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No one who bought the Stone Roses’ debut single in 1985 would have ever bet on 5,000 Chilean fans being able to download their records via a thing called the internet.
But despite not having released a new record since the internet came into people’s homes, the Stones Roses boast 923,000 online fans, including 58,000 Twitter followers.
Statistics from Musicmetric, the global music analysts, show the Manchester rockers light years behind the likes of Coldplay who have around 35 times as many digital fans - over 34.5 million.
Prog-rockers Muse, who this week unveiled their bombastic new Olympic tune ‘Survival’ have just over half as man as Coldplay with 18.6 million digital fans.
Still, Ian Brown can take some solace in the fact that Liam Gallagher, the heir to his throne, has just 466,000 online fans for his current group Beady Eye, who have been supporting the Roses at this weekend’s Manchester shows at Heaton Park.
Of course the internet has helped fans access the Stone Roses’ music, and data from Musicmetric shows huge communities of file-sharers right across the globe.
While the UK leads the pack (with 194,545 file-sharers), the band could extend their comeback tour to some exotic locations such as: Brazil (12,860), South Korea (7,620), Japan (7,115) and Israel (7,032), or Russia (4,314), the Philippines (4,135), Indonesia (3,555) and Colombia (3,150). Musicmetric’s global analysis teams tracks torrents around the globe while monitoring every major social media outlet.
Greg Mead, Musicmetric’s founder and CEO, said:
Table of top UK cities for Stone Roses downloads.
Source: Musicmetric
Table of Stone Roses downloads over last two months since anniversary of the release of debut album in 1989
Source: Musicmetric
But despite not having released a new record since the internet came into people’s homes, the Stones Roses boast 923,000 online fans, including 58,000 Twitter followers.
Statistics from Musicmetric, the global music analysts, show the Manchester rockers light years behind the likes of Coldplay who have around 35 times as many digital fans - over 34.5 million.
Prog-rockers Muse, who this week unveiled their bombastic new Olympic tune ‘Survival’ have just over half as man as Coldplay with 18.6 million digital fans.
Still, Ian Brown can take some solace in the fact that Liam Gallagher, the heir to his throne, has just 466,000 online fans for his current group Beady Eye, who have been supporting the Roses at this weekend’s Manchester shows at Heaton Park.
Of course the internet has helped fans access the Stone Roses’ music, and data from Musicmetric shows huge communities of file-sharers right across the globe.
While the UK leads the pack (with 194,545 file-sharers), the band could extend their comeback tour to some exotic locations such as: Brazil (12,860), South Korea (7,620), Japan (7,115) and Israel (7,032), or Russia (4,314), the Philippines (4,135), Indonesia (3,555) and Colombia (3,150). Musicmetric’s global analysis teams tracks torrents around the globe while monitoring every major social media outlet.
Greg Mead, Musicmetric’s founder and CEO, said:
“If a manager knows they have tens of thousands of fans downloading their bands – even illegally – in a certain part of the world, there’s a huge opportunity there to tour, sell merchandise and release records. Places like South Korea and Japan have hugely affluent music fanbases who lap up British music.
Singer Ian Brown is unlikely to be impressed by Coldplay having 35 times as many fans – but that’s the difference between a band that’s flourished in the digital age and one who split five years before Coldplay even released a tune.
It was no surprise that the anniversary of the Stone Roses’ first album release on 28 April caused a massive spike in activity. By knowing where a band’s fans are, labels can do more to engage with them and ultimately make more money – which helps drive investment in new bands. Without that, we won’t get to see future acts like the Roses develop.”
Table of top UK cities for Stone Roses downloads.
| City | Downloads |
| London | 17,618 |
| Manchester | 12,431 |
| Glasgow | 8,233 |
| Liverpoo | 7,615 |
| Leeds | 6,708 |
| Birmingham | 6,555 |
| Edinburgh | 6,399 |
| Sheffield | 6,398 |
| Nottingham | 5,324 |
| Stoke-On-Trent | 4,594 |
| Preston | 4,528 |
| Newcastle | 4,145 |
| Belfast | 4,049 |
| Leicester | 3,814 |
| Aberdeen | 3,662 |
| Chesterfield | 3,533 |
| Bristol | 3,466 |
| Warrington | 3,324 |
| Doncaster | 3,296 |
| Northampton | 3,129 |
Source: Musicmetric
Table of Stone Roses downloads over last two months since anniversary of the release of debut album in 1989
| Date | Downloads |
| 28/4/12 | 1142 |
| 29/4/12 | 1177 |
| 30/4/12 | 1038 |
| 1/5/12 | 1223 |
| 2/5/12 | 1346 |
| 3/5/12 | 1424 |
| 4/5/12 | 1499 |
| 5/5/12 | 1306 |
| 6/5/12 | 1540 |
| 7/5/12 | 1872 |
| 8/5/12 | 1712 |
| 9/5/12 | 1590 |
| 10/5/12 | 1573 |
| 11/5/12 | 1428 |
| 12/5/12 | 1390 |
| 13/5/12 | 1721 |
| 14/5/12 | 1556 |
| 15/5/12 | 1618 |
| 16/5/12 | 1600 |
| 17/5/12 | 1626 |
| 18/5/12 | 1495 |
| 19/5/12 | 1494 |
| 20/5/12 | 1497 |
| 21/5/12 | 1436 |
| 22/5/12 | 1517 |
| 23/5/12 | 1458 |
| 24/5/12 | 1484 |
| 25/5/12 | 1329 |
| 26/5/12 | 1471 |
| 27/5/12 | 1549 |
| 28/5/12 | 1618 |
| 29/5/12 | 1704 |
| 30/5/12 | 1731 |
| 31/5/12 | 1761 |
| 1/6/12 | 1780 |
| 2/6/12 | 1536 |
| 3/6/12 | 1644 |
| 4/6/12 | 1670 |
| 5/6/12 | 1767 |
| 6/6/12 | 1926 |
| 7/6/12 | 1810 |
| 8/6/12 | 1747 |
| 9/6/12 | 1736 |
| 10/6/12 | 1854 |
| 11/6/12 | 1878 |
| 12/6/12 | 1959 |
| 13/6/12 | 1785 |
| 14/6/12 | 1860 |
| 15/6/12 | 1756 |
| 16/6/12 | 1454 |
| 17/6/12 | 1506 |
| 18/6/12 | 1478 |
| 19/6/12 | 1429 |
| 20/6/12 | 1535 |
| 21/6/12 | 1534 |
| 22/6/12 | 1527 |
| 23/6/12 | 1631 |
| 24/6/12 | 1548 |
| 25/6/12 | 1637 |
| 26/6/12 | 1667 |
| 27/6/12 | 1606 |
| 28/6/12 | 1720 |
Source: Musicmetric
