Brown back singing Stone Roses songs

Ian Brown refused to perform Stone Roses songs solo for eight years because he wanted to establish himself as an individual artist.

The hitmaker has finally consented to the wishes of fans, and has now started playing Stone Roses songs at live gigs.

He told Time Out magazine: "It was important for me to stand on my own two feet at first. I wanted to establish myself as a music maker in my own right.

"I'd not sung those songs for eight years, but when we rehearsed it all just came out right. I was took straight back to when we wrote the tunes on the dole in 1986 and 1987."

The Stone Roses split in 1996.