Happy Mondays Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

Happy Mondays have announced their first tour in three years – see dates for October and November 2022 shows below.The Manchester band will start the tour at Cambridge’s Corn Exchange on October 7 and conclude it at Glasgow’s Barrowlands on November 27.Frontman Shaun Ryder will be joined by vocalist Rowetta, Paul Ryder (bass), Mark Day (guitar), Gary Whelan (drums), Dan Broad (guitar/keys) and the band’s celebrated percussionist and dancer Mark “Bez” Berry for the shows.Tickets go on general

Bez and Pat Sharp are among a host of celebrities tasked with creating their ultimate burger at a Salford takeaway.

"When I was a young lad, it felt like Manchester was the centre of the world then," Paddy McGuinness told Vernon Kay when he asked him if he used the train much as a kid. "Because it had blown up with all Happy Mondays and what have you. Then Afflecks Palace was the place to go.

Dancing On Ice 2022 has revealed the cast of professional skaters who will be pairing up with the celebrity contestants for the new series.

Dancing on Ice! I’m nervous, that ice is going to hit hard. I’m just excited to see what I can do on there.

Celebrity Gogglebox star Bez has announced his engagement after a romantic mountain-top proposal on Sunday. The Happy Mondays musician, 56, proposed to 34 year old Firouzeh Razavi after a picnic with family and friends and took to Instagram to reveal his long-term girlfriend said "yes".

Bez has shared the beautiful moment he popped the question to partner Firouzeh Razavi.

Happy Mondays percussionist Mark ‘Bez’ Berry has been announced for the next series of Dancing On Ice.Bez is joining the ITV show in January 2022 following his recent stint on Celebrity MasterChef.“At the moment it’s more like Bambi on Ice, not Dancing On Ice,” the Happy Mondays man said.

Dancing on Ice is gearing up for a new series and we’ve just got word of our first four contestants of the 2022 season – Corrie actress Sally Dynevor, Happy Mondays star Mark ‘Bez’ Berry, Paralympian Stef Reid and Love Island’s Liberty Poole.

It's that time of the year when a whole host of celebrities will soon be descending upon the rink as part of the new Dancing on Ice line-up. With excitement building over the months over who could make up this year's dazzling cast, ITV has finally started releasing the names of the stars set to take part in the beloved competitive series.

Dancing On Ice 2022 has announced that Happy Mondays star Mark ‘Bez’ Berry will be swapping the stage for the ice rink as he’s the second celebrity to join the new series line-up alongside Coronation Street star, Sally Dynevor. The maraca shaking legend announced the news on This Morning today to presenters Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield, who also present Dancing On Ice.

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singer Shaun Ryder amazed fans after he told of his weird alien encounters on This Morning. Shaun caused presenter Phillip Schofield to pull faces during his cosmic chat when he told of his UFO sightings.

Shaun Ryder made an appearance on today’s This Morning to participate in a phone-in about UFO sightings.The Happy Mondays frontman, who is a longtime alien enthusiast, joined hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on the sofa to chat about his own extraterrestrial experiences.He claimed early in the interview that his first sighting occurred when he was 15 years old, “long before all my encounters with hallucinogenics”.

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Celebrity Masterchef crowned its winner last night (Friday 17 September), after a host of celebrities battled it out week after week to be named champion. But who won this year’s series and which celebrities were runners-up?Here’s what you need to know.

Bez was controversially eliminated. The 57-year-old Happy Mondays dancer was axed on Thursday night - leading to fury on social media.

IDLES have been announced as one of the main headliners of Creation Day Festival 2022.The festival is being curated by Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee, and had been set to debut this year before coronavirus-enforced restrictions forced its cancellation.Creation Day Festival is now aiming to debut in Wolverhampton’s West Park from May 28-29, 2022.“I’m very pleased to be asked again by the City of Wolverhampton Council and Toura Toura Festivals to curate the Utilita Creation Day Festival

Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has opened up about his upcoming collaboration with Noel Gallagher.The high-profile collaboration was first revealed to NME by Ryder’s Happy Mondays bandmate Bez back in April, with the percussionist/dancer predicting that the song is “going to be big and going to be number one” and adding: “It’s two Manchester legends singing together and it sounds amazing.”Speaking to Bang Showbiz (via Contact Music), Ryder said the collaboration “sounds good” and is

Love Island (don’t worry – you won’t find any spoilers here), plus Celebrity MasterChef was back with the first episode of this year’s series. The first celebrities to cook for judges, John Torode and Gregg Wallace, were Blue’s Duncan James, actress Sue Pollard, comedian Munya Chawawa, EastEnders star Rita Simons, and Happy Mondays’ Bez.

Celebrity MasterChef returned to BBC One last night (9 August) for its 16th series, and many fans were delighted with Mark ‘Bez’ Berry’s performance on the show. The new series sees Happy Mondays percussionist Bez competing for the cooking prize against celebrities such as Strictly Come Dancing star Johannes Radebe, EastEnders actor Rita Simons, reality star Katie Price and TV presenter Melanie Sykes.

Celebrity MasterChef as watchers were in stitches at music star Mark Berry aka ‘Bez’s’ hilarious personality on the show. John Torrode and Gregg Wallace have returned for the 16th series of Celebrity MasterChef, with a brand new set of celebrities.

Celebrity MasterChef viewers were enjoying the entertaining antics of Su Pollard and Bez in the kitchen last night as the new series launched on BBC One. Competing in the cooking contest on yesterday's episode were Happy Mondays dancer Bez, Hi-de-Hi!'s Su, EastEnders actress Rita Simons, Blue's Duncan James, and comedian Munya Chawawa.

Happy Mondays percussionist Mark ‘Bez’ Berry made his debut on Celebrity MasterChef.The 16th series returned to BBC One yesterday (August 9), with Bez taking part in the competition alongside Katie Price, Rita Simons, Melanie Sykes and Johannes Radebe.Bez entertained fans with his cooking techniques on the show, as well as his pronunciation of the word “anchovies” and various phrases including “twisting my melons”.“BEZ THINKS ANCHOVIES ARE CALLED HANDKERCHIEFS.

Celebrity MasterChef 2021 is opening its doors for a 16th series and former Hi-de-Hi star Su Pollard, is one of 20 familiar faces hoping to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace with her cooking skills.

Happy Mondays dancer and percussionist Mark ‘Bez’ Berry has opened up about his experience with COVID-19, saying he felt like he was dying after he came down with the virus.In a new interview with the Daily Star, Bez revealed he was hospitalised with the Coronavirus a full week before it was announced as a pandemic.“I couldn’t breathe and I couldn’t tell if it was my heart or my lungs,” he told the newspaper’s Wired column.“I got to the hospital and I said, ‘I’ve been having this heart attack

Happy Mondays dancer Bez has made his vocal debut on ‘Flying Bus’, a new track that sees the Madchester legend team up with house producer DJ Doorly.The song, which also features vocals from Firouzeh, pays homage to the glory days of acid house, taking listeners back to the open-minded party hedonism of the Second Summer of Love.Featuring an infectious vocal loop from Bez – his first to ever feature on a record – he describes the magic of his legendary Flying Bus Glastonbury stage, known for

Shaun Ryder has released ‘Mumbo Jumbo’, the first single to emerge from his first solo album in nearly two decades, ‘Visits From Future Technology’.The Happy Mondays frontman will release his second solo effort on August 20 via his new SWRX Recordings label.

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