Liam Gallagher helps carry the coffin out of the funeral. Photo / Getty Images
Liam Gallagher helps carry the coffin out of the funeral. Photo / Getty Images
Liam Gallagher carried the coffin of Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield out of his star-studded funeral.
The rock star died at his home in Stockport, Lancashire, last month at the age of 63.
Other celebrities at the service in Manchester Cathedral on Monday included Roses frontman Ian Brown, TheJam’s Paul Weller and footballers Sir David Beckham and Gary Neville.
David Beckham and Gary Neville were at the funeral at Manchester Cathedral. Photo / Getty Images
Mani’s coffin, decorated with the band’s iconic lemon-dotted paint splatter artwork, was carried into the cathedral to the sound of the band’s 1989 hit I Wanna Be Adored.
Mani’s death came almost two years to the day after he lost his beloved wife Imelda, who passed away aged 50 on November 18, 2023. She had been diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in November 2020.
The couple have twin sons, Gene and George, both 13.
Brown paid tribute to his late bandmate as a “beautiful soul and spirit” during the funeral service.
Speaking at the cathedral, he said: “Mani wouldn’t want us to be broken-hearted. But we all are. And we’ll never fill the Mani-sized hole that we’re left with.
“It’s such a big loss, it’s hard to find words. Thanks to God we shared our lives with Mani.”
Brown called for a solid gold, 50ft-high statue of Mani to be erected in Manchester.
Ian Brown and John Squire of the Stone Roses hug at the funeral of Gary Mounfield, also known as Mani. Photo / Getty Images
Bobby Gillespie, the frontman of Primal Scream, which Mani joined in 1996, added: “He made me feel a million dollars. His enthusiasm and positivity was contagious.”
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, and Bez of the Happy Mondays were also in attendance at the funeral.
A woman was arrested outside the cathedral by Greater Manchester Police.
A spokesman for the force said she was arrested “on suspicion of assault” but declined to give further information.
Mani was one of the founding members of the Stone Roses, the rock band that shot to fame in the 1980s.
The other members were frontman Brown, guitarist John Squire and drummer Alan “Reni” Wren.
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