The Stone Roses and Support

[LOCHLAND5]

Think I might go for a walk round Heaton Park tomorrow

[Guest manc_al]

Photos ............. Or it never happened!;-)

[LOCHLAND5]

You follow me on twitter don't you mate

[thetime]

Hoping you lot get your 1990 baggy jeans out for the occasion.

[Guest manc_al]

Couldn't resist a walk round Heaton Park with the dog today, Theres quite a lot of work been done!

They've built quite a fence:

Me at Gate 5:

Everything looks green despite the rain:

This will be the bar near gate 5:

Work on the stage from the backstage area:

I couldn't get to the arena itself.

The park was wet but firm underfoot. If it stays dry for the next few days i don't see any problems with mud......bring on the Roses

[Guest manc_al]

By then they could be drowning their sorrows with Hodgson after Engerland lose this Sunday

Anyone like to guess when the Wailers are likely to start. We`ve got a fair trip down on the Sunday and won`t be in Manc till after 2pm.

[nu-marc88]

Does anyone know of any pubs close to the Park that will be open in Friday that we could use to be dropped off and picked up by our minibus? Thanks.

[Guest manc_al]

Does anyone know of any pubs close to the Park that will be open in Friday that we could use to be dropped off and picked up by our minibus? Thanks.

[coma girl]

Trying to work out what footware to take, we're going on the Friday so hopefully the ground won't be too churned up by then so it should help keep the mud at bay. Travelling down from the north of Scotland so can't really be arsed carting down wellies with me.

[charley]

Does anyone who knows the park know what the 'arena' bit is like?? Is it flat or is there any kind of natural bowl thing?

[Guest manc_al]

Does anyone who knows the park know what the 'arena' bit is like?? Is it flat or is there any kind of natural bowl thing?

[she bangs the drums]

Does anyone who knows the park know what the 'arena' bit is like?? Is it flat or is there any kind of natural bowl thing?

[Anderson19]

Will the tram/metro service be running back after the gig? As mentiones before getting back after oasis was ridiculous! You would hope they would learn and just put a ton of shuttle buses on! For free but as first are charging £10 i cant see there being free shuttles! Taxi will be scarce

[she bangs the drums]

Will the tram/metro service be running back after the gig? As mentiones before getting back after oasis was ridiculous! You would hope they would learn and just put a ton of shuttle buses on! For free but as first are charging £10 i cant see there being free shuttles! Taxi will be scarce

[charley]

I was planning to do the park and ride thing, does this mean i will just queue for many hours for a bus back to the car park??

Didn't know Oasis had played there, anyone experience Park & Ride then?

How does this barrier thing work, been to loads of festies but never seen anything like that, are they just gonna cut the crowds in half??

I have a mate going on friday might need to get some ideas off him before sunday.

[lisobely]

We got the wristbands in the post for the First shuttle bus last week. The letter says 'As demand will be heavy... your patience would be appreciated whilst we load vehicles for the return journeys. We anticipate the service will run between 22.30 hrs and 01.00hrs or until all passengers have been cleared from the park.'

I'm fingers crossed we'll make it back into the city centre in time to catch the late train home, but the train is at half midnight, so will probably be catching the first train in the morning.

[mikeskins84]

Cool, no worries, see you there mate.

Not sure what the site is like.

We were a little disappointed there wasn't recommended campsites listed on the ticket info as we are all having Glastonbury withdrawals and this is our replacement!

[mikeskins84]

Watched a bit of 'Professor Green' while I was eagerly awaiting Pearl Jam footage on the Isle of Wight highlights at the weekend.

What an absolute pile of w*nk. Who the hell scheduled this bloke in? I can't really imagine a Stone Roses crowd taking to him, but stand to be corrected

The less said about Beady Eye the better.

What an utterly poor line up.

[suds]

Flying down from north of Scotland on thursday for the friday gig. getting in the mood for it now. Haven't been to Manchester before so wheres a good area with some good pubs for the friday afternoon?

[The Mean Bean]

I reckon Plan B and Professor Green might face a bit of the old bottling, I'll probably just be getting nice and drunk at the bar during Plan B.

[Justiceforcedave]

I reckon Plan B and Professor Green might face a bit of the old bottling, I'll probably just be getting nice and drunk at the bar during Plan B.

[Justiceforcedave]

Might be able to have someone drop me off and pick me up afterwards. Does anyone know how possible this will be?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Beady Eye and Primal Scream I can understand.... but Professor Green and Plan B. Noel taking the other sub slot with any combo of The Charlatans, James, Stereo MCs, The Mock Turtles, Inspiral Carpets, Happy Mondays underneath would have been awesome! Seems like a wasted opportunity.

[she bangs the drums]

Might be able to have someone drop me off and pick me up afterwards. Does anyone know how possible this will be?

[Justiceforcedave]

But why? Why fill it with 90's nostalgia bands? Even back in the day they never went that route of the guitar groups. When they're supposed to be starting something new, why turn to the old, i.e the nostalgia bands still touring?