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Happy Mondays
Announce UK Tour For 2024
Legendary Manchester band Happy Mondays will start their 19-date UK tour on 14 th March and
April 2024, which will be their only shows of 2024. They will be joined on this special run of shows
by very special guests and fellow ‘90s British music icons, Inspiral Carpets and Stereo MC’s.
The Manchester legends’ first headline tour in five years will begin in Glasgow on 14 th March and
end in Brighton on 14 th April, and includes a hometown date at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse
on 4 th April and a date at London’s Troxy on 6 th April.
Billed as ‘The Been There Done That Tour’, Happy Mondays front man Shaun Ryder, Bez (freaky
dancing and percussion), Rowetta (vocals) Mark Day (guitar), Gary Whelan (drums) and Dan
Broad (MD/guitar/keys) will perform the band’s classic hits such as ‘24 Hour Party People’, ‘Step
On’, ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Loose Fit’, ‘Judge Fudge’, ‘W.F.L.’ and ‘Kinky Afro’, amongst many others.
Shaun Ryder said, “We’re really looking forward to the Happy Mondays’ first headline tour for five
years. We’ll be playing all the hits for everyone, so it’s going to be a lot of fun. See you there!”
Bez said, “Can’t wait to get out on tour with Happy Mondays. Shake your maracas in the air like you
just don’t care!”
Rowetta added, “Me and my voice can’t wait to sing all across the UK for a tour to remember.”
Happy Mondays became the pioneers of the Madchester sound after signing to Tony Wilson’s
Factory Records in the late ‘80s, blending their love of funk, rock, psychedelia and house with the
sounds of the UK’s emerging rave scene.
April 2024, which will be their only shows of 2024. They will be joined on this special run of shows
by very special guests and fellow ‘90s British music icons, Inspiral Carpets and Stereo MC’s.
The Manchester legends’ first headline tour in five years will begin in Glasgow on 14 th March and
end in Brighton on 14 th April, and includes a hometown date at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse
on 4 th April and a date at London’s Troxy on 6 th April.
Billed as ‘The Been There Done That Tour’, Happy Mondays front man Shaun Ryder, Bez (freaky
dancing and percussion), Rowetta (vocals) Mark Day (guitar), Gary Whelan (drums) and Dan
Broad (MD/guitar/keys) will perform the band’s classic hits such as ‘24 Hour Party People’, ‘Step
On’, ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Loose Fit’, ‘Judge Fudge’, ‘W.F.L.’ and ‘Kinky Afro’, amongst many others.
Shaun Ryder said, “We’re really looking forward to the Happy Mondays’ first headline tour for five
years. We’ll be playing all the hits for everyone, so it’s going to be a lot of fun. See you there!”
Bez said, “Can’t wait to get out on tour with Happy Mondays. Shake your maracas in the air like you
just don’t care!”
Rowetta added, “Me and my voice can’t wait to sing all across the UK for a tour to remember.”
Happy Mondays became the pioneers of the Madchester sound after signing to Tony Wilson’s
Factory Records in the late ‘80s, blending their love of funk, rock, psychedelia and house with the
sounds of the UK’s emerging rave scene.
The band became icons of Britain’s biggest cultural phenomenon for a generation when they crossed
over into the mainstream with the release of their third album, 1990’s platinum-selling ‘Pills,
Thrills And Bellyaches’.
The Happy Mondays’ reputation as one of Britain’s most influential and loved bands was recognised
in 2016 when they won the Ivor Novello Inspiration Award.
Alongside Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets were one of the most popular bands to emerge from
the late 80s/early 90s Madchester scene. Following their 1989 Indie Chart-topping singles ‘Find
Out Why’ and ‘Move’, the band released their breakthrough hit ‘This Is How It Feels’, which
began a run of four UK Top 20 albums, Life (#2), The Beast Inside (#5), Revenge of The Goldfish
(#17) and Devil Hopping (#10) .
Nottingham’s Stereo MC’s first achieved mainstream success when their 1992 single ‘Connected’
became an international Top 20 hit. Taken from their smash hit Top 10 album of the same name,
Connected was followed by hit singles ‘Step It Up’, ‘Ground Level’ and ‘Creation’, firmly
cementing Stereo MC’s place in Hip Hop/Electronic Dance history.
Tickets for the Happy Mondays’ ‘Been There Done That Tour’ are on sale now, available from
www.alttickets.com and www.happymondaysofficial.co.uk
The full list of tour dates is as follows (*extra shows due to demand):
14 th March Glasgow Barrowland
15 th March Glasgow Barrowland*
16 th March Nottingham Rock City
21 st March Glasgow Barrowland*
22 nd March Newcastle O2 City Hall
23 rd March Cardiff Utilita Arena
24 th March Bristol O2 Academy
28 th March Northampton Royal & Derngate
29 th March Leeds O2 Academy
30 th March Birmingham O2 Academy
31 st March Bournemouth O2 Academy
4 th April Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse
5 th April Nottingham Rock City*
6 th April London Troxy
7 th April Southend Cliffs Pavilion
10 th April Sheffield The Octagon
11 th April Cambridge Corn Exchange
13 th April Liverpool Mountford Hall
14 th April Brighton Dome
over into the mainstream with the release of their third album, 1990’s platinum-selling ‘Pills,
Thrills And Bellyaches’.
The Happy Mondays’ reputation as one of Britain’s most influential and loved bands was recognised
in 2016 when they won the Ivor Novello Inspiration Award.
Alongside Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets were one of the most popular bands to emerge from
the late 80s/early 90s Madchester scene. Following their 1989 Indie Chart-topping singles ‘Find
Out Why’ and ‘Move’, the band released their breakthrough hit ‘This Is How It Feels’, which
began a run of four UK Top 20 albums, Life (#2), The Beast Inside (#5), Revenge of The Goldfish
(#17) and Devil Hopping (#10) .
Nottingham’s Stereo MC’s first achieved mainstream success when their 1992 single ‘Connected’
became an international Top 20 hit. Taken from their smash hit Top 10 album of the same name,
Connected was followed by hit singles ‘Step It Up’, ‘Ground Level’ and ‘Creation’, firmly
cementing Stereo MC’s place in Hip Hop/Electronic Dance history.
Tickets for the Happy Mondays’ ‘Been There Done That Tour’ are on sale now, available from
www.alttickets.com and www.happymondaysofficial.co.uk
The full list of tour dates is as follows (*extra shows due to demand):
14 th March Glasgow Barrowland
15 th March Glasgow Barrowland*
16 th March Nottingham Rock City
21 st March Glasgow Barrowland*
22 nd March Newcastle O2 City Hall
23 rd March Cardiff Utilita Arena
24 th March Bristol O2 Academy
28 th March Northampton Royal & Derngate
29 th March Leeds O2 Academy
30 th March Birmingham O2 Academy
31 st March Bournemouth O2 Academy
4 th April Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse
5 th April Nottingham Rock City*
6 th April London Troxy
7 th April Southend Cliffs Pavilion
10 th April Sheffield The Octagon
11 th April Cambridge Corn Exchange
13 th April Liverpool Mountford Hall
14 th April Brighton Dome