Though Pulp had been a working band for over a decade when Spike Island happened, they did not break into the mainstream ...

The Spike Island track refers to a gig by The Stone Roses held in Cheshire in 1990.

Exploring the story of The Stone Roses and their iconic performance at Spike Island in Widnes in May 1990, which captured the musical zeitgeist of the era.

As part of their series of gigs, The Stone Roses held a concert at Spike Island on a sunny day on 27 May 1990. It seemed like the ideal spot, almost equidistant from the huge musical hubs of ...

He says the Spike Island concert was part of a series of gigs that "took The Stone Roses from being a big local band and a kind of Manchester secret to being internationally renowned". Crews ...

ROCK legends, Pulp, have released a new single named after the legendary Spike Island gig in Widnes. On May 27, 1990, The Stone Roses held a concert attended by around 28,000 people at the artificial ...

Right as nostalgia for that era hits a new high again with the summer of Oasis’ reunion on the horizon, Pulp are back, and ...

A taster comes with the single “Spike Island”. It alludes, in characteristically arch fashion, to the dangers of much-loved bands making comebacks. The song is named after the famous gig played by the ...