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In an ironic comedy of errors, Made of Stone director Shane Meadows missed his favourite band's most important gig after giving away his coveted tickets to "some bloke in the street" following a night of chemically enhanced recreation. If only his path had crossed with that of the young protagonists of Spike Island who spend the better part of the movie in search of tickets to see the Stone Roses at a gig that has passed into modern mythology.

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll director Mat Whitecross clearly has both an eye and ear for the rarefied nuances of pop culture, and his young cast are convincing as the baggy Manc-lads, even when the script hands them a bunch of coming-of-age clichés. Less a double-bill accompaniment to Meadow's movie, more a solid second-feature – albeit one that happens to be taking to the stage after the main act.