Manchester music legend Ian Brown is facing a driving ban after being clocked doing 105mph on a motorway. The former Stone Roses frontman admitted breaking a 70mph limit on the M6, near Sandbach ...

Late 1996, and Ian Brown is on the ropes ... But friends keep nagging him not to give up on music. Slowly, he teaches himself songwriting from a Bob Marley anthology and an old blues songbook.

According to Ian Brown, Reni had not spoken to John Squire for two years by the time he left, and was unhappy with the band’s new management. He also advised the singer to find a replacement.