EXCLUSIVE: Shaun Ryder says he wants to be involved in a benefit gig to pay tribute to Stone Roses bass legend Gary "Mani" Mounfield, who died on November 20 aged 63

Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder says he wants to be involved in a benefit gig to pay tribute to Stone Roses bass legend Gary “Mani” Mounfield.

Mani, who died on November 20 aged 63, left behind 12-year-old twins Gene and George, who had already lost their mum, Mani’s wife Imelda, in 2003 to bowel cancer. Shaun tells us: “I’d definitely be up for a concert, or a benefit. Something for those twins, Gene and George. And of course, in Mani’s memory.

“He was my mate. I’ve been friends with Mani since the 1980s. He was a funny, beautiful bloke. Nobody had a bad word to say about him. It didn’t come as a huge shock to me tho

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