The Happy Mondays Factory Singles compilation revealed

The Happy Mondays will kick-start their 40th anniversary year celebrations with a new compilation, The Factory Singles.

The Factory Singles compiles all Happy Mondays singles on the Manchester label Factory Records, including Step On, Kinky Afro, Hallelujah and 24-Hour Party People. This definitive collection captures the band’s ground-breaking output from 1985 to 1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. The Factory Singles will be available across multiple formats – including 2LP, 2CD, and a 1LP Blood Records Exclusive.

The artwork has been conceived by the members of the band’s iconic original design team from Central Station, Pat Carroll & Karen Jackson alongside Sam Carroll  – and features distinctive variations across each format. Vivid, enduring ink stains serve as a striking visual metaphor for the lasting imprint the band left on Manchester and the British music scene.

Fresh Spin

Complementing the physical editions, a brand-new digital remix drop series will be unveiled from renowned producers Daniel Avery, Paul Oakenfold, Anna Prior, Mella Dee, and Shadow Child – bridging the Mondays’ legacy with today’s electronic innovators. Original Mondays collaborator Paul Oakenfold has revisited Step On after 35 years with a stunning new remix available 29 October, pre-save here.

Of the remix, Oakenfold comments: “When I listen back to Step On now, it still sounds dangerous. It still sounds alive. And it still gets dancefloors moving. That’s the test of real music—not how it charts, but how it feels decades later. To be able to come back to it 35 years on and give it a fresh spin is special. It’s not just nostalgia – it’s about showing that the spirit of the track still connects, still has that edge, and can still light up a dancefloor today.”

Oakenfold, who produced Pills ’N’ Thrills And Bellyaches as well as providing many of the Mondays most successful remixes, also contributes liner notes, in which he writes: “When I think back to working with the Happy Mondays, I don’t think about chaos first. I don’t think about the drugs or the headlines. I think about the music. Because above all else – above the madness and the mayhem – was a sound that was utterly new. A sound that broke the rules. A sound that made your feet move before your brain caught up. A sound we helped shape, together.”

Pills ’N’ Thrills And Bellyaches UK Tour

The Happy Mondays have successfully reformed several times, and last year undertook their first headline tour since the passing of founder member Paul Ryder in 2022. In 2026, Happy Mondays will celebrate the 35th anniversary of Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches with an extensive UK Tour.

Support comes from original 1991 tour mates The Farm and Northside.

MARCH
13 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
14 – Leeds, O2 Academy Leeds
15 – Nottingham, Rock City
20 – Cardiff, DEPOT
21 – Liverpool, Mountford Hall
22 – Sheffield, Octagon
26 – Cambridge, Corn exchange
27 – London, Roundhouse
28 – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
29 – Norwich, UEA

APRIL
2 – Brighton, Dome
3 – Bristol, Beacon Hall
4 – Birmingham, O2 Academy Birmingham
5 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy Bournemouth
9 – Margate, Dreamland
10 – Guildford, G Live
11 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
16 – Glasgow Barrowland
17 – Glasgow, Barrowland
18 – Glasgow, Barrowland
22 – Dublin, Vicar Street
24 – Belfast, Mandela Hall

The Happy Mondays – Factory Singles Tracklisting
2CD

Vinyl Edition

Side A
01 Delightful
02 Freaky Dancin’
03 Tart Tart
04 24 Hour Party People
05 Wrote for Luck
Side B
06 Lazyitis – One Armed Boxer (with Karl Denver)
07 Hallelujah  (The MacColl Mix)
08 Step On
09 Kinky Afro
10 Loose Fit
Side C
11 Judge Fudge
12 Stinkin’ Thinkin’
13 Sunshine & Love
14 Angel
Side D
15 Hallelujah (12” Mix)
16 Step On (Twistin’ My Melon Mix)
17 W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix)

Available 5 December on double CD, double LP & cassette, pre-order here. Concert tickets on sale now here.

Featured image credit: Tom Sheehan

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