The Stone Roses are set to pocket £8.25 million in gate receipts from their two Manchester shows after announcing tickets will cost £55.

The group, who announced their reunion yesterday, will be playing at the 75,000 capacity Heaton Park on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th June next year before touring the world.

News of the £55 ticket price has had a mixed response from fans.

Angry Jamespowell363 tweeted: "60 quid to see #StoneRoses ? Band of the people or not got a pot to p*** in old guys ? #whatashame."

Kevinjmcmanus wrote: "#StoneRoses tickets £55 are they having a laugh #Manct***s I wanna see christs #resurrection for that money."

While miiaaow tweeted: "£55, more than i was hoping but pretty much what i was expecting, it'll be worth every penny #stoneroses."

Harrison_Chris added: "Stone Roses Tickets £55! I'm sure the soon to be former Mrs Brown is rubbing her hands together at this news! #stoneroses #divorcesettlement."

Tickets go on sale on Friday at 9.30am and are expected to sell out within hours as millions of fans race to get their hands on them.

You can buy tickets from the following outlets...

Gigsandtours.com/ 0844 811 0051

Ticketmaster.co.uk/ 0844 826 2826

Ticketline.co.uk/ 0161 832 1111

Check the Mirror Tickets comparison site for the best Stone Roses tickets available online .

Fans will also be able to buy tickets through Facebook by clicking here .

The band members had long dismissed talk of ever getting back together after falling apart in 1996.

But today they buried their differences and announced hometown shows at Manchester's Heaton Park next summer, plus further dates around the world.

Guitarist John Squire said he and singer Ian Brown had met at the funeral of bass player Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's mother.

"When me and Ian met by chance it changed everything. In some ways it felt like 15 years ago was yesterday," he said.

Brown said: "Our plan is to take on the world."