Roses’ return adored by 45,000 fans
But with last week’s trio of comeback dates in Manchester netting a reported €35m, you can see why the Stone Roses were persuaded to bury their differences and carry on where they left off 16 years ago.
For the Irish leg of their reunion tour, about 45,000 fans — many, though not all, the far side of 35 — stomped their way to Phoenix Park, Dublin. The mood was boisterous as, just before 9.30pm, singer Ian Brown still whippet-thin at 50, guitarist John Squire, bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield, and drummer Alan “Reni” Wren took the stage, wearing the slightly shocked expressions of men who thought they would never again stand in front of such a throng and had almost made peace with the fact.
