Shaun William George Ryder (born 23 August 1962) is an English singer, songwriter and poet. [1] As lead singer of Happy Mondays, he was a leading figure in the Madchester cultural scene during the late 1980s and early 1990s. [2] In 1993, he formed Black Grape with former Happy Mondays dancer Bez.

Jul 22, 2024 · Celebrity Gogglebox star Shaun Ryder has opened up about his health after filming Channel 4's Celebrity Send Off, revealing that he thinks he has just "10 years left"

Jul 22, 2024 · Singer and reality TV star Shaun Ryder has made a sobering admission about his life during a new Channel 4 series.

Mar 15, 2024 · Shaun William George Ryder is a poet and singer-songwriter from England. He played a key role in the Madchester cultural movement throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s as the main vocalist of Happy Mondays.

Jul 22, 2024 · Happy Mondays legend Shaun Ryder says he doesn't expect to live much longer after he planned his funeral with bandmate Bez as part of a new Channel 4 series.

Aug 9, 2021 · Shaun Ryder is talking TV. As one of Gogglebox's resident celebrity armchair critics, alongside partner in crime Bez, he's happy commentating on the small screen.

Shaun Ryder was born on 23 August 1962 in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Virtuosity (1995), The Jackal (1997) and The Avengers (1998).

Feb 13, 2024 · Happy Mondays will be "going to bed for about three or four years" after their upcoming UK tour, lead singer Shaun Ryder has said

Shaun William Ryder Photographed in Salford by David Sims To mark exactly forty years since the release of the first Happy Mondays record (‘Forty Five EP’), Shaun Ryder exhaustively revisits the foundational yet overlooked Perry Boy years.

Apr 13, 2025 · His take on Shaun William George Ryder, lead singer with Happy Mondays, was a case in point. Here, declared the boss of Factory Records loftily, was a Mancunian wordsmith worthy of comparison to one of Ireland’s greatest poets, WB Yeats. “I didn’t know who Yeats was,” laughs Ryder today.