Stone Roses in tribute to Bestie

Published Wednesday, 22 August 2012

The Stone Roses sang a special tribute to legendary footballer George Best, when they played the second night of the Tennent's Vital festival in his home city of Belfast.

Ian Brown of the Stones Roses performing at T Vital. (© Pacemaker)

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Florence and the Machine perform to a packed audience during the second night of Tenant's Vital

Florence and the Machine perform to a packed audience at Boucher Road on Wednesday night.

Ian Brown belted out This Is The One for "Georgie, the Belfast Boy" to an audience of thousands at the Boucher Road playing fields on Wednesday night - with "United" chanted by fans in response.

Brown could hardly be heard over the crowd, which included the cast of Game of Thrones and the Inbetweeners.

The newly reformed band, who were pioneers of the 'Madchester' music scene in the 1980s and early 90s, headlined the open air gig as part of their long-anticipated comeback tour.

They delighted festival-goers with renditions of I Wanna Be Adored, Fool's Gold, I Am the Resurrection and other classics from their back catalogue.

The Stone Roses brought Tennent's Vital 2012 to a close. Florence and The Machine, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Maverick Sabre also performed.

There were less complaints about noise than there had been the previous night, when US rock giants the Foo Fighters took to the stage - even though Wednesday night's event was still heard for miles.

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Eimear in Belfast. (right hext to stadium) wrote (301 days ago):

Is it any wonder it has taken years to get big names to come and perform in belfast?! What with the fear or leaving bullet ridden right through the troubles to now, to now where a bunch of ungrateful, moany people have to take something amazing and make it ****! Rain all over the parade why dont youse!! As far all this, oh i live 3 mile up the road and my windows shook, or i was so tired for work bla bla bull****! I live right beside the venue, and no my windows did not shake. Am i a fan of the foo fighters? Not really! Am i a fan of stone roses? Nt really! But guess what?! It was awesome! Comlpletely awesome! The music and the crowd sounded amazing, it almost made me wish i had went! I listened to the entire set, right up until that unholy hour of 11 pm when it stopped! Did i have work the next day! Yes, i actually did! Did i sleep in? Yawn a lot? Have to attend my doctors for complete exhaustion as i stayed up so late? No! So give over, nothing great ever happens here, ever! The most excitment we get it a night off from that stupid chopper that hovers around belfast night in and night out! Also, heres a thought, the dates for this gig are know months in advance.....i am pretty sure you can get ear plugs from tesco for under £1. Failing to prepare.....! Anyway, it lasted two nights, not two momths suck it up and maybe even nezt year just try and see thw bright side, you got to hear a concert that would have cost £100 to attend! Also, and this is just a thought, but if 30,000 people attended foo fighters, that 30,000 walking past shops and aupermarkets, perhaps nipping in to get things.....meaning our local busnesses receive extra trade....do i really need to continue the rest of the sentence....

Tomc in Belfast wrote (301 days ago):

Natasha, how did the English Language GCSE results turn out for you then? A couple of nights music which didn't involve riots, hatred, or bigotry! That's to be commended!

Gerry in Belfast wrote (301 days ago):

Natasha - just read your post and I'm assuming you failed your GCSE English this morning? In futcher, try to pay more attention in school (if you can drag yourself away from your TV to go...)

Ryan in Manchester wrote (301 days ago):

@natasha get a grip love thank god the rest of the world isn't as miserable as you.

kevin in Belfast wrote (301 days ago):

Congratulations to all involved. Brilliant to see the city buzzing with tens of thousands of concert goers. Had to laugh on twitter last night, seeing a person urging others to contact the City Council to complain about the noise. Some people need to realise that vibrant, buzy, alive cities create noise!

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