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Paul Ryder was 58.

The death of Happy Mondays bass player Paul Ryder has been announced by the band. “The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning,” a statement reads. “A true pioneer and legend.…

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“Really looking forward to the Happy Mondays 2022 tour,” Shaun Ryder says. “We’ll be playing all the hits so the shows will be fun!”

The Happy Mondays are giving plenty of notice for their 2022 live plans, and have announced a UK tour for…

Tim Booth leading James at the Leeds First Direct Arena (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media) James will be joined by their Manchester contemporaries on seven dates next year. James have detailed a UK and Ireland arena tour for the end of next year with Happy Mondays providing back-up throughout.…

The re-allocated distribution of music over the last decade has been a great leveller. Now that artists are required to release their whole back catalogues on to the various streaming services (and obviously benefit from doing so), devoted fans can get a far more comprehensive overview of their evolution as…

Happy Mondays at London Brixton Academy (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) Four Happy Mondays EPs – Forty Five (1985), Freaky Dancin/The Egg (1986), Tart Tart (1987) and 24 Hour Party People (1987) – have been collected together and remastered for release on October 25th. Related news:…

Happy Mondays at London Brixton Academy (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) There’s been some big UK tours for the Happy Mondays during the past few years, and 2019 will be no different. Related news: The Magic Gang announce farewell tour of the UK…

Happy Mondays at London Brixton Academy (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) The Happy Mondays‘ UK and Ireland tour in celebration of Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) has gone on sale today. Related news:…

Happy Mondays at London Brixton Academy (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) The Happy Mondays will spend the end of 2017 celebrating 30 years of their debut album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out). Related news:…

Happy Mondays live in London (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) The Happy Mondays will be headlining the latest Shiiine On Weekender when it takes place at Butlin’s Arena, Minehead between November 10th-13th. Related news:…

Bez, Happy Mondays (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) Villagers‘ ‘Darling Arithmetic‘ picked up the Album Award at the 2016 Ivor Novellos which were held in London this afternoon. Related news:…

Bez, Happy Mondays (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) The Happy Mondays spent the final weeks of last year celebrating their generational soundtrack ‘Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches‘ 25 years on. They’ve now announced just such a gig on Saturday, September 17th this year at the newly reopened Hastings Pier…

  Happy Mondays at London Brixton Academy (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) Stints on reality TV shows and pearly false teeth might have mitigated the uncouth image of the early days, but it didn’t stop a Happy Mondays reunion happening back in 2012, and now Madchester’s most hedonistic outburst…

Happy Mondays live in London (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media) Out on the road celebrating 25 years of ‘Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches‘, the Happy Mondays arrived at London’s Brixton Academy last night (December 3rd) when Live4ever’s Alberto Pezzali captured the evening’s highlights. Related news:…

Shaun Ryder performing with Happy Mondays (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever) Shaun Ryder has rush released a brand new single which signals his first batch of fresh material in a decade. Related news:…

Happy Mondays live in London, 2012 (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever) Beginning on Bonfire Night, the Happy Mondays will head out on an anniversary tour of the UK 25 years on from ‘Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches‘. Related news:…

Bez onstage with the Happy Mondays (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media) The Happy Mondays, Alabama 3, Bad Manners and Toyah Wilcox have signed up to an anti-fracking festival organised by the prospective new Salford MP, Bez. Related news:…