Celebrites from the world of music, sport and TV turned out in power for the funeral of Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield who died on Thursday November 20. David Beckham, Gary Neville, Stone Rose bandmate Ian Brown, Paul Weller, Elbow’s Man Garvey and Oasis Liam Gallagher had been amongst those that turned out at Manchester Cathedral on December 22 for the service. The unhappy passing of the rock musician, from Crumpsall, Manchester, was introduced on Thursday, November 20, by his brother Greg.

Amongst these paying tribute throughout the service was Mani’s Stone Roses bandmate Ian Brown who advised the congregation: “Mani was like a brother to me , a musical comrade. Lovely soul and spirit. Mani was capable of giggle his means via any darkness. He was the life and soul of any room he was in.” His Primal Scream bandmate Bobby Gillespie additionally shared a tribute throughout the funeral. “Mani’s heat and welcoming method, treating me like an equal, made me really feel like one million {dollars} and I’ll always remember that. No-one was too vital to flee his laser-eye means to chop the pretentious and self-important right down to measurement, myself included. His means to make laughter out of any scenario was our nice worth wherever we had been on the earth. Mani’s not useless, he’s simply gone … He’ll all the time stay perpetually in my soul and thoughts,” he advised the assembled mourners.