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Manchester music icon Ian Brown dedicated his big homecoming solo show in the city to Happy Mondays guitarist Paul Ryder. Stone Roses legend Ian played to a sold out crowd of 5,000 at Manchester's Victoria Warehouse on Friday night.
Ian opened the show to a rapturous reception to fans performing The Feeding of the 5,000. He then took a moment to make his personal dedication to his fellow Manchester music icon and founding member of the Happy Mondays Paul, who died suddenly in July aged 58.
The Altrincham-raised star is on his first solo tour for over a decade, which opened in Leeds on Sunday, and continues on Saturday night with a sold out show in Liverpool. He has been the talk of the music world this week after choosing to tour without a live band on his new tour.
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At the start of the Friday night show Ian said: "I just want to dedicate tonight's set to one of the greatest human beings I ever met.
"Let's hear it for Mr Paul Ryder." The statement was met with huge cheeers from fans.
Ian then performed a blistering set of his solo back catalogue, with fan favourites like Dolphins were Monkeys, My Star, Golden Gaze and Stellify. He dedicated Longsight M13 to "all the beautiful Manchester girls" in the crowd.
Ian also aimed a dig at journalists during his set saying: "Are there any journalists in tonight? There shouldn't be because I've banned them all. No snakes in my place."
Fans were full of praise for the Manchester show on social media after the gig - in stark contrast to some of the less than favourable reviews from fans on the opening night of the show in Leeds on Sunday. At the Leeds gig, some fans complained about the
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Liam Gallagher has shared his support for “the king” Ian Brown following the Stone Roses‘ singer’s decision to go solo.Gallagher took to social media to back Brown ahead of his homecoming show in Manchester last Friday (September 30).Fans of Brown had shared their anger last week after the singer performed a sold-out show in Leeds (September 25) without a band.Brown began his first UK headline tour in a decade at the city’s O2 Academy, with dates running through the next two week and ending with a Brixton Academy show in London on October 7.Gallagher’s thread began by comparing Brown to Sid Vicious several days after the Leeds show, writing: “Ian brown and sid vicious my way same thing long live punk.”Ian brown and sid vicious my way same thing Iong live punk— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 29, 2022When asked by a fan whether he had seen Brown’s “embarrassing performance”, Gallagher replied: “He’s never embarrassing he’s the king.”He’s never embarrassing he’s the king— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 29, 2022Another person asked Gallagher whether he would ever do a show with only a backing track, to which the former Oasis singer said he wouldn’t but that “Ian is ian and I don’t think he’s a bad man”.No but that’s me Ian is ian and I don’t think he’s a bad man— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 29, 2022Take a look at Ian Brown’s remaining dates on the tour below.OCTOBER 20223 – Birmingham, O2 Academy4 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy6 – Nottingham, Rock City7 – London, O2 Academy BrixtonBack in 2020, Ian Brown shared COVID pandemic-related conspiracy theories on Twitter and released an anti-lockdown song called ‘Little Seed Big Tree’.Meanwhile, Liam Gallagher recently confirmed he’s in talks with
Ian Brown played a homecoming Manchester gig this weekend (September 30), and dedicated the set to late Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder.Brown is currently on his first UK headline tour in a decade, and played the O2 Victoria Warehouse in his hometown on Friday night.As reported by the Manchester Evening News, Brown told the crowd: “I just want to dedicate tonight’s set to one of the greatest human beings I ever met. Let’s hear it for Mr Paul Ryder.”Ryder passed away on July 15 at the age of 58.
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