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Ricky Toner, born in Govan, Glasgow 1971, has been a singer/songwriter since 1990 performing with many bands including Dolphin, Fisher Price, North Starr, The Complete Stone Roses 1998 - 2001, Resurrection 2001 - present, Gluemaster, The Small Mountains, Coup d'etat, The Mind's Eye and most recently The Liberty Takers. Toner is also a DJ, promoter, manager, booking agent, light show technician The Mind's Eye Psychedelic Light Show & record company owner Red Telephone Records.
Govan is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Glasgow city centre, on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Kelvin and the district of Partick. Historically it was part of the County of Lanark.
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, and the third most populous city in the United Kingdom, as of the 2017 estimated city population of 621,020. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the local authority is Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. It is the fifth most visited city in the UK.
The Complete Stone Roses is a compilation of singles and B-sides by English rock band The Stone Roses. It was released in 1995 without the band's input by their record company Silvertone, with whom they were embroiled in a protracted legal battle to terminate their five-year contract.
In his hometown of Livingston, Toner has been very much involved in the towns music scene since 1993. The book titled [1] Already In Me, about the life of Ian Brown talks about The Complete Stone Roses when Toner was the singer. The book mentions Ian's unfortunate pull out of a gig at The Point Theatre in Dublin when he contacted Mani to ask If The Complete Stone Roses could do the gig instead, to a massive 6500 people. Ricky toured with and joined Mani (The Stone Roses/Primal Scream) on-stage at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut to perform 'She Bangs The Drums.' Having toured with Mani he has also toured with Clint Boon & Tom HIngley of Inspiral Carpets. The band at the time Ricky was the singer had celebrity fans from The Smiths, The Seahorses, Joy Division, Shed 7, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets and 808 State. TV appearances have included BBC Ireland's music show The 11th Hour & STV News (Friday extended edition) among others.
Livingston is the largest town in West Lothian, Scotland. Designated in 1962, it is the fourth post-war new town to be built in Scotland. Taking its name from the village of Livingston in West Lothian, it was originally developed in the then-counties of Midlothian and West Lothian. It is situated approximately fifteen miles (25 km) west of Edinburgh and thirty miles (48 km) east of Glasgow, and is close to the towns of Broxburn to the north-east and Bathgate to the north-west.
The Stone Roses were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. One of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the band's classic lineup consisted of vocalist Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani and drummer Reni.
Primal Scream are a British rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vocals) and Jim Beattie. The band's current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar), Martin Duffy (keyboards), Simone Butler (bass), and Darrin Mooney (drums). Barrie Cadogan has toured and recorded with the band since 2006 as a replacement after the departure of guitarist Robert "Throb" Young.
