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Happy Mondays‘ Bez & Rowetta have joined forces with a selection of famous faces to record a new version of ‘Vindaloo’ to mark the start of Euro 2020.Danny Dyer, Two Pints Of Lager… star Will Mellor, Paddy McGuinness, Keith Lemon and original Fat Les member Keith Allen have also come together for ‘Vindaloo Two’, with all proceeds from the track going towards to the charity NHS Charities Together.While remaining largely faithful to the 1998 track, the ‘Vindaloo Two’ video also sees the gang being

Noel Gallagher has spoken about his upcoming collaboration with Shaun Ryder, saying that the Happy Mondays singer is “on great form”.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.”While the track won’t feature on Ryder’s upcoming solo album ‘Visits From

Channel 4, welcoming back some familiar cast members as well as brand new celebrities. Lorraine Kelly recently confirmed she would be joining the show with her daughter Rosie, you can read more on what she said about featuring on the series here.

Shaun Ryder has shared more details about his upcoming collaborations and new album, ‘Visits From Future Technology’, which was announced yesterday (May 11).In a new interview Ryder clarified comments about his rumoured upcoming collaborations including one with Noel Gallagher which his Happy Monday’s bandmate Bez recently suggested was for Ryder’s upcoming album.Speaking to The Guardian, Ryder said that he had in fact guested on records with Robbie Williams, Tricky, Lee “Scratch” Perry and Noel

Shaun Ryder has shared details of 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. It will be the follow-up to 2003’s ‘Amateur Night In The Big Top’.In a statement, Ryder said of his new record: “In my delusional ADHD brain it’s my Sgt.

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Strictly Come Dancing pro Johannes Radebe and actress Su Pollard. Ex-EastEnders Rita Simons and Joe Swash, reality TV star Megan McKenna, The Repair Shop’s Will Kirk and Love Island star Kem Cetinay are also in the running.

Happy Mondays‘ Bez is set to take part in a wing-walk in support of music mental health charity Tonic.The dancer and percussionist will take to the skies for the organisation’s third annual fundraiser ‘Barry Ashworth’s Flying Circus’, with the aforementioned Dub Pistols frontman being a patron of Tonic Music For Mental Health.Taking place at Aerosuperbatics in Cirencester between September 28-29, the ‘Collective Wing Walk for Mental Health’ will also see Nick Reynolds (Alabama 3), Derran

Happy Mondays‘ Bez has cast doubt over the band making any new music together, but revealed that frontman Shaun Ryder has recorded a track with Noel Gallagher.The maraca-shaking legend was speaking to NME for this week’s edition of Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells, when we asked him if fans should expect any new material from the baggy Manchester icons.“No.

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direct to your inboxThe dad of a seven-year-old who died from a brain tumour has released an album of music that he says has helped him process his grief. Chris Nelson, 58, from Didsbury, was a part of Jam MCs, a Manchester duo who toured with the Happy Mondays in the 1990s at the height of the 'Madchester' scene.

Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder has claimed his home is still being invaded by aliens.Ryder, whose 2013 series, Shaun Ryder On UFOs, saw him travel around the world in search of the truth about UFOs, has insisted that his home is still being invaded by extraterrestrial beings, after previously claiming to have been visited by a “spider” spaceship.“I don’t go spotting for it, it just fucking ­appears!” he told the Daily Star.

direct to your inboxHe has recently started training in lockdown fitness classes in a bid to become Manchester's own version of Joe Wicks.It's fair to say it is not going too well as he faced snowy weather and aching bones and the general struggle as he limped to the park yesterday morning.

Bez, real name Mark Berry, will be getting his step on every week for three months from Sunday January 17. And he looks set to rival fitness guru Joe Wicks with his online YouTube classes Get Buzzin' With Bez.

As Britain settles into its third lockdown, the stars of the original are returning for another outing.

direct to your inboxHe was nicknamed 'Freaky Dancer' on the Madchester music scene in the late 80s and early 90s, and now Bez from the Happy Mondays is about to show us his moves during lockdown.Bez, real name Mark Berry, will be getting his step on every week for three months from Sunday January 17. And he looks set to rival fitness guru Joe Wicks with his online YouTube classes Get Buzzin' With Bez.

Happy Mondays’ Bez is launching his own YouTube fitness classes later this month to help stay fit during lockdown.The 56-year-old dancer said he had struggled to stay active since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic last year and through the various national lockdowns.Get Buzzin’ With Bez will launch on January 17 and will see Bez, whose real name is Mark Berry, being trained by a professional rather than leading the classes himself.“I’d like to think I’m somewhere between Joe Wicks and Mr

Manchester Music Then and Now: Music Worth Fighting For, will premiere online tonight (December 18).Set to premiere on the United We Stream site at 8pm this evening, the documentary will be available to watch subsequently on the Visit Manchester site.Featuring interviews and insights from members of Blossoms, Courteeners, New Order, Happy Mondays, Working Men’s Club and Elbow – as well as such emerging Manchester artists as Yemi Bolatiwa, Valve and DJ Olli Ryder (the son of Shaun Ryder) – the

Love Island star Curtis Pritchard and former Coronation Street actress Katie McGlynn have been announced for new Channel 4 series Stand Up and Deliver.The two-parter, which is being done in aid of Stand Up to Cancer, will see five contestants paired up with a comic to train them in the art of stand-up, before one is crowned champion.Also taking part are broadcaster and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Reverend Richard Coles, Happy Mondays frontman and I'm a Celebrity star Shaun Ryder, and

Glasgow date.James and the Happy Mondays will join forces for the first time in more than three decades and fans already cannot contain their excitement.James' huge arena tour announcement will see the Sit Down singers hit the Glasgow Hydro, Manchester AO Arena as well as venues in Leeds, Dublin, London and more.Lead singer Tim Booth has said they will 'pack two years of frustration' into the gigs, which have been announced a week after the news of an effective Covid-19 vaccine that could allow

Ticketmaster.Full 2021 tour dates for James with Happy Mondays:Thursday November 25 - Leeds First Direct ArenaFriday November 26 - Birmingham Utilita ArenaSunday November 28 - Cardiff Motorpoint ArenaTuesday November 30 - Glasgow The SSE HydroWednesday December 01 - Dublin 3ArenaFriday December 03 - Manchester AO ArenaSaturday December 04 - London The SSE Arena, Wembley

James have announced details of a UK and Ireland arena tour for 2021, supported by The Happy Mondays.The ‘Laid’ band will head out for arena dates in cities such as Leeds, Birmingham and Glasgow in November next year, before wrapping up at London’s SSE Arena Wembley on December 4.Happy Mondays will provide support on all dates, with tickets going on general sale at 9.30am on Friday (November 20).

Editors and Happy Mondays have been announced as the first-ever headliners of the brand new festival Creation Day.Billed as “a celebration of the legendary Creation Records label and the legacy of its visionary founder, Alan McGee”, the event is set to take place at Wolverhampton West Park from May 29-30, 2021.McGee has curated the line-up of the inaugural Creation Day festival, which has today (October 16) confirmed that Happy Mondays will headline on May 29 and Editors will top the bill on May

Robbie Williams has revealed that he has written a song with Shaun Ryder.Appearing on the latest edition of The Adam Buxton Podcast, the pop star discussed teaming up with the Happy Mondays and Black Grape musician for a one-off track.“Me and him have done a song together,” Williams said.

a version of 'Higher and Higher' with lead vocals by Happy Mondays legend Rowetta.Joel will start university in London next week and in the meantime, the fundraising efforts will continue.Ian says: “He is quite excited about going to uni now.

Channel 4 show first aired at the beginning of the month with some telly and music stars giving us their views on this week's TV. Making their return to Gogglebox was Oldham-born Radio1 host Nick Grimshaw and his niece Liv as well as Denise Van Outen and her partner Eddie, Shaun Ryder and Bez from the Happy Mondays and Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp and his radio star son Roman.

Glastonbury experience at home unless your home happens to be a 900-acre farm full of agitprop installations, fortysomething Faithless fans, a wide variety of new-age healing practitioners and open pits of human waste.But while we will never get back the lost Glastonbury – and what a Glastonbury it would have been: Diana Ross, Robyn and the Happy Mondays is our kind of 50th birthday party – if you can just lower expectations a tad there is still some fun to be had next weekend.