Interviews
Interview with Shaun Ryder (2016)
‘It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah!’, the classic debut LP by Black Grape celebrates its 21st Anniversary with a reissue edition and a tour that sees the band play the album in full. Front man Shaun Ryder chats to Richard Lewis about the making of the LP and the group’s upcoming third album
Live
O2 Academy, Liverpool, 17/11/2016
Richard Lewis watches Happy Mondays' front man Shun Ryder's other band Black Grape make an excellent return to form in a comeback gig at the O2 Academy in Liverpool
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Interviews
Happy Mondays
Interview with Shaun Ryder
With festival dates over the Summer and a Winter Tour due in December, Richard Lewis talks to Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder about the group’s formative early years and future plans.
Happy Mondays
Interview with Shaun Ryder
Richard Lewis chats to Happy Mondays’ lead singer/lyricist Shaun Ryder about the making of the band’s groundbreaking 1990 album ‘Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches’ which the band are set to play in its entirety on tour this winter
Live
Happy Mondays
Mountford Hall, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, 6/12/2019
Richard Lewis enjoys a set of classic hits and more obscure early tracks from the Happy Mondays at the Liverpool date on what might be their last full-scale tour for a while.
Happy Mondays
Roundhouse, London, 16/11/2017
Lisa Torem enjoys an energetic set of greatest hits from the Happy Mondays at the Roundhouse in London.
Happy Mondays
Olympia, Liverpool, 1/12/2017
Richard Lewis finds seminal Manchester band Happy Mondays rolling back the years with an all-conquering Greatest Hits set at the Liverpool Olympia.
Happy Mondays
O2 Academy, Liverpool, 13/11/20115
Richard Lewis watches Happy Mondays, touring their classic album 'Pills 'n’ Thrills and Bellyaches' for its twenty-fifth anniversary, play a stunning show at a sold out Liverpool Academy
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Andrew Twambley takes photos of Happy Mondays at a homecoming gig at the 02 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester.