Rowetta🎙
@Rowetta
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2 Grammys - Boom Boom Pow/ Shed Seven/ Dantiez/Gorillaz/ Junior Sanchez/ Fedde Le Grand/Todd Terry/ Solardo /Steve Angello/Oliver Heldens /Hot Since 82 /Yousef
Joined February 2009
One of the greatest frontmen from one of the greatest bands. And a gorgeous, kind, down to earth man. I’ll miss his music, his United post match honesty, his messages. 💔.❤️ Terry Hall Forever ❤️
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Just so you know!.They say how much?.I say no, .Do not buy The Sun
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The saddest day. Going to miss him on stage, off stage, backstage, always. Love you Horse ❤️
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💥 Ever wondered where Shaun got the lines “You’re Twistin’ My Melon Man” & “You know you talk so hip” for ‘Step On’ from???. 🎥 Here’s a clip of the brilliant doc: ‘Steve McQueen: Man On The Edge’ | The Hollywood Collection. #happymondays #stepon #stevemcqueen #melon
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Sad sad news today 💔.I have so many great memories of Denise from when we were young. We just used to sing & laugh like naughty schoolgirls all the time. A great loss to Manchester and music. My condolences to her family & loved ones.
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This is me protesting against racism today! .Why would anyone join 15,000 people in Piccadilly Gardens?.Impossible to stay safe!
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Huge thank you to everyone for the beautiful messages. I’m out of theatre & everything went well. Not sure when I’ll be home but I’ll definitely be with the Mondays in Sheffield on Friday (even if I have to be carried on) .Thanks again for all the love ❤️❤️❤️
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So beautiful, so brave, so LOVED. We’re all going to miss you @imeldamounfield 💔💔💔. All my thoughts and love to Mani and your beautiful, precious boys and love to all Imelda’s family & friends ❤️
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Congrats @@guycalledgerald for his English Heritage award for producing the 1st Acid House record in the UK in 1988 for HIS ‘Voodoo Ray’. The 🖤 King & Queen of Manchester. Real, innovative unique talent. But get no credit, no respect. This is about to change 👑 for me & yoj G
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I’ve not spoken to any papers but I’d like to thank them all for being really respectful. I’m the happiest I’ve been for a long time. Next year’s going to be really special for me, my voice, my music & my story. Thanks everyone for the beautiful support. Have a great Xmas 🎄❤️
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💔 The saddest news to wake up to. @AndyRourkeMusic a great friend. A beautiful man, a wonderful musician. The first person I wrote music with when the Mondays first split in 1993. He wrote & played all the music. We worked hard & partied harder. I loved the man.Rest In Peace ❤️
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32 today!!! Happy Mondays - Pills & Thrills and Bellyaches 🎂.What are your favourite tracks on the album?
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Been up most of the night going through photos and videos. Here are some of my favourites. Going to really miss my friend and band mate since 1990 ❤️
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Operation day 🏥 .Hopefully I’ll be all good to Rock & Roll with the boys on Friday! 🙏🏽.See you on the other side ❤️
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Happy 32nd Anniversary to ‘Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches’ - Happy Mondays, released on 5 November 1990 by Factory Records. Produced by Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osbourne
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Really sad to hear of the passing of Tony Morris. A wonderful newsreader, presenter and interviewer on @GranadaReports and a beautiful man 💔
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Sad sad news. 💔.I first met Sarah at Katie Price’s wedding to Pete Andre. I was singing and she was the most beautiful bridesmaid. Taken far too young. Thoughts are with her family x
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Sad news to wake up to. Paul was such a beautiful, warm, kind and funny man. Loved him as Lily Savage and I loved being on The Paul O’Grady Show. Always so supportive. Condolences to his partner and loved ones. 🥲❤️
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Tonight backstage at @salfordladsclub at Northern Powerhouse 'My Arse' ~ An Evening with Ricky Tomlinson & Andy Burnham
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I’m not discussing any more. I got 2 Grammys. My next tune is on Idris label and working with the amazing A Guy Called Gerald. I only posted because I won’t be labelled a liar. My mum says she is so proud. Does not get bigger than the Grammys.
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Beautiful news. @salfordladsclub has been saved. Looking forward to performing there again at another very special event before Christmas 💚 xxx
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This beautiful interview for the first Imelda & Mani's Fundraiser is so special and so very sad 😢 .Thanks to @timscottitv @itvnews x. We’ll never forget you @imeldamounfield ❤️❤️❤️
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Wow!! Beautiful to wake up to this stunning mural by @EthnLemoArt 🙌🏽. I’ll be taking a trip to Fallowfield later to see it in 3D. It’s beautiful. Thank you so much ❤️ . 🎶: ‘Ten Storey Love Song’ - The Stone Roses 🍋
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I’d like to thank everyone for the support. When people think you’re alone they attack. I’m not alone. I need to be strong for my mum. Alzheimer’s is a daily struggle. I promised her I would never let anyone make me feel like I’m nothing again. The truth will set you free. ❤️
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My baby boy Floyd aged 14 and a half passed away peacefully in his sleep. My heart’s in pieces but I need to keep busy and remember all the good times. Love you forever my baby. I have loved being your Mummy. Rest in peace my beautiful Floydy Baby Daddy Boy 💔
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Manchester is the third best city in the world, according to a list compiled by Time Out. Yes!!! #Manchester ❤️.London was 13th
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Such sad, sad news. Steve Wright was a legend & far too young to leave this world on World Radio Day too 🙌🏽 📻 .I’ll be doing some work with his wonderful son soon, who always spoke so beautifully about his Dad. My heart goes out to him & the family ❤️ 🕊️
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I’ll be asleep at midnight so posting this now! 🎂. Another trip round the sun!.Thanks in advance everyone ❤️❤️❤️
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‘Kinky Afro’ was released on this day 29 years ago on Factory Records. 8th October 1990.Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro Live at The Sound Factory, New York (from Call The Cops) . #KinkyAfro #HappyMondays #FactoryRecords #SoundFactory #NewYork #CallTheCops
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Had the most beautiful morning with my Mum in Fallowfield. She may be 86 with Alzheimer’s but we’re still making new memories. I ❤️ my Mum x. Mural: @EthnLemoArt & @thisisrobfenton 🙌🏽🍋.Mum’s Crass Vest to say thank you to @steveigs 🙌🏽🖤. I’m not crying, you are! ❤️❤️❤️
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Rest In Peace you absolute 👑 Annie Nightingale. Always so lovely to me, from the first time we met in 1990. Beautiful legend! 🙌🏽❤️
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Happy Heavenly Birthday George. Forever loved, forever missed. Never forgotten. Always in our hearts ❤️❤️❤️. #georgemichael
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Such a beautiful surprise this morning. Really means the 🌍 .Just the boost me & my Mum needed after a tough few weeks. Thank you @EthnLemoArt & @thisisrobfenton & to everyone for all your kind, beautiful messages. Totally blown away. So much love 🖤💛🖤
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🍉 Happy 33rd Anniversary today to Happy Mondays album ‘Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches’.Released on 5.11.90 on Factory Records 💃🏽 🕺🪇. Produced by Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osbourne.Guest Vocals: Rowetta.Artwork by Central Station Design. #HappyMondays #pillsnthrills
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Thanks to @richardashcroft who just dedicated ‘Sonnet’ to “Paul Ryder and @Happy_Mondays “ 🙌🏽❤️ at Millenium Square, Leeds. 🎥: @Langas_1
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Obviously I’m not a Spurs fan and don’t have a Norwegian wife!. These are Matthew Horner’s answers. I thought it was just online but apparently also in print
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Thanks to everyone that wished me a happy birthday. An emotional but beautiful day, that I’ll never forget. Special thanks to @PeterHook for singing “Happy Birthday” to me. I loved it! ❤️ x
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Remembering our friend Joe Strummer (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002). 📷: Eric Cantona
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When you think you can’t love him any more. The King 👑 🙌🏽❤️. Repost • Eric Cantona « Dear white brother » written by Leopold Sédar Senghor
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❤️ Big love & thanks to St Mary’s & Trafford General (the first NHS hospital).Amazing care from all the staff. All went really well and I’m now home on strong pain killers. See you tomorrow on stage at Don Valley Grass Bowl with @Happy_Mondays . #NHS #OURNHS
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A clip from last night’s BBC FOUR’s TOTP: 1990.@Happy_Mondays - Step On #TopOfThePops. #HappyMondays #StepOn
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Anthony Howard "Tony" Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007. He believed in me, he loved us. We loved him and will be forever grateful personally, professionally and as a Mancunian. When he left the Hidden Gem to Bob’s Yer Uncle. one of the proudest moments of my life ❤️
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When I took my Mum to see this beautiful mural in Fallowfield. I ❤️ my Mum x. Mural: Ethan Lemon & Rob Fenton 🙌🏽🍋
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💔 I wasn’t allowed to mention Paul on the tour. I wanted to mention him every night. I love him, I miss him. Always ❤️ xxx
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RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore .What a beautiful man. Proper legend 🙌🏽❤️
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Congratulations to this gorgeous couple on their engagement. What a beautiful proposal and she said ‘YES’ 💍❤️.Happy Engagement to Firouzeh & Bez ❤️.Love them both so much xxx
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Get In!!! @shedseven - ‘A Matter Of Time’ is NUMBER 1!!! . Nobody deserves this more!!! 🙌🏽❤️. LOVE YOU BOYS!!! Xxx
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I am trying my best. I hate to leave her. Singing any lyrics without crying is so hard, but I’m trying my best. Thank you to my son & for the carers & thank you to all my real friends for understanding because my Mum is my everything ❤️
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Nothing better than singing Ian Curtis’ lyrics & melodies with the greatest musicians, crew & people. Thank you @peterhook & The Light.Thanks to Joy Division fans for the love at the Adidas Spezial event Darwen on Thursday. Mental Health Awareness Week.
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Happy Mondays - ‘Step On’ (Factory Records) .Released this week, 30 years ago, March 1990. Guest Vocals: Rowetta. Produced by @PaulOakenfold & Steve Osbourne. Reached Number 5 in the UK charts.
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Times when rivalries take a back seat and you join hands. ❤️. Remembering the 96 Liverpool fans who went to support their team and never came home 💔. #JFT96 #MUFC #Hillsborough
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Very happy to announce that I have officially changed my name to my birth name ‘Rowetta Idah’ with ‘Osa’ my new middle name in honour of my late baby brother ❤️. Rowetta Osa Idah. ( Pronounced EE-dah)
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