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HAPPY MONDAYS announce UK tour for 2024 with special guests Inspiral Carpets & Stereo MCs

HAPPY MONDAYS announce UK tour for 2024 with special guests Inspiral Carpets & Stereo MCs

Legendary Manchester band Happy Mondays have announced a 16-date UK tour for March and April 2024, which will be their…

7 months ago

SHAUN RYDER plays first solo show in 11 years this Friday at Manchester’s Factory 251

Happy Mondays, Black Grape and all-around Madchester legend Shaun Ryder is set to play a special intimate show - his…

2 years ago

INTERVIEW: Peter Hook on K÷93 EP collaboration with Jaz Coleman & Geordie Walker

Recently, CADIZ music announced the release of "K÷93" – three-song EP recorded by Jaz Coleman, Peter Hook and Geordie Walker…

3 years ago

JAMES with very special guests HAPPY MONDAYS announce 3Arena, Dublin show on 1st December 2021

James have announced a huge arena tour for November and December 2021 with very special guests Happy Mondays. The new…

3 years ago

WIN: copies of HAPPY MONDAYS first four era-defining albums on vinyl

On January 31, 2020, London Records released brand new vinyl reissues of the first four era-defining Happy Mondays albums, their…

4 years ago

HAPPY MONDAYS to reissue first four albums on vinyl on January 31, 2020

On January 31, 2020, London Records will release brand new vinyl reissues of the first four era-defining Happy Mondays albums,…

4 years ago

INTERVIEW: Happy Mondays’ Bez – “Bees remind me of myself – they have a short attention span, and they are always buzzing!”

Legendary Manchester band Happy Mondays have announced a marathon twenty-nine date Greatest Hits Tour for October, November and December 2019…

5 years ago

INTERVIEW: Shaun Ryder, “The sex and drugs have gone and now it’s just the rock ‘n’ roll”

As Hunter S. Thompson once gloriously wrote, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” The Happy Mondays seem…

5 years ago

Classic Album: Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division hits 40

This month marks the 40th anniversary of Joy Division’s ground-breaking debut studio album Unknown Pleasures. My own personal exposure to…

5 years ago

HAPPY MONDAYS Announce Greatest Hits Tour For 2019

Legendary Manchester band Happy Mondays have announced a marathon twenty-nine date Greatest Hits Tour for October, November and December 2019.…

5 years ago

THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT Rockarchive Exhibition now at Manchester Central Library

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is a free exhibition running at Manchester Central Library celebrating the famous…

5 years ago