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The upcoming Stone Roses documentary, The Stone Roses: Made of Stone, is going to premiere on 30 May in Manchester - with the band in attendance.
The Stone Roses are set to make a rare public appearance in order to attend the premiere at a location yet to be announced, along with director Shane Meadows and producer Mark Herbert.
The premiere will be satellite linked to 100 cinemas, as part of preview screenings which are running at the same time as the premiere launch, and tickets for both the premiere and the satellite events will be available for fans to buy.
Fans will also be able to ask Meadows questions, either at the premiere or over Twitter while the premiere is going on. Some of the fans who attended last year's gigs at Warrington Parr Hall and Heaton Park are featured in the film, and will be given tickets to the premiere.
Speaking about the documentary, Meadows said, "Making this film, I got to be part of something truly remarkable, the double decade awaited ‘resurrection’ of my all time favourite band, The Stone Roses. People say that you can’t recapture your youth, it’ll never be the same second time round etc, but that’s utter rubbish.
"The Roses were never allowed to reach their peak first time around so as far as I and millions of fans around the world were concerned, with this comeback the Roses could be even greater.
"This film isn’t a history lesson, nor is it a two hour concert film. It is a film about defying the odds, sticking it to the man and telling the cynics to shut their pie-holes! The Stone Roses are back baby!"
Shane Meadows directed The Stone Roses: Made of Stone documentary
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone will be officially released on 5 June across the UK and Ireland. Tickets for the premiere will be available from Wednesday 17 April at 9.30am.
Pictures of the fans chosen to attend the Manchester premiere will be posted on the film's official Facebook and Twitter pages in the coming weeks.
Photos: Stone Roses headline V Festival 2012
