Former Stone Roses bassist Mani has rubbished reports that the band are set to reunite after Ian Brown and John Squire met up recently.

A tabloid report on Thursday (April 7) claimed the group were considering reforming following the meeting at the funeral of Mani's mother's funeral.

But the bassist told BBC News: "It's total fantasy island gear."

He added: "Two guys who haven't seen each for 15 years, like people do at funerals, came to pay respects to the bassist's mum and now all this."

(by Jason Gregory)