Richard Ashcroft began his show at Leeds’ Millennium Square over the weekend with a dedication to founding Happy Mondays member Paul Ryder, following the bassist’s death a day earlier.As Ashcroft and his band took to the stage on Saturday (July 16), he told the crowd: “This one’s for Paul Ryder and Happy Mondays.
Rest in peace. Incredible band.” They then began to play ‘Sonnet’, lifted from The Verve‘s 1997 album ‘Urban Hymns’.Footage of the moment was shared on social media by Happy Mondays vocalist Rowetta.
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