the band’s back catalogue label Sanctuary Records released a double live album, Past Lives (2002)
In 2002, they released Words of Wisdom and Hope with Jad Fair of Half Japanese .
They released another two-track EP in 2002, You/Play with Me , which was produced by Greg Haver.
and the album was finally completed in 2002/2003 by Morley, Treece and Whaley, with Kevin Spacey on drums, as Charles had other commitments.
The group’s third album, In Our Gun , was released in 2002. It made the top 10 on the UK charts and the top 50 on the Australian charts. The single “Shot Shot” charted in the UK top 40, the Portugal top 20, and the Billboard Heatseeker chart. The band…
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After My Generation , the Who fell out with Talmy, which abruptly ended their recording contract. The resulting legal acrimony meant Talmy held the rights to the master tapes, which prevented the album from being reissued until 2002. The Who were signed to Robert Stigwood ‘s label, Reaction, and released…
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The three members – Garred, Pritchard and Harris – of the Kooks all met as students at the BRIT School in Croydon, all three moving further south to join BIMM British and Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM), where they met Rafferty – who was from Bridgnorth – in 2002. The…
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Paul Rodgers again rejoined Kirke in 2001 for a tour that kicked off in the US and included co-headlining dates with Styx and Billy Squier as special guests. Dave Colwell and Rick Wills took over for the departed Ralphs and Burrell. The tour did decent business then moved to the…
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A fictionalised depiction of Happy Mondays is featured in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People , with Danny Cunningham as Shaun Ryder and Paul Popplewell as Paul Ryder. Paul Ryder himself had a cameo role in the film as a gangster and Rowetta appeared in the film as herself.
To combat bootlegging , in 2002 the band began to release the Encore Series of official soundboard recordings via themusic.com.