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[tracklist]
- So there we were on Wednesday May 23, about to finish our gargantuan quiz issue, when someone yelled from across the room: "The Stone Roses are playing, TONIGHT, in Warrington." First came the panic.
- Then came the excitement. Then came the planning.
- We, and hundreds of thousands of people across the world, had been waiting for this moment for 16 years.
- It had to go on the cover. It had to.
- This week's issue was supposed to be all about the World's Greatest Music Quiz.
- But now it's all about the World's Greatest Music Quiz, and the world's most exciting comeback.
- It's a double issue, for the price of one. Here's what's in it:
- The Day The Stone Roses Returned: Ian, John, Mani and Reni, live, at Warrington Parr Hall. We saw the Twitter update, we got on a train, we went to the gig, we got backstage, we spoke to Liam Gallagher.
- Sex Pistols' Jubilee Boat Party: As the Bank Holiday weekend approaches, we thought it might be a good time to big out some rare snaps of Johnny Rotten on a boat on the Thames in 1977.
- Plan B: The rapper-turned-director talks us through his upcoming film, Ill Manors, which takes 'broke Britain' to the big scree…
- Julian Casablancas' Solo Album Number Two?: Is he making solo album number two? Apparently so, according to Haim singer Danielle. We've got the full story…
- Pieces Of Me: Grimes: The new heroine of electro-pop reveals who she fell in love with when she was 11 and why she (reluctantly) went to see the Backstreet Boys.
- My Bloody Valentine: "It was a fucking nightmare," says ex-Creation boss Alan McGee about the making of MBV's classic Loveless album, which has recently been reissued.
- The World's Greatest Music Quiz: 10 pages of hot quiz action to help you through the Bank Holiday weekend, a time when you might just spend and unfeasibly long period of time trying to entertain yourself on public transport. Features: loads of amazing pri
- Album Reviews: Liars! The Hives! Ladyhawke! Friends! Bumper words on a bumper week for long players.
- Live Reviews: Guns N' Roses! Gossip! DZ Deathrays! The Cribs! Alt-J! Kindness! A week of live music, lovingly torn to shreds…
- Aiden Grimshaw: In his last ever VERSUS column, Peter Robinson takes on the X Factor graduate who's 'getting serious' with his new sound.
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