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Bez

December 2023

  • Frankly, the Smiths

    ‘I feel more like myself when I’m Morrissey’: the bizarre lives of tribute acts

    With tickets for big-name stars at a premium, it’s a great time to be a tribute act. Artists from ‘Tina Turner’ to the Arctic Numpties take us into their bizarre lives

February 2022

  • Bez doing a two-finger peace sign

    Flashback
    Bez looks back: ‘I was a nightmare, even as a baby’

    The Happy Mondays dancer/percussionist recreates a photo taken in Cuba after his band were booted out of the US and talks about his wild youth

July 2021

  • Teenage kicks: Bez

    Teenage kicks
    Bez’s teenage obsessions: ‘With cider, you can literally taste spirituality’

    As the Happy Mondays dancer releases his first track as a vocalist, he reminisces about his youth, from spells in prison to bonding with Shaun Ryder at the Haçienda

May 2021

  • Shaun Ryder, photographed at the The Worsley Park Marriott Hotel in Manchester.

    The G2 interview
    Shaun Ryder: ‘I was a heroin addict for 20-odd years, but there’s been no damage off that’

    From ADHD to alopecia and learning the alphabet at 28, the Happy Mondays singer has had a wild, eventful life. He discusses hedonism, parenting – and why he has to spend so much time correcting Bez

April 2021

  • Bez with filly Mystic Moonshadow at her stables.

    Talking Horses: Unhappy Monday for Bez after his horse refuses to race

  • Zoe Williams shaking maracas against a pink background

    Fit in my 40s
    Fit in my 40s: twistin’ my melon with Bez

January 2021

  • Bez dancing on stage with maraca

    Get Buzzin’ With Bez: Happy Mondays star to launch YouTube fitness class

    Cult hero wants to ‘get fit and mentally happier’ after ‘mainly sitting on sofa’ during lockdown

March 2019

  • Shaun Ryder and Bez.

    ‘Anyone else would have kicked him out’: celebrity flatmates reveal all

    Stealing clothes, sharing a bed, cereal for dinner... from Shaun Ryder and Bez to the boys from Busted, former housemates remember their first house share

September 2018

  • Bez and Rowetta Idah with Jarvis Cocker and Candida Doyle on Bargain Hunt

    Bez gets Happy Mondays disqualified from Bargain Hunt special

    Dancer broke show’s rules by artificially inflating prices, handing victory to Pulp

July 2018

  • Bez, Rowetta Idah, Charlie Ross, Candida Doyle and Jarvis Cocker

    Jarvis Cocker to take on Bez in Bargain Hunt special edition

    Pulp singer and bandmate Candida Doyle will face Happy Mondays pair in BBC TV show

January 2017

  • Photo of BEZ and HAPPY MONDAYS<br>UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of BEZ and HAPPY MONDAYS; Bez dancing (Photo by Ian Dickson/Redferns)

    Pills, thrill and maracas … Bez and the great dancing mascots of pop explain their craft

    When Bez started bouncing around with Happy Mondays, no one could believe their eyes. But is there more to it than popping pills and shaking a tambourine? Three legendary dancers reveal all

September 2015

  • happy disgust to thsdvsdv

    Hallucinogens, owl noises and spirit ceremonies: the Happy Mondays go large in the Amazon

    Shaun Ryder, Bez, Rowetta and the lads embarked on a quest to write new music with the Embera tribe for reality show Singing In The Rainforest. But they took away more than they expected…

April 2015

  • Mark 'Bez' Berry

    My family values
    Mark ‘Bez’ Berry: My family values

    The Happy Mondays dancer talks about growing up with an authoritarian policeman father, falling into a life of crime and how having children turned his life around

March 2015

  • Bez in a Ramsgate street, arms open, wearing a Reality Party T-shirt

    This much I know
    Bez: ‘Now I’m rebelling against the system through politics instead of dancing’

    The entertainer, 50, on old habits, fracking, and not doing many drugs. By Nick McGrath

January 2015

  • Bez

    Bez suffers dose of reality in his bid to become Salford MP

    Electoral Commission deregisters name of Happy Mondays star’s political party
  • Thomond. SALFORD, 12th January 2015 - Bez from Happy Mondays unveiling his first election campaign poster on the side of a newsagent's shop in Salford, Greater Manchester, where he is standing for the Reality Party in May's general election in the seat currently held by Labour's Hazel Blears who is stepping down.

    The Northerner
    Bez launches his general election campaign in Salford

    The Happy Mondays dancer fancies his chances as Salford’s next MP, replacing Labour’s Hazel Blears, who is standing down. Guardian photographer Chris Thomond was there to see him launch his campaign
  • Bez from Happy Mondays messing with his own frack free beer at the unveiling his first election campaign poster on the side of a newsagent's shop in Salford, Greater Manchester

    Bez hits election trail with free beer and 'vision for global democracy'

    Former Happy Mondays dancer is standing in home city of Salford for anti-fracking Reality party

May 2014

  • Happy Mondays perform at the Roundhouse

    Happy Mondays confirmed for Bez's all-day anti-fracking festival

    Taking place at Fleetwood FC's Highbury Stadium on 1 June, Toyah Wilcox, Big Country, the Troggs, Alabama 3 and Bad Manners will also perform at Frack Free Sunday

April 2014

  • Bez

    Step one: Bez promises 'true revolution' as he launches bid for parliament

  • Suzanne Moore

    Westminster's elite can't be trusted, so make room for Bez the anti-politician

    Suzanne Moore
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