The Stone Roses — Blackpool Live
Recorded August 12, 1989
Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens · Blackpool · 
England
Setlist
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Album featured at the showThe Stone Roses1989The debut album, released three months earlier, supplies the core of the Blackpool set.“To see the Stone Roses take over the Empress Ballroom three months after the release of their first album.”
Context
Four thousand people fill a hall used to ballroom dancing to see a Manchester band on the rise. It is August 12, 1989, and the Stone Roses' debut reached stores only three months earlier. At Blackpool's Empress Ballroom, that recent material already carries a large-scale show.
Ian Brown leads the way with I Wanna Be Adored, while John Squire brings the wah-wah to Elephant Stone. Mani holds the bass, Reni plays drums and sings backing vocals. Waterfall and Made of Stone carry the night until I Am the Resurrection opens up into the funk-swinging instrumental section that ends the show, with no encore.
The performance gets a second life in November 1991, when it reaches VHS as Blackpool Live, directed by Geoff Wonfor. The release gathers eleven songs and leaves out Standing Here and Sally Cinnamon, also played that night. The film preserves a precise snapshot: the debut still fresh, in front of a hall already won over.
- I Am the Resurrection closes the night with a long instrumental passage, with no encore.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Ian BrownVocals and bongos
- John SquireGuitar
- Gary Mounfield (Mani)Bass
- Alan Wren (Reni)Drums and backing vocals
- CressaDance
Trivia
Standing Here and Sally Cinnamon are played that night but left out of the official release.
The show ends with I Am the Resurrection, with no encore.
Geoff Wonfor directs the film.
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