HAPPY Mondays singer Shaun Ryder missed Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield’s funeral with pneumonia.
Shaun, 63, said he and Black Grape bandmate Paul Leveridge caught the lung condition as they were finishing a tour on December 20.
He told BBC Breakfast: “I got back the day before Mani’s funeral 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.
Oasis star Liam Gallagher helped carry legendary bassist Gary’s coffin at his funeral – as a host of stars said their final goodbyes.
Sir David Beckham and Ian Brown also paid their respects to Stone Roses’ Mani, who died just two years after losing his wife, Imelda, to cancer.
The dad-of-two was last seen in public alongside Liam at the funeral of legendary boxer Ricky Hatton 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.