Coldplay are set to headline a music festival at Spike Island, scene of an infamous concert by The Stone Roses, according to reports.
The band have apparently been approached to play the three-day event in Widnes (near Liverpool), as have Oasis and former Roses frontman Ian Brown. Apparently Halton Council have approved an application to put the festival on, with organisers scheduling the three-day event for this coming May.
Local councillor Rob Polhill commented: "This event is set to be the biggest concert here in ten years and it is appropriate that it is taking place at Spike Island, where The Stone Roses played their famous concert."
According to Gigwise, organisers have earmarked Brown, Oasis and Coldplay as possible headliners for the closing Sunday of the festival. The Stone Roses famously hosted an enormous Spike Island gathering at the height of their fame, on May 27, 1990.
Meanwhile, Coldplay's "X&Y" will apparently be named the biggest selling album in the world of 2005 in the coming days. The band's globe-straddling third LP is understood to have outsold last year's releases from Mariah Carey, Green Day, 50 Cent, Madonna and the Black Eyed Peas to claim the prize.
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