The Stone Roses Ian Brown 'Not A Man Motivated By Money' Says Reading & Leeds Chief Melvin Benn
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Friday, 23 March 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Melvin Benn, organiser of the huge Reading and Leeds Festivals, has claimed that The Stone Roses reunion shows will be epic – and has rubbished any ideas that their comeback is money-related.
Speaking to NME, Benn told of his admiration for Ian Brown and co. – and said that no matter how much money they were getting paid, the band would make it ‘worth every penny’ – whilst he also refused to disclose the amount they were being paid to perform at shows this summer.
Benn told the site: “Of course I know [how much they’re being paid] but I can't tell you. All I will say is The Stone Roses were so, so important to so many of us that quite frankly no matter how much they got, as far as I'm concerned, it's worth it.”
He continued: “It's just fantastic. Those guys should be mates again and they should be onstage giving us all a great time again. It's easy to talk about money and all that stuff but Ian Brown isn't a man motivated by money.
“Of course he wants to be able to afford a pint when he goes to the pub but the money wouldn’t have been the most important thing to him. It would have been about the vibe, whether it was right or in Ian's words, 'Does it feel right man?'”
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The Stone Roses UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Fri June 29th 2012 - Heaton Park, Manchester
Sat June 30th 2012 - Heaton Park, Manchester
Sun July 1st 2012 - Heaton Park, Manchester
Thu July 5th 2012 - Phoenix Park, Dublin
Wed August 22nd 2012 - Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast
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