After the newspaper The Sun published a story on 14 October 2011 citing that the Roses had signed for a series of gigs across the UK, rumours again began to circulate. The NME reported that Alan 'Reni' Wren had responded to these rumours, contacting them with a cryptic message that read: "Not before 9T will I wear the hat 4 the Roses again". On 17 October, Dynamo told The Sun that Brown had confirmed the reunion by saying that the band were "ready to take the world by storm", and that Brown had sent him a text message with the words "It's happening". On 18 October 2011, the Stone Roses announced at a press conference the end of a fifteen-year split. An "extensive" Reunion Tour of the world, starting in Warrington, for a low-key warm-up show, was scheduled. However, the main attractions of the tour were three homecoming shows at Heaton Park, Manchester, on 29–30 June and 1 July 2012 plus one show in Dublin's Phoenix Park on 5 July 2012. In a press conference interview, the members of the Stone Roses said they had plans to record a third album. 150,000 tickets for the two Heaton Park shows sold out in 14 minutes, with the band then announcing a third show at the venue to be held on 1 July 2012. They then announced a show would take place in Ireland, with Ian Brown saying "After Manchester, Ireland is always next on our list".Sweeney, Ken. "Ireland, here we come, say resurrected Stone Roses". Irish Independent. 19 October 2011."Stone Roses to play Irish concert" . The Irish Times. 22 October 2011. The first leg of the tour would consist of two warm-up gigs in Barcelona in early June and then shows in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Germany and France.
After the newspaper The Sun published a story on 14 October 2011 citing that the Roses had signed for a series of gigs across the UK rumours again began to circulate The NME reported that Alan 'Reni' Wren had responded to these rumours contacting them with a cryptic message that read "Not before 9T will I wear the hat 4 the Roses again" On 17 October Dynamo told The Sun that Brown had confirmed the reunion by saying that the band were "ready to take the world by storm" and that Brown had sent him a text message with the words "It's happening" On 18 October 2011 the Stone Roses announced at a press conference the end of a fifteen-year split An "extensive" Reunion Tour of the world starting in Warrington for a low-key warm-up show was scheduled However the main attractions of the tour were three homecoming shows at Heaton Park Manchester on 29–30 June and 1 July 2012 plus one show in Dublin's Phoenix Park on 5 July 2012 In a press conference interview the members of the Stone Roses said they had plans to record a third album 150000 tickets for the two Heaton Park shows sold out in 14 minutes with the band then announcing a third show at the venue to be held on 1 July 2012 They then announced a show would take place in Ireland with Ian Brown saying "After Manchester Ireland is always next on our list"Sweeney Ken "Ireland here we come say resurrected Stone Roses" Irish Independent 19 October 2011"Stone Roses to play Irish concert"  The Irish Times 22 October 2011 The first leg of the tour would consist of two warm-up gigs in Barcelona in early June and then shows in the Netherlands Sweden Denmark Hungary Germany and France