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Happy Mondays live at Brixton Academy, London

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:

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Happy Mondays cancel Australian tour

Shaun Ryder, Happy Mondays (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media)

The Happy Mondays have been forced to cancel a tour of Australia due to an illness being suffered by drummer Gary Whelan.

The Manchester band have been touring on and off since the ‘classic’ line-up reformed in late 2011, and …

Happy Mondays

Salford based Happy Mondays have been touring with their original line up again including Shaun‘s brother Paul Ryder on bass, Gary Whelan on drums, Rowetta as backing vocalist, Mark Day on Guitar, Paul Davis “PD” on keyboards and dancer Mark Berry “Bez”. Spring 2013 should see the release of the …

Shaun Ryder: Bez Spurned Julia Roberts Advances

Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has apparently claimed his long-term friend and one-time bandmate Bez spurned the advances of Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts back in the early 90s.

In an interview with XFM, Ryder explained how Bez showed more interest in the glamorous actress’ bodyguard when approached by Roberts …