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Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has said he believes there is now as good a chance as ever that The Stone Roses will reform – as he claims Ian Brown needs the money.

Despite comprising of some of the hardest working and best known musicians in Manchester, SupaJamma (Martin ‘Sugar’ Merchant, Simon Collier, Steve Wilson, Dan Adams, Lord Bevs) have been together for less than twelve months, but are already making waves thanks to their unique fusion of rock, reggae and jazz which they term ‘Rock & Soul’. Here, Simon and Martin tell freelance writer Carl Stanley of the origins of the band, their long association with the Manchester music scene, and their future plans.

Here you’ll find all the latest news from this week’s UK Indie Album and Singles Charts, as well as Live4ever’s highlights taken from some of our featured tours going on in a major city near you over the next 7 days.

Remember when you were a child and your parents took you to the toy shop? you wanted to have everything in it and choosing something was impossible because all around you were toys screaming out ‘choose me!’. Such is the predicament in picking singles off Ian Brown‘s current album ‘My Way‘ which is back to back quality, nearly every track worthy of single status, a statement of intent he set out when writing the album of which he fulfilled with glorious results, and this gem is no exception.

The NME reports that Mancunian legend Ian Brown has been arrested for allegedly attacking his wife.

His neighbours alerted the police to a disturbance at the couples west London home yesterday and the former Stone Roses man was taken into custody on suspicion of assaulting his wife.

Scotland Yard would only confirm that “”A 46-year-old man was arrested at the address and taken to a police station”

(photo:Søren Solkær)

Fellow Manchester legends Ian Brown and Johnny Marr are set to record a TV soundtrack together, according to the former Stone Roses frontman.

Brown told BBC News he will be working with Marr on a project being put together by a mutual friend, and would also like his former Stone Roses bandmate Mani and Happy Mondays man Paul Ryder to join them on the album. “The idea is that Johnny writes the music and I write the words and the melodies,” he explained. “We’ve got a mutual friend who’s writing a drama series. One of them’s about ticket touts, another one’s about grafters – kids who sell T-shirts and things like that – and another one’s about pickpockets.

Live4ever’s highlights this week include a new album from a Manchester legend, a farewell gig from a popular Sheffield band, and the return of a long-running music-based TV series.

Albums

Ian Brown‘s new album ‘My Way‘ is released this week. The album has already spawned hit single ‘Stellify‘, and has been hailed as his strongest solo album to date. Elsewhere, US band Alice In Chains release their first album since 1995 – ‘Black Gives Way To Blue‘ is out on the 29th.

New video from Ian Browns new album “My Way” Filmed in Manchester.

Our highlights this week include a new album from one of the biggest US acts around, the beginning of a UK tour by one of the best live bands in the country, and a documentary on one of the greatest records of the seventies.

Albums

US heavyweights Pearl Jam release their ninth studio album ‘Backspacer‘ this week, which has already received widespread praise from music critics. Former Longpigs and Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley releases ‘Truelove’s Gutter‘. Hawley is enjoying a successful period in his career; after his 2005 record ‘Coles Corner’ was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, he was nominated in the Best Male category at the 2008 Brit Awards. He will now be hoping for further success with his new album, which one critic has described as “quietly passionate, graceful, elegant, utterly moving, and unequivocally beautiful in its honesty and sophistication.”

Former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown has urged Liam and Noel Gallagher to pursue solo projects after Noel walked out on Oasis last month.

Rumours are rife that Liam is ready to continue working on Oasis projects without his brother, while Noel is widely expected to release a long-awaited debut solo album some time in the future.

Brown told the Press Association: “What’s a shame is that they’re brothers. From being ten and six scrapping on the carpet in the front room, now they are doing it in public and worldwide – I think that’s a bit of a shame for them. Life’s hard enough without scrapping with your brother when you’re a grown man. I would say go solo. I can heartily recommend it. It’s a fine way to be.”

Brown also commented on the praise the Gallaghers heaped upon his former band The Stone Roses when they first burst onto the music scene in 1994: “I always loved Oasis because when they came out, they did express that they loved us and they saw that we did it and they thought they could do it too. We’re lads like they are, and that inspired them. That means a lot to me.”