The
Stone Roses, who played
to some 225,000 people at three shows in Manchester in June, are to headline
next year's Isle Of Wight Festival.
Organisers
say the band's performance on Friday 14 June will be their only UK festival
appearance in 2013.
The
group, whose hits include 'Fools Gold' and 'She Bangs The Drum', formed in 1983 and
recorded just two albums before breaking up in 1996. They
reunited in the summer with sell-out shows in Manchester's Heaton Park before
embarking on a world tour.
The
Stone Roses - fronted by Ian Brown - have never played at the Isle of Wight
Festival before. Festival
promoter John Giddings said: "When you talk about the soundtrack of our
lives, The Stone Roses are embedded in it. I
am so proud to get them to our island - they will kick the weekend off with a
bang."
Further
headline names for the 2013 festival are expected to be revealed later in the
week.
Tickets
go on sale on Wednesday at 0900 GMT.
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