Watch: Bez at the NME Awards
Bez slates the current state of music, reveals he's waiting for a revolution and says he's looking forward to welcoming...
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Happy Mondays Postpone Australian Tour
British rockers Happy Mondays have postponed their upcoming tour of Australia just days before the shows were due to kick off.The band was due to...
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School of rock: The Smiths, Happy Mondays and Elbow to tutor at Manchester music college
From Morrissey to Shaun Ryder, Manchester is famed for its musical mavericks. Now the city’s rock legends will lecture the next generation of hopefuls at a new coll...
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Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder Says Twilight Is Romeo And Juliet With Fangs
He saw all of them...
→ 20 December 2012 7.04pm — Comment on this
Live music booking now
Prepare the maracas and glo-sticks as the Happy Mondays return (19–20 Dec, Roundhouse, NW1). Support comes from the evergreen 808 State …For younger ravers, B...
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Open thread: Which is the best Happy Mondays song?
This Saturday's Guardian comes with a free copy of Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches. But which Happy Mondays song is best?In case you haven't noticed, Happy Mondays are b...
→ 22 June 2012 2.54pm — Comment on this
Music festivals guide 2012: the highlights
Who needs Glasto? We have 12 good reasons why 2012's festival season will be one to rememberMADCHESTER RAVES ONThe reformation of baggy heroes the Stone Roses to play T i...
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Happy Mondays
Brixton Academy, LondonIf you discount his propensity for using the f-word, you could call Shaun Ryder a solid citizen these days. The Happy Mondays' leader is slim, drug...
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The Quangos (No 1,257)
A trip to the landfill reveals another indie band content to turn over the Stones of the past and see what Beatles scurry beneathHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Josh God...
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Write for us about: the best music autobiographies
Which is the most compelling musical memoir? Let us know …"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture," said Frank Zappa (or Elvis Costello, Laurie Ande...
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Stone Roses reunion inspired Happy Mondays comeback
Shaun Ryder also reveals dancer Bez will join reunion, despite previous denials
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Shaun Ryder - Happy Mondays Reunion Was Caused By Stone Roses
Shaun Ryder credits the Stone Roses for the Happy Mondays reunion The frontman admitted it was the fellow Manchester group getting back together which propelled his own b...
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Happy Mondays - Mondays Star Bez To Be A Grandfather
Happy Mondays star Bez is set to be a grandfather The dancer and percussionist became an integral member of the cult British band during their heyday in the early 1990s a...
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Bez to sit out Happy Mondays reunion
Maraca-waving dancer says he is 'too old' to join Manchester band on reunion tour in MayThe years of melon-twisting and maraca-waving have taken their toll on the Happy M...
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