But maybe a tour — and possibly some new music — will be announced eventually.
British rock legends the Stone Roses are rumored to make a major announcement this week, and as soon as today. The Manchester group’s iconic lemon logo has appeared on posters all over their hometown this morning, fueling rumors of either a 2016 tour, some headlining festival gigs, a new album — or some combination of all three.
The Daily Record writes that the announcement should come at 7 p.m. UK time, which is 2 p.m. here in Boston.
The NME reports that the Roses’ lemon logo has suddenly appeared “around Manchester with sightings confirmed at Close barber’s shop on Greater Ancoats Street and the Vinyl Revival record store on Hilton Street. Eagle eyed fans have spotted that there are 16 lemons on each poster and are speculating that this means an announcement about 2016 is imminent. The posters appear in several shops in the Northern Quarter area of the city. One shop keeper told Manchester Evening News that he had been ‘sworn to secrecy about an announcement due in the next 24 hours'”.
In October 2011, the Stone Roses reunited and ended a 15-year split, leading the band to play festivals over the next few years, including the Isle of Wright and Coachella Music & Arts Festival. Since then, rumors of the release of the band’s long-awaited third album, the follow-up to 1995’s Second Coming, have persisted.
Stay tuned.
Speculations about activity from The Stone Roses. Posters with band's lemon logo around Manchester. #TheStoneRoses pic.twitter.com/81BlnNjz31
— Lemonbeats (@LemonbeatsCHNL) November 2, 2015
Lemon posters popping up around Manchester today. Announcement rumours.
The Third Coming #stoneroses pic.twitter.com/THzVvSzb6U
— Matt Roche (@mattleroche) November 2, 2015
Looking for the lemon one… #StoneRoses #Manchester pic.twitter.com/ntR0At39KK
— Sarah Walters (@SarahCityLife) November 2, 2015