THE STONE ROSES have refused to take part in next month's massive French festival in Nimes, because it forms part of the local bullfighting season.
The group were negotiating with the promoters of the 30,000 capacity festival on June 3, which is due to take place in huge public gardens near to the town's bullring. But the band, who are opposed to all blood-sports, pulled out when they discovered they would be playing just a couple of hours after the night's bullfights.
A spokesman for the band said: "We don't want a ritual slaughter as a support act."
The group were also asked to take part in this weekend's John Lennon tribute concert in Liverpool but declined because of recording commitments.
Meanwhile, the group's latest court appearance in Wolverhampton attracted nearly 100 fans and well-wishers outside the town's magistrates building last Thursday.
All four members have now been committed to Dudley Crown Court to face trial on criminal damage charges, following the paint-daubing spree at the Wolverhampton offices of their former record company FM Revolver. A date for the trial has yet to be finalised.
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