Ian George Brown is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the split in 1996, he began a solo career, releasing six studio albums, a greatest hits compilation, a remix album and 18 singles. He has performed solo shows in 45 countries. He returned to singing for the Stone Roses in 2011, although this did not spell the end of his solo endeavours. Brown had a cameo role in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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