Ian Brown, John Squire and Mani attended the world premiere of Made of Stone, Shane Meadows’ new film on the rise and fall and rise again of the Manchester band on Thursday night.
Drummer Reni failed to join his band mates at the event due to what Brown called, “a really bad cold".
Made of Stone was simultaneously broadcast to 200 cinemas including a sold-out screenings in Ireland. The film goes on general release in on Wednesday, June 5th and was made by self-confessed Roses’ fanatic Meadows, the director of This is England, with the full co-operation of the reunited band.
Reni's no-show at the premiere has re-ignited rumours about his fractious relationship with Brown but the drummer has been told to rest in advance of the band's upcoming gigs in London's Finsbury park.
In the documentary, Alan “Reni” Wren is shown complaining about sound problems and leaving the stage before the encore at a gig in Amsterdam last year. Brown is then seen delivering some rather choice words about the drummer to the audience.
When asked about what happened that night at the premiere, John Squire walked away but he did say that the band had had written "a few" new songs since signing a new record deal at the end of 2011.
He also said the Roses were working on a new album."We won't be playing any of them live until we've recorded it," he told the BBC.
