Ian Brown, Johnny Marr Collaborating

09/29/09 1:28pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Fans of old school Brit-pop are about to poop in their Ben Sherman jeans.

Former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown and ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr are working together to write music on the soundtrack to a television show. Brown told BBC News there's a chance ex-Stone Roses bassist Mani and former Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder could get involved, too. The show is being written by a mutual friend of Brown and Marr.

"The idea is that Johnny writes the music and I write the words and the melodies," Brown told BBC News. "One of the [episodes is] about ticket touts, another one's about grafters — kids who sell T-shirts and things like that — and another one's about pickpockets.

"We're going to get together and do the soundtrack for these dramas. We'd have to bring a drummer or a bass player in."

Brown played a show at London, England's Relentless Garage on Monday and covered The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love." Here's a video of that:

Brown has these gigs scheduled:

Nov. 22 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ St. George's Market
Nov. 23-24 Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia Theatre
Nov. 26 Castlebar, Ireland @ The Royal Theatre & Event Centre
Nov. 27 Killarney, Ireland @ INEC
Nov. 29 Leicester, England @ De Montfort Hall
Nov. 30 Westcliff-On-Sea, England @ The Cliffs Pavilion
Dec. 1 Ipswich, England @ Regent Theatre
Dec. 3 Bournemouth, England @ Opera House
Dec. 4-5 London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
Dec. 7 Cambridge, England @ The Cambridge Corn Exchange
Dec. 8 Sheffield, England @ O2 Academy Sheffield
Dec. 10-11 Leeds, England @ O2 Academy Leeds
Dec. 12 Liverpool, England @ University Of Liverpool
Dec. 14 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England @ Newcastle City Hall
Dec. 15 Edinburgh, Scotland @ HMV Picture House
Dec. 16 Glasgow, Scotland @ O2 Academy Glasgow
Dec. 18 Birmingham, England @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Dec. 19 Manchester, England @ Manchester Evening News Arena

Marr has these dates lined up with The Cribs:

Sept. 30 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England @ University Of Newcastle
Oct. 2 Manchester, England @ Manchester Apollo
Oct. 3 Lincoln, England @ The Engine Shed
Oct. 4 Leeds, England @ O2 Academy Leeds
Oct. 6 Exeter, England @ The Lemon Grove
Oct. 7 Southampton, England @ Southampton Guildhall
Oct. 8 Leamington Spa, England @ Assembly Rooms
Oct. 10 Bristol, England @ Anson Rooms at University Of Bristol
Oct. 11 Glasgow, Scotland @ Barrowland Ballroom
Oct. 15 London, England @ The Forum
Oct. 21 Tokyo, Japan @ Akasaka Blitz
Oct. 22-23 Nagoya, Japan @ Club Quattro
Oct. 24 Seoul, South Korea @ Olympic Stadium (Grant Mint Festival)
Nov. 9 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
Nov. 12-13 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Nov. 17 Frankfurt, Germany @ Batschkapp
Nov. 18 Stuttgart, Germany @ Die Rohre
Nov. 20 Hamburg, Germany @ Sporthalle w/ Franz Ferdinand
Nov. 21 Antwerp, Belgium @ Lotto Arena at Antwerps Sportspaleis w/ Franz Ferdinand
Nov. 22 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall w/ Franz Ferdinand
Nov. 24 Berlin, Germany @ Arena Berlin w/ Franz Ferdinand
Nov. 25 Dusseldorf, Germany @ Philipshalle w/ Franz Ferdinand
Nov. 26 Paris, France @ Zenith De Paris w/ Franz Ferdinand
Nov. 28 Rennes, France @ Salle Le Liberte w/ Franz Ferdinand
Nov. 30 Bordeaux, France @ La Medoquine De Bordeaux w/ Franz Ferdinand
Dec. 2 Birmingham, England @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Dec. 3 London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
Dec. 5 Doncaster, England @ The Dome
Dec. 6 Edinburgh, Scotland @ Edinburgh Corn Exchange