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Shaun Ryder Wants To Write For Taylor Swift
Shaun Ryder wants to write songs for Taylor Swift and One Direction.The Happy Monday singer - who has six children from three relationships, including three with current wife Joanne - claims he doesn't know much...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 February 2015
Shaun Ryder Searching For Actor To Play Him In Tv Series
Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder is searching for the perfect actor to play him in a warts-and-all dramatisation of his autobiography.Bosses at British network Itv are planning to serialise Ryder's best-selling memoir Twisting My Melon,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 November 2013
Shaun Ryder: 'Miley Cyrus Is Completely Rock And Roll'
Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has spoken out in defence of Miley Cyrus, insisting her recent headline-grabbing behaviour is simply part of her rock and roll persona.The former Hannah Montana star has become a tabloid...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 November 2013
Happy Mondays Star Shaun Ryder Recounts Teenage Ufo Sighting
Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder has opened up about a Ufo encounter he experienced when he was 15, insisting he's still convinced he wasn't seeing things.The Step On singer, who was a big part of...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 09 November 2013
Shaun Ryder: "I Like James Arthur - But He Should See My Dentist"
Shaun Ryder has come out of the closet and admitted that not only is he a fan of the X Factor, but more specifically he is a fan of this season's winner, James Arthur. That...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15 December 2012
Shaun Ryder's Close Encounter With Alien Life In Chile
British rocker Shaun Ryder has been shown secret film footage of alien life forms visiting Earth by military bosses in Chile.The Happy Mondays frontman travelled to South America to shoot a documentary on extraterrestrial sightings,...
By WENN on 12 December 2012
Shaun Ryder Celebrates 50th Birthday On Stage
British musician Shaun Ryder celebrated his 50th birthday on stage this week (23Aug12) during his reunion tour with the Happy Mondays.The singer performed with his band at the Ibiza Rocks concert in Spain on Wednesday...
By WENN on 23 August 2012
Shaun Ryder Sickened By Drug Past
Reformed rock wildman Shaun Ryder feels physically sick when he's reminded of his drug-taking past.The Happy Mondays frontman battled addictions to heroin and crack cocaine during his heyday in the early 1990s but he finally...
By WENN on 28 March 2012
Happy Mondays Reunion Was Caused By Stone Roses
Shaun Ryder credits the Stone Roses for the Happy Mondays' reunion. The frontman admitted it was the fellow Manchester group getting back together which propelled his own band to reunite their original line up. He...
By Bang Showbiz on 19 March 2012
Original Happy Mondays Reform For Tour
Happy Mondays' original line up have announced their return. The seven members of the 'Step On' group - key figures in England's Madchester music scene of the late 80s - are set to play together...
By Bang Showbiz on 30 January 2012
No Reunion For The Happy Mondays
A representative for the Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has ruled out reunion talk following rumours the band's original line-up is making plans to tour in 2012.British newspaper The Sun reported the influential 1990s band...
By WENN on 06 December 2011
Happy Mondays Set To Reform
Happy Mondays will reform next year. Lead singer Shaun Ryder is spearheading plans to get the 'Step On' group back together for a special documentary after he was approached by promoters keen for them to...
By Bang Showbiz on 05 December 2011
Shaun Ryder Lands Out-of-this-world Tv Job
Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has landed a new TV job fronting a show which searches for Ufos.The star is best known for his drug-fuelled wild days in the British band, but has been hiding...
By WENN on 03 November 2011
Shaun Ryder Blames Drug Addition On Stage Fright
Reformed rock wildman Shaun Ryder has blamed his crippling shyness for the drug demons he battled throughout his career.The former Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman spent more than 10 years fighting addictions to heroin...
By WENN on 20 September 2011
Shaun Ryder's Simply Red Confusion
Shaun Ryder once thought Simply Red were the Happy Mondays. The former Happy Mondays singer - who was famous for his wild partying in the 80s and 90s - was sharing a drink with a...
By Bang Showbiz on 20 September 2011
Ryder Pleased He Waited For Wife
British rocker Shaun Ryder is glad he waited until his forties to find true love - because his new wife would have "cut" his throat during his years as a rock wildman.The Happy Mondays star...
By WENN on 16 September 2011
Shaun Ryder Sure Stone Roses Will Reunite
British rocker Shaun Ryder is convinced the Stone Roses are on the verge of signing a big money deal to seal their comeback.The Fools Gold hitmakers were said to be reforming earlier this year (11)...
By WENN on 26 May 2011
Shaun Ryder To Release Happy Mondays Memoirs
British rocker Shaun Ryder has signed a deal to release his memoirs despite recently insisting he hardly remembers his hazy, drug-fuelled days in the Happy Mondays.The star revealed he's regularly asked to pen his autobiography...
By WENN on 08 March 2011
Shaun Ryder's Lyrical Confusion
Shaun Ryder doesn't understand his own songs.The former Black Grape and Happy Mondays singer doesn't understand why Factory Records boss Tony Wilson has previously described him as a "great poet" because there is nothing clever...
By Bang Showbiz on 30 January 2011
Ryder Denies Emi Snub Myth
British rocker SHAUN RYDER has exploded the myth he once walked out on a multi-million dollar record deal to buy drugs - insisting the snub was deliberate.Ryder's band, Happy Mondays, fell apart shortly after record...
By WENN on 06 January 2011
Ryder Planning More Reality Tv To Promote His Music
Rocker SHAUN RYDER is convinced he'll have to endure another stint on reality TV as he attempts to revive his music career - because "that's part of the game now".The Happy Mondays frontman entered the...
By WENN on 29 December 2010
Ryder To Re-record Pogues' Fairytale
HAPPY MONDAYS legend SHAUN RYDER is set to record a new version of THE POGUES' Christmas classic FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK with the reality TV star who kept him from winning I'M A CELEBRITY... GET...
By WENN on 14 December 2010
Ryder Too Forgetful For Memoirs
British rocker SHAUN RYDER has turned down an offer to write his life story - because he was so high on drugs during his time with the HAPPY MONDAYS, he hardly remembers anything.The frontman has...
By WENN on 03 December 2010
Happy Mondays Reform
It's just what the world was crying out for the HAPPY MONDAYS are the latest band to jump on the 'reunion bandwagon' and reform.The early 90s Manchester band, who had hits with STEP ON...
By Contributor on 28 March 2007
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Gorillaz's Demon Days Goes Live In New York
DE LA SOUL, IKE TURNER and HAPPY MONDAYS singer SHAUN RYDER will join GORILLAZ star DAMON ALBARN to pay tribute to the animated rock group he formed with cartoonist JAMIE HEWLETT. NENEH CHERRY and ROOTS...
By WENN on 01 March 2006
Brown Amused By Ryder's Tongue-twister
British rocker IAN BROWN has poked fun at former HAPPY MONDAYS singer SHAUN RYDER, for his inability to sing the word "there" on a GORILLAZ track. DAMON ALBARN's virtual band invited Ryder to sing...
By WENN on 15 December 2005
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