The Warehouse Project presents IAN BROWN
Live in Manchester UNKLE, Bad Lieutenant, The Whip and more also confirmed

Friday, 11th June 2010 @ Platt Fields

The Warehouse Project are proud to present a unique homecoming show by music legend Ian Brown on Friday, 11th June 2010 as part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of renowned Platt Fields Park. The former Stone Roses front man and all round music icon is set to relive his childhood in front of 15,000 adoring home fans at a special event marking the start of the summer.

Ian Brown will be joined by a diverse range of leading artists including dance supremos UNKLE, Bad Lieutenant, which features New Order front man and guitarist Bernard Sumner, Manchester rockers The Whip, uber cool turntablists Scratch Perverts, celebrated Haçienda DJ Mike Pickering, ex-New Order bass player Peter Hook (DJ set) and the Now Wave DJs on a line-up that will guarantee Manchester’s biggest night of music in 2010.

Elsewhere, the line-up features a who’s who of Manchester nightlife including everyone from Ninja Tune’s Mr. Scruff to the legendary Factory band A Certain Ratio. Priced at £28.50 for adults and children over the age of 16 years, The Warehouse Project presents Ian Brown represents a new breed of outdoor music event offering outstanding musical entertainment at exceptional value for money. There are a limited number of early bird tickets available at £25 but these are available on a strictly firstcome- first-served basis.

Tickets will be available from Ticketline (0161 832 1111 or www.ticketline.co.uk), See Tickets (0871 220 0260 or www.seetickets.com) or Ticketmaster (0844 847 1742 or www.ticketmaster.com). Tickets will also be available form a variety of Manchester outlets (see website for more information).

This special outdoor Ian Brown show in Manchester is the first night in a special weekend of shows marking the 100th anniversary of the Park. Details of a second, Saturday show will be announced imminently.

Brown’s career is the story of a generation - from the initial teenage thrill of punk, the mish-mash of mid-Eighties culture, mods, scooter boys, skins and punks, Creation Records, paisley shirt psychedelia. Drifting in and out of bands, cheap drugs, wild nights, pretty girls, great records, and then finally a band that everyone would soon call their own and a band that still means so much to so many people. Since the break up of the Stone Roses in 1996,

Ian Brown has released no less than six, critically acclaimed solo albums and enjoyed 14 UK top 40 singles. He has sold out six UK tours, and appeared three times at Glastonbury including headlining The Other Stage in 2005. In 2006 Brown was honoured as NME magazine’s ‘God Like Genius’ at their annual awards bash. Brown has never compromised his vision, he has made pop on his own terms and never by the rules. His lack of muso knowledge is his strength. This is pure, instinctive music that follows its own nose. Unconventional and yet accessible, it’s a cool trick to pull off.

“I’m mad excited to be playing at Platt Fields. As a kid my dad used to take me to Manchester Carnival there. Bring your dancing shoes!” commented Ian today.

UNKLE is the British dance outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and has employed a variety of guest artists and producers. In January 2008 UNKLE released the album ‘More Stories’, which contained a mix of B-sides, remixes, unreleased session tracks from the War Stories album and music composed for the film Odyssey In Rome.

In March 2008, the Lazarides Gallery in London showcased War Paint, an exhibition of artworks inspired by the recent UNKLE album War Stories, with works from Robert Del Naja, Warren du Preez, Nick Thornton Jones, Will Bankhead and Ben Drury.

Bad Lieutenant is an English alternative rock band formed in 2007and features former New Order lead singer Bernard Sumner and guitarist Phil Cunningham, along with Jake Evans of Rambo and Leroy. Stephen Morris, New Order’s former drummer, guests on a number of tracks, as does Blur bassist, Alex James.

The Whip is a band whose founding members come from Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK formed in 2006. The band’s debut album, “X Marks Destination”, produced by Jim Abbiss, was released on Southern Fried Records on March 24, 2008. They have released several singles on record labels such as the uber cool French collective Kitsuné. The band’s tracks “Trash” and “Divebomb” were featured on the Kitsune Maison Compilations 3 and 4 respectively. They have also been commissioned to do remixes for bands such as Editors, Hadouken! and The Courteeners track “Fallowfield Hillbilly”.

For more information about The Warehouse Project Presents Ian Brown, please visit
www.thewarehouseproject.com/ianbrown