The Total Stone Roses

The Total Stone Roses are playing The Platform at the University of Lincoln Student Union on Friday 13 November, with support from Oaysis. It's a double bill of tribute acts, both focused on the Manchester scene that defined a huge part of British guitar music in the late eighties and nineties.

The Total Stone Roses are a sound-a-like band that works through the anthems of the original group, and they've got a long list to draw from. You'll hear 'I Am The Resurrection', 'Made Of Stone', 'Fools Gold', 'Waterfall', 'She Bangs The Drums', 'I Wanna Be Adored' and 'Love Spreads' — the songs that made the Stone Roses a household name and a cornerstone of the Madchester era. They're billed as the UK's best Stone Roses tribute act, so the set is built around those big, recognisable melodies and the dancey, psychedelic groove the original band were known for.

Opening the night is Oaysis, a five-piece tribute act described as one of the UK's best Oasis cover bands. They play the hits from Oasis's seminal albums note for note, so you'll get the Gallagher-fronted anthems that followed the Stone Roses' lead and took over the charts in the mid-nineties. Between the two, it's a full evening of the Manchester sound, from the baggy, dance-inflected beginnings of the Roses to the stadium-filling choruses of Oasis.

The gig starts at 7:30pm at The Platform, part of the University of Lincoln Student Union. Tickets are from £22.40, which includes the booking fee.