Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder will be joining his band mates and a host of famous pals on stage at the Manchester Palace Hotel later this month to raise funds for his sick nephew.

Happy Mondays singer Rowetta will be joining some of the city’s best music acts at an all-day fundraiser this weekend, to raise even more funds for Manchester Dogs’ Home.

Happy Mondays star Bez explained that fracking is the biggest challenge that the country has faced since the Second World War.

Bez, real name Mark Berry, is who intends to run for MP for Salford and Eccles next year and was revealing some of the Reality Party’s key aims.

Happy Monday’s legend Rowetta will be one of four judges on Printworks Unsigned to find the best singing talent in Manchester.

Mark Berry, better known as Bez, plans to run as an independent candidate in a bid to replace current MP Hazel Blears.

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After Bez signals his intention to run as Salford MP, MM looks at other celebrities who have entered politics.

The new documentary ‘He wasn’t just the 5th member of Joy Division’, will launch on May 5

Rowetta suffered domestic abuse at hands of violent ex-husband Noel Satchell

Exhibition runs from January 24 to February 22