Gary Mani Mounfield was a star of each The Stone Roses and Primal Scream
The final social media submit of Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield revealed the much-loved musician’s pleasure for an upcoming UK-wide conversational tour. The Stone Roses bassist has handed away on the age of 63, his brother Greg revealed on Facebook on Thursday.
Greg wrote: “IT IS WITH THE HEAVIEST OF HEARTS THAT I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THE SAD PASSING OF MY BROTHER GARY MANI MOUNFIELD. RIP RKID.” No particulars about Mani’s demise have but been formally shared.
The Crumpsall native appeared to have large plans for subsequent yr, asserting a solo tour of the UK simply over per week in the past. Last Thursday, Mani revealed a 69-date schedule that may have seen him go to a lot of Britain all through late 2026 and early 2027.
The tour was titled: The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, and Me – An Intimate Evening with Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield.
In the caption, Mani wrote: “I believe @mm embarking on what might be my remaining street journey….. Getting too previous now…. Anyway, there’s so much to go at…. Anybody wanting to listen to slaggings off of bandmates … or titbits of filth, conjecture & gossip…. I’m not that man… I can be giving my skewed imaginative and prescient of my very own life, I by no means did, and would by no means rat on my comrades… hope you come out and say howdy.””
Countless followers and fellow musicians have paid tribute to the Mancunian legend because the information broke this afternoon. Happy Mondays singer Rowetta wrote on X: “Going to overlook you a lot. All my like to the boys, the household & all those that knew & beloved him.”
ART for MCR, an organisation elevating cash for Manchester charities by musical occasions, famous the town’s beat “will not ever be the identical”.
Sharing a picture of the musician, they wrote: “Unreal this. Absolutely numbed us. We’re gutted to listen to of the passing of Gary “Mani” Mounfield — a real large of this metropolis and an enormous affect on anybody who’s ever picked up a guitar or stepped on a stage spherical right here.
“Honestly, The groove, the perspective, the spirit… he formed a lot of the music that formed us. This one actually hurts. Everyone correct correct beloved him. I keep in mind crying my eyes out watching them on the Heaton Park gigs.”
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They added “All our love goes out to the Mounfield household, the Roses group, and everybody feeling this loss as we speak. Rest simple Mani. Manchester’s beat gained’t ever be the identical.”
Mani shot to fame with the Stone Roses however they went their separate methods in 1996 and he went on to affix Primal Scream. But in 2011, he introduced he had left the band to reunite with the Stone Roses for an enormous stadium tour.
