HAPPY Mondays singer Shaun Ryder missed Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield’s funeral with pneumonia.
, 63, said he and Black Grape bandmate Paul Leveridge caught as they were finishing a tour on December 20.
Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder missed Stone Roses bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield’s funeralCredit: Getty
Mani died in November aged 63Credit: Getty
He told Breakfast: “I got back the day before and collapsed, and so I couldn’t even go.
“In the end I got antibiotics . . . that sorted me out. I’ve only been out of bed, what, four days?”
Shaun was on the breakfast show with Happy Mondays dancer Mark “Bez” Berry, who made Mani’s funeral at Manchester Cathedral on December 22.
Mani, who had emphysema, died at 63.
star helped carry legendary bassist Gary’s coffin at his funeral – as a host of stars said their final goodbyes.
and also paid their respects to Stone Roses’ Mani, who just two years after losing his wife, Imelda, to cancer.
The dad-of-two was alongside Liam at the funeral of legendary boxer in October.
Just weeks later, the rocker’s family announced the sad news of his death on social media – sparking floods of tributes from across the globe.
Hundreds of locals in his hometown of Manchester were spotted lining the streets as Mani’s procession passed.
Alan Wren aka ‘Reni’ of the Stone Roses & Liam Gallagher carry the coffin at Mani’s funeralCredit: Getty
Mani and Shaun in 2007Credit: Getty
Mounfield passed away just two years after losing his wife, Imelda, to cancer, pictured in 1994Credit: Getty 
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