The singer was accused of 'butchering his own tunes' on the opening night
Ian Brown has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the last couple of years.
The Stone Roses frontman is a vehement anti-vaxxer and has made his feelings very clear, mostly on Twitter and in song-form - as his track 'Little Seed Big Tree' demonstrated. Lyrics from the 'protest' song included "Doctor Evil and his needle/ Doctor Evil with a masterplan/ A forced vaccine, like a bad dream/ They’ll plant a microchip, every woman, child and man".
Brown has attempted to get his music career back on track with his first tour in a decade, but the first night of it at Leeds' O2 Academy didn't go too well.
The Sunday night gig was declared a shambles by fans, who criticised the fact that Brown was performing to a backing track. One fan told the BBC: "I've seen him live as a solo act before and while there’s an acceptance that his voice won’t be great, the live performance aspect is where the energy comes from. Sadly there wasn’t a band, so there was no energetic drummer, no masterful guitarist, just him singing along badly to a backing track – it just left me cold and disinterested.”
He played Glasgow last night and denounced his opening night negative press, saying "I played Leeds last night, and all I could see were hands in the air".
Other fans at the Glasgow gig praised his set, with one saying: "Absolute class at @ianbrown in Glasgow last night. He doesn’t need a band. Blew the roof off. Brilliant."
Unfortunately (or fortunately?), Brown is not playing Dublin on this tour, so Irish fans won't get to experience the new set for themselves.