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Ian Brown

Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Stone Roses from their formation in 1984. Following the split in 1996, he began a solo career, releasing seven studio albums, a greatest hits compilation, a remix album, an 11-disc box set titled Collection, and 19 singles. He has performed solo shows in 45 countries. He returned to singing for the Stone Roses in 2011, although this did not spell the end of his solo endeavours, releasing First World Problems through Virgin/EMI Records on 25 October 2018. He had a cameo appearance in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

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1963-02-20

Birth Place

Warrington

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NME

Ian Brown announces first UK headline tour in a decade

25 – Leeds, O2 Academy. Back in 2020, Brown, a vocal sceptic of COVID, shared pandemic-related conspiracy theories on Twitter and released an anti-lockdown song, ‘Little Seed Big Tree’. In July last year, the singer continued to express his controversial views on COVID and the measures that...

MUSIC2022-03-14

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Vogue

Alexa Chung’s Latest Barbour Collection Is Inspired By PJ Harvey, Ian Brown And Her Mum

“They say if you can remember it you weren’t really there,” is what Alexa Chung has to say about the return of the indie sleaze trend. Chung, a linchpin of our late teens thanks to her excellent sarcastic stint on Popworld alongside Alex Zane, has always looked to music to inspire her fashion collections. But her latest Barbour edit has taken her to the holy grail: Glastonbury.

DESIGNERS & COLLECTIONS2022-02-21

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