Happy Mondays

Original Happy Mondays reform for tour

Music Gossip

30 Jan 2012

Happy Mondays' original line up have announced their return. The seven members of the 'Step On' group - key figures in England's Madchester music scene of the late 80s - are set to play together for the first time since 1992 after singer Shaun Ryder…

Primal Scream in studio without bassist

Music Gossip

12 Jan 2012

Primal Scream are recording their new album without a bass player. The 'Kill all Hippies' group recently lost their bassist Mani, as he left to rejoin his first band The Stone Roses, and they aren't planning to find another one until after finishing…

Happy Mondays set to reform

Music Gossip

5 Dec 2011

Happy Mondays will reform next year. Lead singer Shaun Ryder is spearheading plans to get the 'Step On' group back together for a special documentary after he was approached by promoters keen for them to tour with The Stone Roses, who reunited…

Shaun Ryder spotted a UFO

Celebrity Gossip

2 Feb 2011

Shaun Ryder has seen a UFO. The Happy Mondays singer - who was famous for his wild partying in the 80s and 90s - is "convinced" he once saw a spacecraft in his hometown of Salford, Manchester, in England, and it sparked a long-held interest in…

Music festivals 2010: Festival profiles

28 May 2010

Big or small, loud or quiet, dry or muddy – we love festivals whatever their size, sound or likelihood to leave you soaking wet. Over the next 20 pages we'll give you the lowdown on every major fest hitting Scotland this summer, and information on a few…

Happy Mondays - Gaz Whelan interview

22 Dec 2008

On the eve of the Happy Mondays show at the Print Factory in Glasgow, we grab five minutes with Gaz Whelan, the original drummer of band, where he tells about life in Canada, Manchester and on the road with the Mondays in the early days.

Happy Mondays

23 Aug 2007

‘Hola!’ Shaun Ryder is just back from Spain, and has clearly been learning the language. In between shows leading up to next week’s T on the Fringe gig, though, the surprisingly sharp and decidedly affable Happy Mondays frontman is at home, ‘catching up…

Hitlist - the best Festival music

23 Aug 2007

The Tiger Lillies A few short years ago we were being blown away by this band’s antics at the Spiegeltent. Now they’re up at the International festival. The change of festival has not diluted their appeal, here they team up with Concerto Caledonia for…

Happy Mondays and James

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

19 Jul 2007

Step on, sit down Happy Mondays and James hailed from very different sides of the Manchester musical fence. As the two bands get set for T on the Fringe, Paul Morley says hallelujah to the returning heroes and considers their legacy