Spike Island (concert)

Spike Island was a concert by concert promoter Phil Jones and the Stone Roses held on 27 May 1990 in Widnes, Cheshire, England. It was never officially recorded, although bootleg audio recordings and clips have emerged online, and there were rumours that the full video of the concert existed. As of 2024, the full footage of the concert has been found and is due to be released as part of a documentary about the show. It was recorded by an employee "who had been given time off and access to a video camera". The organizers suggest that about 28,000 baggy people in bucket hats attended the concert, not including gatecrashers. The concert is considered a seminal moment for the Britpop movement that followed it. For example, Noel Gallagher of Oasis has described the concert as "the blueprint for my band."