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Shaun Ryder expresses his desire to be a part of a benefit concert in honor of Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the 63-year-old bass legend of Stone Roses, who passed away on November 20.

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Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder says he wants to be involved in a benefit gig to pay tribute to Stone Roses bass legend Gary “Mani” Mounfield.

Gene and George, 12-year-old twins Gene and George, who had already lost their mother, Mani’s wife Imelda, to bowel cancer, passed away in 2003. Mani, 63, passed away in a nursing home in Los Angeles. I’d definitely be interested in attending a concert or benefit, Shaun says. Gene and George, those twins, have something to offer. In Mani’s memory, of course.

He was “my mate,” I said. Since the 1980s, Mani and I have been friends. He was a funny, attractive man. Nobody spoke negatively about him in any negative way. Although he had been suffering for a while, it didn’t shock me much. Really, his wife Imelda left with more of a shock than anything. The boys are the subject of my thoughts regarding his two twins. They now have their father and their mother. It’s terrible.

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Mani follows a sad lineage when it comes to bass players, says Shaun, referencing the death of his own brother Paul Ryder in 2022, aged 58. He explains: “It’s the curse of Manchester bass players, isn’t it? Our Paul died, The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke died… now Mani’s gone,” he said.

Shaun last saw his friend at one of Oasis’s string of comeback shows in July at Manchester’s Heaton Park. “Saun claims that he and I were there every night. And we actually said, “We should make some music and get together.”

Shaun is praised in large measure of the way fellow Manchester rockers Oasis dedicated Live Forever to Mani at their most recent performance in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We’re pals, he says, “Yes, we’re friends.” Noel and Liam have both been better than Liam in those reunion shows, despite what I’ve seen of them. Really tight band. They have lost none of the rawness; rock ‘n’ roll still exists, but their style is more polished. “Liam is coming off of a high above what I’ve ever seen him.”

The Happy Mondays still captivate audiences with his own music, which is renowned worldwide. In 2026, they will be making their first UK tour since their groundbreaking albums Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches.

We’ll play songs from our albums Bummed, Pills ‘n’ Thrills, and other genres, says Shaun.

We even include a song from Yes Please, my least favorite album. Today, those songs still have excellent sound. It was always rock ‘n’ roll, drugs, and sex with us. We are now left with the rock ‘n’ roll. Although we’re all in our 40s, we’re eagerly anticipating it, I’m sure of it.

The singer claims that he and his bandmate Bez once used LSD for a year and that this is because he doesn’t recall recording most of Pills ‘n’ Thrills. He has always been very open about how much of his drug use has occurred.

The legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles is something he will never forget. He says, “I can recall looking through Frank Sinatra pictures. I can recall consuming a lot of opium. I received a large amount of it from one of our friends who had just returned from a Grateful Dead concert.

“From what I can recall, I was writing the lyrics whenever the boys were working on a song.” I quickly wrote the entire album’s music.

We arrived in LA and planned to perform the night before, but we decided not to because Soul II Soul were playing in this tiny club, which was more crucial.

Shaun claims he is still alive and well despite his difficult-living, hedonistic past, with the exception of a myriad medical issues. He claims that my other one needs treatment because I have alopecia, an underactive thyroid, and a hip replacement. I also have ADHD. As a youngster, I started taking heroin to self-medicate to make me feel normal.

“I now understand why I was a young addict when I first started drinking and using drugs. And I can concentrate now that I’ve been taking the medications for a while. Five of my six children are autistic or have ADHD.

On March 13, the Happy Mondays’ 2026 tour of O2 City Hall in Newcastle will begin.

Shaun Ryder expresses his desire to be a part of a benefit concert in honor of Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the 63-year-old bass legend of Stone Roses, who passed away on November 20.

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Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder says he wants to be involved in a benefit gig to pay tribute to Stone Roses bass legend Gary “Mani” Mounfield.

Gene and George, 12-year-old twins Gene and George, who had already lost their mother, Mani’s wife Imelda, to bowel cancer, passed away in 2003. Mani, 63, passed away in a nursing home in Los Angeles. I’d definitely be interested in attending a concert or benefit, Shaun says. Gene and George, those twins, have something to offer. In Mani’s memory, of course.

He was “my mate,” I said. Since the 1980s, Mani and I have been friends. He was a funny, attractive man. Nobody spoke negatively about him in any negative way. Although he had been suffering for a while, it didn’t shock me much. Really, his wife Imelda left with more of a shock than anything. The boys are the subject of my thoughts regarding his two twins. They now have their father and their mother. It’s terrible.

3 images to be seen

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Mani follows a sad lineage when it comes to bass players, says Shaun, referencing the death of his own brother Paul Ryder in 2022, aged 58. He explains: “It’s the curse of Manchester bass players, isn’t it? Our Paul died, The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke died… now Mani’s gone,” he said.

Shaun last saw his friend at one of Oasis’s string of comeback shows in July at Manchester’s Heaton Park. “Saun claims that he and I were there every night. And we actually said, “We should make some music and get together.”

Shaun is praised in large measure of the way fellow Manchester rockers Oasis dedicated Live Forever to Mani at their most recent performance in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We’re pals, he says, “Yes, we’re friends.” Noel and Liam have both been better than Liam in those reunion shows, despite what I’ve seen of them. Really tight band. They have lost none of the rawness; rock ‘n’ roll still exists, but their style is more polished. “Liam is coming off of a high above what I’ve ever seen him.”

The Happy Mondays still captivate audiences with his own music, which is renowned worldwide. In 2026, they will be making their first UK tour since their groundbreaking albums Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches.

We’ll play songs from our albums Bummed, Pills ‘n’ Thrills, and other genres, says Shaun.

We even include a song from Yes Please, my least favorite album. Today, those songs still have excellent sound. It was always rock ‘n’ roll, drugs, and sex with us. We are now left with the rock ‘n’ roll. Although we’re all in our 40s, we’re eagerly anticipating it, I’m sure of it.

The singer claims that he and his bandmate Bez once used LSD for a year and that this is because he doesn’t recall recording most of Pills ‘n’ Thrills. He has always been very open about how much of his drug use has occurred.

The legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles is something he will never forget. He says, “I can recall looking through Frank Sinatra pictures. I can recall consuming a lot of opium. I received a large amount of it from one of our friends who had just returned from a Grateful Dead concert.

“From what I can recall, I was writing the lyrics whenever the boys were working on a song.” I quickly wrote the entire album’s music.

We arrived in LA and planned to perform the night before, but we decided not to because Soul II Soul were playing in this tiny club, which was more crucial.

Shaun claims he is still alive and well despite his difficult-living, hedonistic past, with the exception of a myriad medical issues. He claims that my other one needs treatment because I have alopecia, an underactive thyroid, and a hip replacement. I also have ADHD. As a youngster, I started taking heroin to self-medicate to make me feel normal.

“I now understand why I was a young addict when I first started drinking and using drugs. And I can concentrate now that I’ve been taking the medications for a while. Five of my six children are autistic or have ADHD.

On March 13, the Happy Mondays’ 2026 tour of O2 City Hall in Newcastle will begin.

Before the release of their debut single, Natasha Hamilton joined Atomic Kitten in the late 1990s, and she now speculates that the band might form a reunion band.

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Natasha Hamilton has suggested that she is bringing the two girls back together to bring back Atomic Kitten. The 43-year-old joined the band just in time for their debut single to be released in 1999 despite not being a founding member.

After Kerry sensationally quit the band in 2001 after achieving a number one with the hit single Whole Again, she soon gained fame along with Liz McClarnon, 44, and Kerry Katona, 45. Jenny Frost, 47, followed her. Heidi Range, 42, who left Atomic Kitten for a different record deal, made up the original line-up: Liz, Kerry, and Sugababes star of the future.

Although the band have since broken up, most recently returning in 2008 and then again in 2012, playing sporadic gigs until the end of the year.

READ MORE: Kerry Katona reveals awkward moment with Vogue Williams when she was with Brian McFaddenREAD MORE: Strictly Come Dancing Christmas line-up complete as Brian McFadden signs up

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Atomic Kitten have found renewed interest after featuring in the hit BBC documentary, Girlbands Forever, and now Natasha has suggested the group could make a comeback.

The chart-topping singer said, “Never say never with a reunion, because nostalgia always hits people at different times, and I’ve spent a lot of time with Jenny this summer.

She continued, “It’s obvious that Liz just had a baby, so this isn’t the ideal time,” but I always advise never say never. We are three of us, and we are so close, and I’m hoping that we will be able to work together at some point in the future.

Natasha did evoke memories of her early years as the top of the charts while omitting Kerry, one of the most well-known members of the Atomic Kitten.

She said, “I think as the years pass and you become more and more distant from it, your mind starts to think, “Wow, it almost seems like, did it really happen?” But I’m sure it did, and I have many fond memories. We certainly went through some difficulties, but I think the good times were unquestionably more than the bad.

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Louis Theroux and his production company Mindhouse co-produced Girlbands Forever. He previously stated, “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of making this wonderful series. ” He previously explained why he chose to focus on music icons from the past.

In the 1990s, the Spice Girls, Eternal, and All Saints all appeared on stage. Pop music and British culture in general had a special time during this period. Then, in their place, a parade of girl bands, each with a different type of talent and style, and frequently with a funny ending.

It was a real pleasure to go back and rediscover all the music, those videos, and the interviews they conducted.

He continued, “There was pain behind the music, as is often the case, and there was a price to be paid for that level of young fame.” However, we primarily wanted this to be a celebration of a period of extremely special music and talent.

Before the release of their debut single, Natasha Hamilton joined Atomic Kitten in the late 1990s, and she now speculates that the band might form a reunion band.

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Natasha Hamilton has suggested that she is bringing the two girls back together to bring back Atomic Kitten. The 43-year-old joined the band just in time for their debut single to be released in 1999 despite not being a founding member.

After Kerry sensationally quit the band in 2001 after achieving a number one with the hit single Whole Again, she soon gained fame along with Liz McClarnon, 44, and Kerry Katona, 45. Jenny Frost, 47, followed her. Heidi Range, 42, who left Atomic Kitten for a different record deal, made up the original line-up: Liz, Kerry, and Sugababes star of the future.

Although the band have since broken up, most recently returning in 2008 and then again in 2012, playing sporadic gigs until the end of the year.

READ MORE: Kerry Katona reveals awkward moment with Vogue Williams when she was with Brian McFaddenREAD MORE: Strictly Come Dancing Christmas line-up complete as Brian McFadden signs up

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Atomic Kitten have found renewed interest after featuring in the hit BBC documentary, Girlbands Forever, and now Natasha has suggested the group could make a comeback.

The chart-topping singer said, “Never say never with a reunion, because nostalgia always hits people at different times, and I’ve spent a lot of time with Jenny this summer.

She continued, “It’s obvious that Liz just had a baby, so this isn’t the ideal time,” but I always advise never say never. We are three of us, and we are so close, and I’m hoping that we will be able to work together at some point in the future.

Natasha did evoke memories of her early years as the top of the charts while omitting Kerry, one of the most well-known members of the Atomic Kitten.

She said, “I think as the years pass and you become more and more distant from it, your mind starts to think, “Wow, it almost seems like, did it really happen?” But I’m sure it did, and I have many fond memories. We certainly went through some difficulties, but I think the good times were unquestionably more than the bad.

View 4 Images

Louis Theroux and his production company Mindhouse co-produced Girlbands Forever. He previously stated, “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of making this wonderful series. ” He previously explained why he chose to focus on music icons from the past.

In the 1990s, the Spice Girls, Eternal, and All Saints all appeared on stage. Pop music and British culture in general had a special time during this period. Then, in their place, a parade of girl bands, each with a different type of talent and style, and frequently with a funny ending.

It was a real pleasure to go back and rediscover all the music, those videos, and the interviews they conducted.

He continued, “There was pain behind the music, as is often the case, and there was a price to be paid for that level of young fame.” However, we primarily wanted this to be a celebration of a period of extremely special music and talent.

Agents for the British playwright Tom Stoppard have confirmed that he has passed away at the age of 88. The Czech-born actor, who was “surrounded by family,” passed away at home in 1997.

The author, who won the Best Original Screenplay award for the 1998 film Shakespeare In Love, is best known for his work. Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes were the stars of the movie, which earned more than £218 million at the box office.

In addition, Sir Tom was the author of the critically acclaimed play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and the 2013 HBO limited series Parade’s End.

His agency, United Agents, announced his passing on Saturday. We are deeply saddened to learn that Tom Stoppard, our cherished client and friend, passed away peacefully in his Dorset home, surrounded by his family.

He will be remembered for his writing, for being so brilliant and human, for being so intelligent and for having wit, irreverence, generosity of spirit, and a deep love for English. Working with and getting to know Tom was a pleasure.

Among those expressing respect for the award-winning star was Sir Mick Jagger. The singer’s Instagram post read, “He leaves us with a majestic body of intellectual and amusing work. He will always be missed.

Before escaping the Nazis as a child refugee and moving to Singapore and then India, he was born Tomá Sträussler in Zlin, Czechoslovakia, in 1937. After his mother married an English army major Kenneth Stoppard, he eventually settled in Britain after the war.

In 1972, Sir Tom wed fellow author Miriam Stoppard, who he had previously married to, before selling her to actress Felicity Kendal. In 2014, he wed socialite and British-Irish TV producer Sabrina Guinness.

At the age of 17, he began his journalism career with the Bristol-based Western Daily Post before moving on to sister paper The Evening Post. Charles Wintour, the editor of the London Evening Standard, reportedly gave him a job interview. I assume you are interested in politics, Wintour said. asked “Who is the Home Secretary” “Look, I said I was interested, not obsessed,” said Stoppard, when he told Wintour.

He reportedly said, “I wanted to be a great journalist.

“It was my first goal to sit in a plane in an African airport while my typewriter was sprayed with machine-gun bullets.” However, being a reporter wasn’t very useful. I thought it was inappropriate for me to inquire questions of others. I had the impression that they would call the police or throw the teapot at me.

Before writing the first of many stage plays in 1960, Sir Tom moved on to become a theatre critic and write a number of short radio plays. He wrote the play Arcadia in 1993, which explored the interactions between two contemporary academics and Derbyshire residents of the 19th century. Additionally, he adapted Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy for the 2012 movie starring Jude Law and Keira Knightley.

He later learned from his parents that all four of his grandparents were Jewish and had passed away in Nazi concentration camps as a result of his early education.

Leopoldstadt, a play by Laurence Olivier that takes place in Vienna’s Jewish community in the 20th century, was awarded both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the Tony Award for Best Play. His nine-hour epic trilogy, The Coast of Utopia, and his 2006 play Rock ‘n’Roll were two other screenplays that received multiple Tony Awards. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Thing, and The Hard Problem were also written by him.

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As he considered the effects of their celebrity status, Richard Madeley responded to claims that his daughter Chloe is not “liked” because of her ties to him and wife Judy Finnigan.

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TV presenter Richard Madeley has opened about daughter Chloe’s claim that she isn’t “liked” because he and wife Judy Finnigan are her parents.

The Good Morning Britain presenter and his spouse are two of the most recognisable faces on British television. They share two children, including Chloe, while Judy has twin boys from her first marriage.

Chloe has also launched a career in a spotlight as a model, journalist and TV presenter. She was also married to former rugby star James Haskell, who she shares a three-year-old daughter with.

Speaking on Matt Willis’ On The Mend podcast, the Busted star read out a quote from Chloe where she said she “felt like people didn’t like her because of you both being her parents”.

Richard responded, “Well, if she said that, that’s what she said, and I believe she would probably respond differently if you asked her that question.”

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In 1986, Richard and Judy wed in Granada Television’s first television series. When they first met, they were both married to different people.

From her first marriage to David Henshaw, Judy and the couple welcomed Jack and Chloe to add to their family.

They worked on a number of programmes, including This Morning (which they hosted from 1988 to 2001) and Richard & Judy on Channel 4 from 2001 to 2009.

Richard claims that their upbringing taught them how to deal with media scrutiny and intrusion, blaming “what their parents do” as a reason why none of my children have had a bad life experience.

The presenter remarked, “Chloe has entered the public eye with her work,” but she has background knowledge of how to handle it.

They have all searched for their own hideouts. They are aware of how to deal with the publicity monster’s sneer. They could always turn to us for advice, especially Chloe, who has probably the best reputation of all of them.

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She married rugby player James Haskell, and that of course attracted a lot of attention. Which she was able to handle once more.

Because of what their parents do, I honestly don’t believe any of my children have anything negative to say. You can ask them, and I believe they will respond in the same way.

Richard continued to tell Matt Willis that he had a “horrible feeling” that he would have become addicted if he had tried drugs.