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happy monday Lead singer Shaun Ryder revealed he had to miss the funeral Stone Roses bassist Gary “Marnie” Monfield as he has pneumonia Christmas period.
The Greater Manchester singer said he and Black Grape bandmate Paul Leveridge, also known as Kermit, suffered from lung inflammation as the band concluded their tour on Saturday, December 20.
he told bbc breakfast Ryder recounted his ordeal: “I got pneumonia. We were on tour with Black Grape, and me and Kermit ended up getting pneumonia. So basically, (I) had to… give it everything I had, you know, all kinds of painkillers and everything else, just to get through it.”
He went on to detail the impact this had on his personal life: “When I came back, I couldn’t even go to the funeral. I came back the day before Mani’s funeral and collapsed, so I couldn’t even go. Like I said, you gotta get the job done, right? On tour, we’re old school.”
Ryder attributed his recovery to antibiotics, saying: “I ended up taking antibiotics and it was like a nuclear bomb going off. So I recovered pretty quickly. I just got out of bed, four days or so.” He confirmed he had been unwell for much of Christmas, adding: “Yeah, a lot… it was great to see the kids, the missus… just lying there rotting in the bed.”
Pneumonia, an inflammation of the lungs often caused by infection, is more common in the fall and winter. Symptoms may include breathing pain, dizziness and coughing up blood, according to the NHS.
Ryder appeared on the breakfast show alongside Happy Mondays star Mark Berry, known to professionals as Nowho was one of the mourners Mountfield’s funeral was held on December 22 at Manchester Cathedral.
Mounfield, an original member of iconic Manchester rock band The Stone Roses, died in November 2025 at the age of 63.
The pair are promoting their upcoming tour to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their studio album, Pills and irritation and abdominal painscheduled to begin in March. Baez expressed his excitement, saying, “I can’t wait to get on the road.”