The Stone Roses were a rock group formed in Warrington, Lancashire, England, UK during 1983. One of the pioneering bands of the Madchester movement of the late '80s - early '90s, their classic line-up comprised vocalist Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani & drummer Reni. They issued their breakthrough eponymous 1st L.P., The Stone Roses, in 1989, which was widely praised, many critics regarding it as one of the greatest British albums ever recorded. The group wanted to capitalise on it by signing to a major label but their original label, Silvertone, wouldn't free them from their contract, which led to a long legal battle that culminated with them signing to Geffen Records during 1991. The Stone Roses released Second Coming in 1994 to mixed reviews, soon breaking up following several line-up changes on their supporting tour, which began with Reni leaving early the next year then Squire during April 1996. Brown and Mani dissolved the rest of the band that October after their appearance at Reading Festival.

Following intense media speculation, the Stone Roses called a press conference on 18th October 2011 to announce that they'd reunited, with a reunion world tour in 2012, including 3 homecoming shows in Heaton Park, Manchester. Plans to record a 3rd L.P. were mentioned but only a couple of singles materialised. Chris Coghill, the writer of a movie set during the Stone Roses Spike Island show of 1990, revealed that June that the group "have at least 3 or 4 new tracks recorded". A documentary about their reformation directed by Shane Meadows titled The Stone Roses: Made of Stone came out during June 2013. The band released their first new material for 2 decades in 2016, their members touring until the following June, when cryptic remarks by Brown indicated that the group had split up again, as confirmed in an interview with Squire during 2019.