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DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

"I got on really well with Lembit Opik, he’s as mad as Bez": Shaun Ryder looks back on his time in I'm A Celebrity...

The Happy Mondays man went into the jungle back in 2010, kickstarting a side-career in reality TV

Louder

"The festival spun out of control": when the Happy Mondays brought chaos to Glastonbury in 1990

The Madchester crew are the reason there is a giant fence around Worthy Farm these days

Louder

“I’d not played for 17 years. I put all my guitars in the loft and never touched them. I didn’t think I knew how to play anymore”: When Happy Mondays split, Mark Day gave up guitar – and was surprised to find he could still play when he returned

Happy Mondays were one of the architects of the Manchester scene that gave birth to Oasis. Armed with basic gear, most of which he can’t remember, their genre-splicing guitarist is finally proud of the influential music he helped create

Guitar World

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Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder says male menopause left him ‘unable to speak’

The Step On singer has now turned to hormone replacement therapy which he hailed as life-saving after ‘trying every drug around’

Evening Standard

A beginner's guide to Factory Records in five essential albums

The story of the Manchester indie label that changed the world

Louder

Bez lucky to be alive after 'breaking bones' in 'really bad' motorbike crash - but says he won't stop riding

The Happy Mondays star suffered a near-death experience after he came off his motorbike in Spain

Manchester Evening News

Celebrity Gogglebox star 'lucky to be alive' after horrific motorbike crash

Happy Mondays and Celebrity Gogglebox star Bez has spoken about his near-death experience which happened just a number of months ago

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Members of The Who, Oasis, Happy Mondays and Ride join forces for new supergroup

Mantra Of The Cosmos’ first single, Gorilla Guerilla is out now

Evening Standard

In Between Days festival cancelled two days before its debut in Newcastle's Times Square

Happy Mondays and Ian Brown had been set to headline the festival this bank holiday weekend with local favourites Liam Fender also on the bill but its organisers now apologise for its sudden cancellation saying 'we gave it our best shot'

Chronicle Live

Shaun Ryder: When was the I’m a Celebrity South Africa contestant on the show before?

Music legend is back in the jungle along with other memorable stars from previous series

The Independent UK

Shaun Ryder: When was the I’m a Celebrity South Africa contestant on the show before?

Music legend is back in the jungle along with other memorable stars from previous series

The Independent UK

Shaun Ryder: When was the I’m a Celebrity South Africa contestant on the show before?

Music legend is back in the jungle along with other memorable stars from previous series

The Independent UK

Who is Shaun Ryder? Singer joins new series of I’m a Celebrity

The contestant rose to fame as the lead singer of Happy Mondays and in the late Eighties and early Nineties was an important figure in the Manchester cultural scene

Evening Standard

Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder: When was the I’m a Celebrity South Africa contestant on the show before?

Music legend is back in the jungle along with other memorable stars from previous series

The Independent UK

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Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder: When was the I’m a Celebrity South Africa contestant on the show before?

Music legend is back in the jungle along with other memorable stars from previous series

The Independent UK

Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder: Who is the I’m a Celebrity South Africa contestant?

Music legend will return to the jungle along with other memorable stars from previous series

Chronicle Live

New Newcastle music festival announced for Times Square with headliners including Happy Mondays and Ian Brown

New outdoor festival In Between Days will make its city centre debut over three days in May with a line-up also including Two Door Cinema Club, DMAs and The Wombats plus local favourites Andrew Cushin and Liam Fender

Manchester Evening News

11 lost but not forgotten Manchester bars and nightclubs we loved in the 1990s

Manchester's nightlife in the 1990s is the stuff of legend

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Daily Record

Happy Mondays, Shed Seven and OMD announced for this year's Party at the Palace

Organisers had been teasing fans before announcing headliners Shed Seven, saying they were “going for gold” in a reference to the band’s hit

Manchester Evening News

‘He gave me a conker for some reason’: Wigan band The Lottery Winners on working with Happy Mondays legend Shaun Ryder

'He’s a true Manchester music legend and truly is a genius'

Manchester Evening News

Happy Mondays and Ian Brown set for ‘big top’ festival in Warrington

The gig happens the night before the Neighbourhood Weekender

The Guardian - UK

United sense chance to be swaggering, collar-up kings of Manchester again

In today’s Football Daily: The Manchester derby, Rowetta from the Happy Mondays, Shakira hits back and an FA Cup fixture fiasco

Manchester Evening News

The lost Manchester bars and clubs that we loved back in the 00s

They still live on in our memories

Daily Mirror

Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville snubbed by former co-star George Clooney for movie role

Downton Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville revealed he was invited to audition for George Clooney's latest movie

Daily Mirror

Happy Mondays legend Bez says his own bees' honey is better than Viagra for sex life

Bez says he gets a buzz from the sweet stuff and reckons it can put a sting in the tail after taking up beekeeping 15 years ago. He loves honey in his tea, booze and on its own

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