AS you will of course know from reading our interviews on Shaun Ryder and Bez from the Happy Mondays, their much looked forward to gig is to take place this Friday at the Cliffs Pavilion.

Just when Madchester and baggy fans thought it couldn't get much better than that, there will be an intimate Happy Mondays After Show Party taking place at the Railway Hotel in Southend, upstairs and downstairs, with both Bez and Hacienda Club DJ Jon Dasilva on the decks.

It takes place from 11pm until 2am.

Tickets are £10 available from tickettailor.com, or via a link on the Facebook event.

The event is being hosted by Russell Lee, DJ of the Pink Toothbrush.

He said: "This is the official aftershow party for the Happy Mondays.

"Upstairs will be the legendary Jon Dasilva, the Hacienda Club DJ and official DJ for the Happy Mondays tour. Downstairs in the pulpit will be the one and only Bez, playing 80's and 90's indie.

"Come and get up close and personal with the Mondays legends. There is limited availability."

The Railway Hotel is in Clifftown Road.