A HUGE tribute celebration to the Stone Roses takes place at Spike Island tonight - headlined by a St Helens band.

Spike Island: The Resurrection on Saturday is commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Stone Roses’ legendary gig in Widnes.

As well as re-opening the original site to music fans for the very first time since that historic gig in 1990, the event is also on course to break records as the biggest tribute-themed festival the world has seen.

With a headline set by St Helens band The Clone Roses, the one-day music festival will aim to re-capture the sights, sounds and atmosphere of the concert.

The event will also see performances from other top-tier Manchester tribute acts including: Oas-is, The Smiths Ltd, Happy Mondaze, The James Experience and True Order plus a number of original faces from the iconic Madchester scene including Bez (Happy Mondays), Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets), Andy (808 State), and MC Tunes (Dust Junkys).

More than 5,000 tickets were snapped up on the first day of sale alone.