Keeping her health cards close to her chest, The X Factor legend Rowetta posted a picture of herself on a ward wearing red Manchester United pyjamas
A Happy Mondays star has shared a concerning health update with her fans from her hospital bed following mystery surgery.
In December 2024 Rowetta announced her sudden departure from Happy Mondays after 34 years with the band.The X Factor star first joined the Happy Mondays in 1990, and stuck with them as a guest artist throughout the group’s breakups and reunions.
Rowetta gushed over her career when speaking to the Mirror. “I’m really, really proud to be one of the only women in this Madchester scene. All the famous people from Manchester, a lot of them are male and white. So it’s important to me to represent. It’s important to me to represent little girls from Manchester because when I was a little girl growing up, there were not very many famous women singers.”
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Rowetta added: “Look at me, I’m doing it now. I’m playing everywhere still. I’m singing with everybody still, and that’s incredible. You can do what you want, not as a backing singer.” The star also explained that she wants to keep singing with as many people and different genres as she can.
“I don’t care if I’m up there with the boys because the fame can be a double-edged sword -we all know that. It’s not the fame that I want, but it is to be recognised for what I do,” she shared.
Keeping her health cards close to her chest, The X Factor legend Rowetta posted a picture of herself on a ward wearing red Manchester United pyjamas. She captioned it: “Sorry for not replying to everyone’s texts, calls and messages. I’ve been transferred from Trafford to St Mary’s (who have been wonderful) this morning, so hopefully home tomorrow.”
In a hospital gown in bed, wearing dark glasses and attached to a drip, the performer wrote: “Big love and thanks to St Mary’s for stepping in last minute. Came out of surgery smiling. What a wonderful team. Back on the ward now, morphined up for the pain, but – all went well, home tomorrow and should be good to sing again next week.”
In 2004 she appeared on The X Factor and featured in the over 25s category, before being eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the show. Rowetta’s performances on The X Factor earned her glowing reviews and she ended up finishing fourth and was the last woman in the competition.
On the programme Rowetta was described by her mentor Simon Cowell as: “Amazing, but barking b***** mad.”
When the band reformed in 2012, Rowetta joined original members including Shaun Ryder and Bez, as they embarked on a reunion tour.
Before joining the Happy Mondays Rowetta was a fixture on the Manchester music scene, and featured as a backing singer on Simply Red’s 1991 album Stars.
Source: Mirror
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