1999

January 1999 - Happy Mondays reform
Notes: Black Grape and ex-Paris Angels guitarist joins the line up. Also an NME article noted a member of the band called 'Nuts' also joined?
From Ian Brown Interview from 1999 published in City Life Magazine 2000: “I’m not into these groups who get back together again just to get their egos stroked. I don’t need that.” Last year’s Happy Mondays reunion he forgives, however; “That was great because the fact that some of them were signing on was a disgrace. It wasn’t their fault that Factory went bust and they lost all the money. At the end of the day they deserve to get paid.”
06 February 1999 Saturday 00:02 The Independent article Paul McCann/Rhys Williams: "We'll put a show on, play some tunes, and hope it sounds good," said Mr Ryder yesterday. "Hopefully the tour will be rock and roll. If it turns into rock and Status Quo we'll have to finish it."
Shaun's brother, Paul Ryder, and the drummer, Gaz Whelan, are playing on the tour, and backing vocalist, Rowetta, is back. But the guitarist, Mark Day, and the keyboard player, Paul Davis, are no longer in the band. Crucially Mark "Bez" Berry, the band's non-singing, non-musical mascot, who merely walked around on stage with his hood up, will be joining the tour. Shaun Ryder claims Bez asked for pounds 50,000. "We got him down to pounds 500. Well, pounds 500 and a free T-shirt."

Shaun Ryder
Paul Ryder - Bass
Gaz Whelan - Drums
Paul 'Wags' Wagstaff - Guitar
Rowetta - Vocals
Mark 'Bez' Berry - Bez Vibes
Nuts - MC

M - 20 February 1999 - Happy Mondays appear on the cover of NME Magazine, £1.10
Notes: 'Madchester Reunited! The exclusive interview' Shaun's comments included "I got a tax bill the size of fucking Canada."

Shaun Ryder - Vocals
Paul Ryder - Bass
Bez - Bez
Wags - Guitar

15 April 1999 - Leisure Centre, Hereford
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Tape / CD-R)
Official Tour Merchandise included:
Blue Football Style Shirt with France 98 design. Happy Mondays UK Tour 1999 on the front, V style white neck. Happy Mondays UK Tour 1999 on the back with UK tour dates.

21 April 1999 Wednesday - Leisure Centre, Hereford * Ticket Price: £14.50 * Support Act(s): DJ Paul Oakenfold
Notes: Additional date added to the tour.

23 April 1999 Friday - M.E.N. Arena, Manchester * Doors Open: 18:30, First band: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £18.50 (Seated, Block 107) * Support Act(s): Shed Seven
Loose Fit / Gods Cop / Kinky Afro / Dennis & Lois / Rave On / Bob's Yer Uncle / Stinkin' Thinkin' / Do It Better / Holiday / Angel / Step On / Hallelujah / Boys Are Back In Town / Wrote For Luck
Notes: Tickets went on sale 9am Friday 12 February 1999. Sold Out Show.
Bootleg: (VHS - DVD-R)
Bootleg: Audio from VHS (CD-R)
Bootleg: FM or Soundboard () Loose Fit / Holiday

24 April 1999 Saturday - SECC - Hall 4, Glasgow, Scotland * Doors Open: 18:30, Shed Seven: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £14.50 (Standing £18.50) * Support Act(s): Shed Seven
Loose Fit / Gods Cop / Kinky Afro - Caught In A Trap - Dennis & Lois / Rave On / Bob's Yer Uncle / Stinkin' Thinkin' / Do It Better / Holiday / Angel / Step On / Hallelujah
encore: The Boys Are Back In Town / Wrote For Luck
Notes: Sold Out Show.
Bootleg: (VHS - DVD-R)
Bootleg: Audio from VHS (CD-R)

25 April 1999 Sunday - SECC, Glasgow, Scotland * Ticket Price: £18.50 *
Notes: This was the additional date due to popular demand.

27 April 1999 Tuesday - Academy, 211 Stockwell Rd., Brixton, London * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £18.50 * Support Act(s): DJ Paul Oakenfold
Loose Fit / Gods Cop / Kinky Afro / Rave On / Angel / Step On / Hallelujah / Wrote For Luck
Notes: Sold Out Show.
Bootleg: Giro Day Unconfirmed Date (listed as 27 April on the credits) - CD-R - Loose Fit / Gods Cop / Kinky Afro / Rave On / Angel / Step On / Hallelujah / Wrote For Luck - Bonus Tracks: Do It Better (Live Snub TV) / Mad Cyril (The Other Side Of Midnight) / Wrote For Luck (The Other Side Of Midnight) / Performance (Bummed Demo 1988) / Fat Lady Wrestlers (Bummed Demo 1988) / Bring A Friend (Bummed Demo 1988)

28 April 1999 Wednesday - Academy, 211 Stockwell Rd., Brixton, London, SW99SL * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £18.50 * Support Act(s): DJ Paul Oakenfold
Notes: Sold Out Show. On this date 8 years ago the band played The Citadel in Washington, USA.
Bootleg: FM or Soundboard () Angel / Holiday

29 April 1999 Thursday - Academy, 211 Stockwell Rd., Brixton, London * Doors Open: 21:00-02:00 * Ticket Price: £22.50 * Support Act(s): DJ Paul Oakenfold
Notes: All-nighter. Sold Out Show. SJM Concerts, Admiral and Virgin were associated with the show. Unconfirmed if the show was broadcast on Virgin Radio.

01 May 1999 - SFX Hall, Dublin, Eire
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Tape / 2 CD-R)

May 1999 - The Boys Are Back In Town U.K. Release Date
CD1
The Boys Are Back In Town (Clean Mix)
Lazyitis (The One Armed Boxer Mix)
The Boys Are Back In Town (Extended Mix)
CD2
The Boys Are Back In Town (Dirty Mix)
Loose Fit (Perfecto Mix) 5:57
Bob's Yer Uncle (Perfecto Mix) 6:19
CD Maxi (Europe & Australian)
The Boys Are Back In Town (Clean Mix)
Lazyitis (The One Armed Boxer Mix)
Loose Fit (Perfecto Mix) 5:57
The Boys Are Back In Town (Perfecto Mix)
Notes: Reached number 30 in the U.K. Charts. Unconfirmed if The Boys Are Back In Town (Perfecto Mix) is the same as Extended Mix.

1999 - Top Of The Pops, TV Show, BBC Studios, London
The Boys Are Back In Town

TV - 28 May 1999 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Notes: T.F.I. Friday, Series 4, Channel 4 TV Programme. Jack Dee, Victoria Adams, Terry Venables, Supergrass and Feeder also appeared on the show.
The series ran over 4 years and included 205 episodes with long term cast Chris Evans, Will Macdonald and Andrew Carey. The show made a brief, unwelcome, comeback in 2015.

1999 - Paris, France
The Boys Are Back In Town
Notes: TV Show hosted by Chris Evans, unconfirmed same as above?
Bootleg: TV Broadcast () The Boys Are Back In Town

May 1999 - Greatest Hits U.K. Release Date
Step On
The Boys Are Back In Town (Clean Mix)
W.F.L. (Vince Clark)
Kinky Afro
Hallelujah (Club Mix)
Mad Cyril
Lazyitis (One Armed Boxer Remix)
Loose Fit
Bob's Yer Uncle
Judge Fudge (7inch) 4:01
Stinkin Thinkin
24 Hour Party People
W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix)
Stayin' Alive (12inch Mix)
Step On (Twistin My Melon Mix) 5:53

Happy Mondays - June 1999 - Happy Mondays appear on various artists compilation 'Here Comes The Sun: The Best Music Of The 1999 Summer Festival Season'
Lazyitis
Notes: CD Given away with QMAGJUL 99 Free with July 1999 Q Magazine (Q154)

06 July 1999 - 10 July 1999 - Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway
Blur / Massive Attack / Marilyn Manson / Fatboy Slim / Placebo / Stereophonics / Garbage / Basement Jaxx / Mogwai / Kings of Convenience / Jurassic 5 / Everlast / Happy Mondays / Skunk Anansie / Lamb / Godspeed You! Black Emperor / The Beta Band / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Mercury Rev / The Divine Comedy / Cornelius / Satyricon / Rae & Christian / Les Rythmes Digitales / Immortal / Bob Hund / D'Sound / Midnight Choir / Morris / Cato Salsa Experience / Wunderkammer

11 July 1999 - T-In The Park Festival, Scotland
(incomplete) Kinky Afro / Loose Fit
Broadcast: TV - Interview / Kinky Afro / Interview / Loose Fit
Video Bootleg: VHS capture from Daewoo VCR via OBS. Edited and converted to MP4 in Shotcut.
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Tape / CD-R)

July 1999 - Shaun Ryder's bicycle was hit from behind by a car
Notes: Shaun was knocked off his bicycle by a car driven by Mr James Butler. The incident happened minutes after an argument between Shaun and James, 31, of Didsbury.
The trial finally took place a year later in July 2000, James was found not guilty.
The case was thrown out after Shaun told the judge he had been "on a bender" and thought the trial was listed for Thursday. Shaun's no show apparently cost the court £8000. "I would have fined him because of the seriousness of the matter but I don't have the power to do so," he said." He should be reprimanded for his conduct." Judge Anthony Ensor told the jury at Manchester Crown Court to deliver not guilty verdicts for assault and dangerous driving after Ryder said he could not be sure whether he had been hit by a car or had wobbled into it after a night out.
"I hadn't ridden a bike for a few years and I wasn't alert," he told the court. Ryder said he had been out drinking the night before and had only had a few hours sleep when he took to the road. "No jury could rely on evidence given by Mr Ryder as his recollection of the events was uncertain," he said. Ryder apologised to the court and said he had been mistaken about his dates.
"I had been in Manchester and I had left my mobile phone in a hotel so I was out of contact with my manager," he told the court. "We had just released a single and we were out for a celebration." Judge Ensor asked why the court was told that Ryder had left his house at 0930 BST on Wednesday. Ryder replied: "I was on a bender." Outside court, Ryder declined to comment, but James Butler said: "To be quite truthful I didn't think anything would come of it other than what happened."

20 July 1999 Thursday - Sheperds Bush Empire, London

01 August 1999 - Fuji Festival, Japan
Loose Fit / Gods Cop / Kinky Afro / Deni & Lois / Rave On / Bob's Yer Uncle / Holiday / Step On / Hallelujah / Wrote For Luck
Notes:
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Tape / CD-R)
Bootleg: TV Broadcast (VHS / DVD-R)

09-13 August 1999 - Eclipse 99', Carlyon Bay, St. Austell, Cornwall * Ticket Price: Full Festival Admission £150 (Includes camping) * Support Act(s): 808 State, DJ Paul Oakenfold, DJ Groove Rider, DJ Judge Jules, DJ Graeme Park, DJ Sasha, Monaco, Bad Man Wagon, Bo^Vel, The Audiophiles, Heist, DJ Danny Rampling, DJ Tall Paul
Notes: 'The sun, moon and a beach full of stars.' Not sure the exact festival date they played, performed on a beach in cornwall.. The DJs may have played on other days of the festival. Full festival tickets were priced at £150 which included camping. Day tickets were, initally, not released, maybe they were made available nearer to the show date.

21 August 1999 Saturday - V99, V Festival, V Stage, Hylands Park, Chelmsford * Ticket Price: * Supporting: Suede, Stereophonics
Notes: Happy Mondays were third on the bill on the V Stage. Also playing on the line up included Cast, The Cardigans, Lyden David Hall and Gomez.
There was an offer on at the time where ticket holders would travel to Weston Park for free with Virgin Trains for the show.
Ian Brown played on the JJB Reebok Arena stage supporting headliners Orbital.

22 August 1999 Sunday - V99, V Festival, V Stage, Weston Park, Staffordshire * Ticket Price: * Supporting: Suede, Stereophonics
Notes: This was the first year V was hosted in Staffordshire. They moved to a more central location (near the midlands) as the park in Leeds already hosted the Leeds Festival (at the time part of the Carling Weekend). Staffordshire would host V Festival for the forseeable future. Happy Mondays were third on the bill on the V Stage. Also playing on the line up included Cast, The Cardigans, Lyden David Hall and Gomez.

28 August 1999 - Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland * Supporting: Robbie Williams / David Gray / Placebo / Stereophonics / Gomez *
Notes: Supporting Robbie Williams.
29 August 1999 - Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland * Supporting: Robbie Williams / David Gray *
Notes: Supporting Robbie Williams.

1999 - Bez is involved in a motorbike accident.
Notes: Bez suffers a near fatal motorbike crash. Whilst in hospital he picks up a superbug that causes him to put into a coma for a month.
07 November 2022 - The Big Issue Bez Interview: I had a really bad motorbike accident [in 1999], then I picked up a hospital superbug that nearly killed me. I was in a coma for a month. And then when I came out of my coma, there were a lot of touch-and-go moments. It completely changed my whole attitude to life. I stopped being as miserable, and started living life to the fullest, because when you realise life can be taken away at any moment you realise there’s no point in dwelling on negative shit. What worried me most that whole time in hospital was, I had to tell the people who mattered the most that I loved them. So now every time I go out the door, I tell my loved ones I love them. So if I die the last thing they’ll remember is me saying I love them. Because I never used to say it, ever. I grew up in a family where saying you loved each other was a bit fucking soft.

2000

2000 - Happy Mondays appear on Various Artists Compilation - There's Only One Jimmy Grimble Soundtrack
CD 2000 WRASS023 Wrasse Records
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know (Single, not as much reverb on intro) 4:01
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro 4:02
EMF - Unbeleievebale (awayTEAM Remix) 5:20
The Stone Roses - Waterfall 4:41
Ian McCulloch, Simon Boswell & Alex James - Blue Moon (Rodgers and Hart) 2:09
Echo & The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever 3:57
Ian McCulloch, Simon Boswell & Alex James - Do You Believe? (Ian McCulloch, Simon Boswell & Alex James) 5:26
Fatboy Slim - Right Here
Notes: Compiled by Johnny Marr.

12 February 2000 - Shaun Ryder appears on the cover of NME Magazine with Paul McCartney, priced at £1.15
Notes: "Bratlemania. NME Premier Awards Winners Special."

1999 / 2000 - Paul Ryder forms a new band.
Notes: Ian Brown called the new band 'A Hunk Of Burning Love', an ode to Elvis, in a February 2000 interview. The band eventually used the title Buffalo 66.
16 February 2000 Wednesday - music365.com Ian Brown Q & A Session: Holly: Any chance of Aziz or Reni supporting you in Blackpool? Ian: No, but a big chance of Paul Ryder's new band, A Hunk Of Burning Love.

Buffalo 66 - 26 April 2000 Wednesday - The Spring Collection featuring Ian Brown, Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, London * Doors Open: 20:00-01:00 * Ticket Price: £15.00 * Supporting: Ian Brown, DJ Andy Votel *
Notes: Ian Brown's Sold Out Show. Buffalo 66 was Paul Ryder's (Happy Mondays bass player) new band, Ian described them as 'it's like funk, kind of rock, kind of stuff - Rage Against The Machine but slower. It's groovy with energy.'
Bootleg: Tape () (IAWS I Am Without Shoes / stoneroses.net (Will Odell). Priced: £7) - Hammersmith Palais 24/04/00

Buffalo 66 - 27 April 2000 Thursday - The Spring Collection featuring Ian Brown, Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, Lancashire * Doors Open: 20:00-01:00 * Ticket Price: £15.00 * Supporting: Ian Brown, DJ Andy Votel *
Notes: Show was announced 11 February 2000.

June 2000 - Happy Mondays appear in NME Magazine
Notes: 'I've always liked opera'

June 2000 - Shaun Ryder & Russell Watson - Barcelona U.K Release Date
CD

16 June 2000 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Shaun Ryder & Russell Watson - Barcelona
Notes: Alyson Hannigan, Kelly Brook, Andy Gray, David Gray, The Corrs, Space also appeard on the show. T.F.I. Friday Channel 4 TV Programme. The series ran over 4 years and included 205 episodes with long term cast Chris Evans, Will Macdonald and Andrew Carey. The show made a brief, and unwelcome, comeback in 2015.
From Stuart Fletcher interview by Matt Mead published 11 February 2019: What did you do immediately after The Seahorses? I ended up doing a session on TFI Friday with Shaun Ryder and Russell Watson playing a cover of Barcelona. Paul Banks and I both played on that session and shared a room down in London. Paul Ryder was unavailable at the time to do the Happy Mondays gigs lined up afterwards so I was asked to step in. I ended up doing all the Oasis supports in the UK in 2000 for the Be Here Now tour and Glastonbury mainstage with Bowie. I ended up walking off with Bowie’s lighter after that gig, off my face.

22 June 2000 Thursday - The Town And Country Club, Cookridge Street, Leeds, LS23AW * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £18.50

23 June 2000 Friday - 25 June 2000 - Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton
W.F.L. / Rave On / Loose Fit / Gods Cop / Dennis & Lois / Kinky Afro / Bob's Yer Uncle / Reverend Black Grape (Black Grape cover) / Hallelujah / Step On
Notes: Celebrating Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches 10 Year Anniversary.
From Stuart Fletcher interview by Matt Mead published 11 February 2019: Paul Ryder was unavailable at the time to do the Happy Mondays gigs lined up afterwards so I was asked to step in. I ended up doing all the Oasis supports in the UK in 2000 for the Be Here Now tour and Glastonbury mainstage with Bowie. I ended up walking off with Bowie’s lighter after that gig, off my face.
Bootleg: Smashed Audience Recording (Tape / CD-R)
Video Bootleg: Channel 4 TV Footage (Incomplete, approx 30 minutes) VHS / DVD-R
Video Bootleg: Live Glastonbury 2000 - Whitley Bay Ice Rink - June 2000 - Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton (Channel 4 TV Footage, Incomplete, approx 30 minutes) / 23 November 1990 Friday - Whitley Bay Ice Rink, Whitley Bay, Tyne And Wear, NE258HP (Amateur Audience Recording) - DVD-R
Coldplay / Muse / Doves / Moby / Nine Inch Nails / Counting Crows / Macy Gray / Chemical Brothers / The Flaming Lips / Morcheeba / Fatboy Slim / Cypress Hill / Semisonic / Kelis / Willie Nelson / Badly Drawn Boy / Feeder / David Gray / Moloko / David Bowie / Groove Armada / Basement Jaxx / Pet Shop Boys / A Perfect Circle / Travis / Suzanne Vega / Happy Mondays / Live / Leftfield / The Dandy Warhols / Bloodhound Gang / G. Love & Special Sauce / Yo La Tengo / Ocean Colour Scene / Toploader / The Wailers / Embrace / The Runaways / Soulwax / The Beta Band / Death In Vegas / Joseph Arthur / The Brand New Heavies / The The / Kent / The Herbaliser / Ozomatli / Idlewild / Autechre / Nitin Sawhney / The Bluetones / Reef / Artful Dodger / The Wannadies / Clinic / Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Mint Royale / Fu Manchu / North Mississippi Allstars / Asian Dub Foundation / Horace Andy / St. Etienne / Elastica / Gil Scott-Heron / The Egg / Jools Holland / Rae & Christian / Lynden David Hall / Day One / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Gong / Ronny Jordan / Rico / JJ72 / Rolf Harris / Black Box Recorder / My Vitriol / Sidestepper / Methods Of Mayhem / Sharon Shannon / Reprazent / Terry Callier / Eat Static / Elliott Smith / The Kin / Crows / The Blue Aeroplanes / Element / Femi Kuti and the Positive Force / Stewart Lee / John Otway / The For Carnation / Manchild / Wilt / Yat-Kha / John Martyn / Andy Sheppard / The Motorhomes / Jazz Jamaica / Jack Lukeman / Dark Star / Crashland / Cay / Mo Solid Gold / Yat Kha / Ccq / Decibelle All Stars / Oil Experts / Yeovil Town Band

Russell Watson with Shaun Ryder - Barcelona U.K. Release Date
Barcelona (Mercury/Cabelle)
Notes: The idea was conceived by Perry Hughes (Russell's manager) after he heard the original track played after the Happy Mondays had finished their set.
17 July 2000 Monday - Bolton Evening News had a competition to win copies of the single.
From Stuart Fletcher (ex-Seahorses member) interview by Matt Mead published 11 February 2019: What did you do immediately after The Seahorses? I ended up doing a session on TFI Friday with Shaun Ryder and Russell Watson playing a cover of Barcelona. Paul Banks and I both played on that session and shared a room down in London.

Shaun Ryder
Rowetta
Rapper?
Bez

15 July 2000 Saturday - Reebok Stadium, Bolton, Greater Manchester * Supporting: Oasis, Johnny Marr & The Healers (on stage: 17:30) *
Wrote For Luck / Loose Fit / Hallalujah / Step On / Reverend Black Grape - Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones)
Notes: Happy Mondays were second to hosts Oasis. They played an hours set. Shaun relied on the autocue during most of the set. During Step On Shaun shouts 'You'll have to sing this one cos' I've forgot it!'.
A review by David Crookes featured in 17 July 2000 Monday - Bolton Evening News: Oasis In Concert Souvenir Special Edition (Newspaper Returns Due 29/7/00).
From Stuart Fletcher interview by Matt Mead published 11 February 2019:
Paul Ryder was unavailable at the time to do the Happy Mondays gigs lined up afterwards so I was asked to step in. I ended up doing all the Oasis supports in the UK in 2000 for the Be Here Now tour and Glastonbury mainstage with Bowie. I ended up walking off with Bowie’s lighter after that gig, off my face. They are great guys and I loved every minute of that tour, what I can remember anyway. Kinky Afro was one of my fave tunes as a kid. Following this I went on to tour America with St Etienne which was a massive culture shock after the Mondays...
From 28 June 2023 Clash Music Website: “Andy’s great as well, and what’s funny is I haven’t met Andy Bell since over 20 years ago, and me and Andy started off on the wrong foot! The Mondays were supporting Oasis at Bolton Wanderers football ground in the early 2000s, and Andy walked into an argument, and I walked into an argument, and somebody in our firm was arguing with somebody Andy was connected to, and he had to take his side and I had to take our side, and then I never saw him again for over 22 years or something! Never met again until we both met with Zak, and what a great guy he is!”

21 July 2000 Friday - Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London * Doors Open: 15:30 * Ticket Price: £27.50 (Pitch Standing & Unreserved Seating) * Supporting: Oasis, Doves *
Notes: Happy Mondays were second to hosts Oasis, Doves opened the show.

22 July 2000 Saturday - Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London * Doors Open: 15:30 * Ticket Price: £27.50 (Pitch Standing & Unreserved Seating) * Supporting: Oasis, Doves
Notes: Happy Mondays were second to headliners Oasis, Doves on stage first.

29 July 2000 - BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland * Supporting: Oasis, Doves *
Loose Fit / Dennis And Lois / Kinky Afro / Rave On / Bobs Yer Uncle / Hallalujah / Step On / Wrote For Luck / Reverend Black Grape - Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones)
Notes: Happy Mondays were second to headliners Oasis.
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Tape / CD-R)
Video Bootleg: Live At Manchester University 14.1.89 / 14 January 1989 Saturday - University, Manchester - 24 Hour Party People / (not listed Yahoo) / Tart Tart / Russell / Moving In / Fat Lady Wrestlers / Do It Better/ Performance / Wrote For Luck - Live At Murrayfield Stadium 2000 (DVD-R) - / 29 July 2000 - BT Murrayfield Stadium - Loose Fit / Dennis And Lois / Kinky Afro / Rave On / Bobs Yer Uncle / Hallalujah / Step On / Wrote For Luck / Reverend Black Grape - Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones)

DJ Mani - 2000 - Ambitions, Oldham * Supporting: DJ Bez *
Notes: Happy Mondays dancer Bez DJs at the club with Mani
From 2001 I Am Without Shoes Exclusive Mani Interview: > IAWS: I saw you and Bez DJ at Ambitions in Oldham. I shook your hand while you were DJing and said ‘Thanks’. You looked a bit annoyed and looked towards Bez. So I’d just like to ask if you ever get sick of us lot bothering you for autographs and the occasional handshake? Mani: (Laughs). Worst part of the job mate(!) No, I love it, love meeting people, these are the people that make you, and you can feel the love they’re giving you.

2000 - Triple J Radio Interivew
Notes: Shaun Ryder phone interview.
Bootleg: Webcast Recording ()

TV - 25 September 2000 - Cover Stories: A History of Record Sleeve Design in the North-West
Notes: Includes Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Farm and more.
Bootleg: VHS capture from Daewoo VCR via OBS. Edited and converted to MP4 in Shotcut.

2001 - Shaun Ryder watches Star Wars again with son Ollie & daughters Pearl & Lulu
From What Planet Am I On? by Shaun Ryder Book:
So I’m not one of those nerds on space, those sci-fi nuts who just love everything. When the Star Wars prequels came out in the noughties, with Ewan McGregor and Samuel L Jackson in them, I tried watching them, but I still wasn’t having it. Ollie, one of our kids, was a teenager then, and he had all the Star Wars figures and was bang into it, so I thought I would give it another go, but nah. It’s just not my scene.

2001
19 January 2001 - Big Day Out Festival, Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Coldplay / Black Eyed Peas / Limp Bizkit / Placebo / Rammstein / PJ Harvey / Mudvayne / Pnau / Happy Mondays / Carl Cox / Powderfinger / Frenzal Rhomb / Killing Heidi

26 January 2001 - Big Day Out 2001, Sydney, NSW
Coldplay / Black Eyed Peas / Queens of the Stone Age / Limp Bizkit / Placebo / Rammstein / PJ Harvey / John Butler Trio / The Avalanches / Mudvayne / Pnau / Happy Mondays / At the Drive-In / Carl Cox / Powderfinger / Roni Size / Augie March / The Go-Betweens / You Am I / Alex Lloyd / Frenzal Rhomb / Adam Freeland / 28 Days / Darren Emerson / Friendly / Resin Dogs / Killing Heidi / King Kapisi / Greg Churchill / Sonic Animation / Skulker / Bexta / Zoobombs / Digital Primate / Coloured Stone / Sunk Loto / Nitocris

28 January 2001 - Big Day Out 2001, Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Rammstein / Queens of the Stone Age / Placebo / PJ Harvey / Coldplay / At the Drive In / Carl Cox / The Black Eyed Peas / darren emmerson / Happy Mondays / Mudvayne / Roni Size / Zoo Bombs / 28 Days / Alex Lloyd / The Avalanches / Bexta / Frenzal Rhomb / Friendly / John Butler Trio / Killing Heidi / Nitocris / Powderfinger / Pnau / Resin Dogs / Sunk Loto / Sonic Animation / You Am I / King Kapisi / Augie March / The Go-Betweens
Loose Fit / Dennis & Lois / Kinky Afro / Rave On / Hallelujah / Bob's Yer Uncle / Step On / Reverend Black Grape (Black Grape cover) / Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones cover) / Wrote For Luck
Notes: Rowetta's vocal can be heard during the set but I cannot see her on stage with the band? Maybe they were pre-recorded? 8 piece band including dedicated percussionist and additional male vocalist.
During Looose Fit Shaun finds a pie on stage and throws it back into the audience.
Shaun comments about the lack of Kangaroos and Koala Bears in the country before launching into Dennis & Lois. After Rave On Shaun takes a seat and insults an heckler. After Hallelujah Shaun says "Right, I don't want to sing anymore, who's singing? Bez sing." Bez responds "Fuck off I just dance" as the song starts Bez chants down the mic "Come on you fat bastard...stand up...stand up and deliver".
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Audio from below video recording) CD-R
Video Bootleg: Happy Mondays In Australia 2001 - Amateur Audience Recording (Date noted as 26 January 2001 Big Day Out, Melbourne, Australia, also includes footage from 30 January 2001 Tuesday - The Palace, Melbourne, Australia. Cover also includes the title "Big Day Out with Happy Mondays") - Loose Fit / Dennis & Lois (cut) / Kinky Afro (outro only) / Rave On / Hallelujah / Bob's Yer Uncle / Step On / Reverend Black Grape (Black Grape cover) / Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones cover) / Wrote For Luck - 30 January 2001 - Loose Fit / Dennis & Lois / Rave On / Hallelujah / Bob's Yer Uncle / Step On / Reverend Black Grape (Black Grape cover) / Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones cover) / Wrote For Luck DVDr

28 January 2001 - Big Day Out 2001, Melbourne Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, VIC, Australia
Coldplay / Black Eyed Peas / Queens of the Stone Age / Placebo / Rammstein / PJ Harvey / John Butler Trio / The Avalanches / Mudvayne / Pnau / Happy Mondays / At the Drive-In / Powderfinger / Carl Cox / Roni Size / Augie March / The Go-Betweens / You Am I / Alex Lloyd / Frenzal Rhomb / Bodyjar / Adam Freeland / 28 Days / Darren Emerson / Friendly / Resin Dogs / Rocket Science / Area 7 / Superheist / Greg Churchill / The Fauves / Skulker / Bexta / Zoobombs / Coloured Stone / Spacey Space / Sean Quinn
28 January 2001 - Big Day Out 2001, Perth, WA
Coldplay / Black Eyed Peas / Queens of the Stone Age / Placebo / Rammstein / PJ Harvey / The Avalanches / Mudvayne / Pnau / Happy Mondays / Carl Cox / Powderfinger / Roni Size / You Am I / The Go-Betweens / Alex Lloyd / Frenzal Rhomb / Adam Freeland / Reprazent / Darren Emerson / Friendly / Resin Dogs / Killing Heidi / Declan / Greg Churchill / Sonic Animation / Bexta / Zoobombs / Sugardrive / Sunk Loto / Nitocris
29 January 2001 - Big Day Out 2001, Melbourne, VIC
Coldplay / Black Eyed Peas / Queens of the Stone Age / Placebo / Rammstein / PJ Harvey / John Butler Trio / The Avalanches / Mudvayne / Pnau / Happy Mondays / At the Drive-In / Powderfinger / Carl Cox / Roni Size / Augie March / The Go-Betweens / You Am I / Alex Lloyd / Frenzal Rhomb / Adam Freeland / 28 Days / Darren Emerson / Friendly / Resin Dogs / Killing Heidi / King Kapisi / Greg Churchill / Sonic Animation / Skulker / Bexta / Zoobombs / Digital Primate / Coloured Stone / Sunk Loto / Nitocris

30 January 2001 Tuesday - The Palace, Melbourne, Australia * Support Act(s): Gerling
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Audio from below video recording) CD-R
Video Bootleg: Happy Mondays In Australia 2001 - Amateur Audience Recording (Date noted as 26 January 2001 Big Day Out, Melbourne, Australia, also includes footage from 30 January 2001 Tuesday - The Palace, Melbourne, Australia. Cover also includes the title "Big Day Out with Happy Mondays") DVDr

Triple J Interview
Notes: Triple J ring Shaun for a telephone interview. Shaun sounds like he has just woke up and isn't sure who Triple J are.

02 February 2001 - Big Day Out 2001, Adelaide, SA
Coldplay / Queens of the Stone Age / Placebo / Rammstein / PJ Harvey / Mudvayne / Happy Mondays / At the Drive-In / Carl Cox / Roni Size / Darren Emerson / Zoobombs

2001 - Happy Mondays appear on various artists compilation 'Cohesion'
Cohesion [Disc 1]
Wrote For Luck (Edit with alt. intro) 3:25
Notes: An Edit of the Think About The Future Remix.

2001 - Paul Ryder leaves

13 February 2002 - 24 Hour Party People movie premiere
05 April 2002 - U.K. Cinema Release Date
Notes: A film about the rise and fall of Factory Records. Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, produced by Andrew Eaton and directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Steve Coogan played the role of Tony Wilson, Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton (New Order manager), Shirley Henderson (Lindsay Wilson), John Thomson (Granada TV Producer), Tony Wilson (cameo as TV Director), Andy Serkis (Martin Hannett), Sean Harris (Ian Curtis), John Simm (Bernard Sumner), Ralf Little (Peter Hook), Paul Popplewell (Paul Ryder), Chris Coghill (Bez), Kieran O'Brien (Nathan McGough Happy Mondays manager), Peter Kay (Don Tonay - Russel Club owner), Rob Brydon (Ryan Letts journalist), Simon Pegg (Mick Middles), Christopher Eccleston (Homeless Beggar), Keith Allen (Roger Ames, London Records Director), Kenny Baker (Zookeeper), DJ Alex Leam, DJ Jon DaSilva, Mike Pickering, Dave Haslam, Paul Ryder (Hacienda Head Doorman) & Rowetta, Mani (Soundcheck Engineer), Vini Reilly (Durutti Column), Martin Coogan (Mock Turtles), Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets) (Ernie Train Conductor), Mark E. Smith (The Fall), John Cooper Clarke, Howard Deveto (Magazine/Buzzcocks). Danny Cunningham played Shaun Ryder.
From What Planet Am I On? by Shaun Ryder Book: I think a lot of people know that I saw a UFO when I was younger, particularly as it was featured in the film 24 Hour Party People – although it was portrayed very differently in the film to how it happened in real life. Not that anyone should believe what happens in that film. I liked 24 Hour Party People, I thought it was a good film, but it’s a film; that’s not me. That’s not a documentary about my life. The Shaun Ryder in the film is a caricature. It amazes me how people just swallow everything whole.

08 April 2002 - 24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter Remixes) Promo U.K. Release Date
CD-R Promo
24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Main Vocal) 4:35
24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Acid Vocal) 6:27
12inch Vinyl Promo
24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Main Vocal) 4:35
24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Acid Vocal) 6:27
24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Acid Instrumental) 6:11

09 April 2002 - Happy Mondays appear on various artists compilation '24 Hour Party People' Soundtrack U.K. Release Date
24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Main Vocal) 4:35
Loose Fit (Edit) 4:17
Hallelujah (Club Mix) (Edit) 5:39
Notes:

2003
Amateur Night In The Big Top - June 2003 - Scooter Girl U.K. Release Date
CD
Scooter Girl (Edit) 4:36
Clowns (Gripper Mix)
Scooter Girl (Soundlab Mix)

Amateur Night In The Big Top - July 2003 - Amateur Night In The Big Top U.K. Release Date
The Story
Long Legs (Parts 1, 2, 3)
Scooter Girl
Clowns
Murder
Northern Soul Brother (Shapeshifter)
Monster
In 1987
Notes:
Interview with Shaun Ryder by Richard Lewis from pennyblackmusic.co.uk published: 25 September 2015: The forthcoming solo LP will be the follow up to low-key debut ‘Amateur Night in the Big Top,’ issued under the moniker SWR in September 2003. "This is totally different. That was sort of a mad experiment anyway," Shaun explains.

Amateur Night In The Big Top - August 2003 - Amateur Night In The Big Top appear on various artists compilation 'X-Ray CD#7'
The Story
Notes: CD was given away with August issue of X-Ray magazine. From disc 'This disc is to be given away free with the August 2003 issue of X-Ray Magazine'

Inspiral Carpets - Greatest Hits Tour - 06 December 2003 - Apollo, Manchester * Support Act(s): Puressence
Notes: Sold out show. The original support band was The Caesars, another organ driven band hailing from Sweden, but they pulled out of the tour and Puressence stepped in to support. I was there with my dad. It felt like something was happening in Manchester at the time, a revival of the 'Madchester' scene. Probably because everyone who lived through it was having a mid-life crisis and wanted to relive their youth. The show was a sell out and had been since the tickets went on sale. This was the days before the smoking ban so the show was already consumed with fog before the support band came on. The sound was loud and proud. Fans held up banners welcoming the band home and everyone was mooing the hits. The big suprise was Happy Mondays star Shaun William Ryder appearing onstage with the band. The crowd went wild. Shaun came on during Commercial Rain and sang along with the band. He threw in new lyrics and even led the band into a medly of 24 Hour Party People. Shaun stayed onstage during This Is How It Feels and questioned the crowd why they were booing him, even though the sound was the carpets signature moo!. A great show. Watch the BBC3 Shaun Ryder documentary for footage from the show too.
Bootleg: Soundboard (2 CD-R)
Official: BBC3 Shaun Ryder Documentary () Short excerpt from the show.

December 2003 - Ecstasy and Agony TV Documentary
Notes: Richard Macer (The Real Swiss Toni, The Jordan Trilogy) spent 8 months filming with Shaun. BBC Three Documentary. Recorded throughout 2003. Documents Shaun’s money, music & drug problems. Also includes a preview of Bez’s new band Domino Bones. Turns out Shaun and Bez used to live next door to each other.
See 06 December 2003 for Shaun's appearence with Inspiral Carpets, brief footage is shown in this documentary.
Bootleg: TV (VHS / DVD-R) Ecstasy and Agony
Bootleg: Brixton Academy, London, 5th November 1992 plus BBC 3 Documentary: Shaun Ryder: The Agony And The Ecstasy (DVD-R)