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"The founding Happy Mondays members have begun work on their first album since 1992&amp;#039;s Yes Please, their manager has confirmed. Mark Day, Paul Davis and Paul Ryder returned to the Madchester group in January as they reformed for a fourth time.  However, frontman Shaun Ryder had strongly refuted claims that a sixth record was being made, following comments made by backing singer Rowetta Satchell in February. Happy Mondays boss Warren Askew said in a statement to NME: &amp;quot;Yes, we are now planning to record a new album, after the success of the tour and with the band all getting on so well.  &amp;quot;Shaun has been writing and the band have been getting together in the studio putting ideas down. I&amp;#039;m sure it will be a great Happy Mondays album.&amp;quot;  Explaining his U-turn to the Daily Star, Ryder commented: &amp;quot;At first there was no chance of the original line-up doing another album and then it went to maybe and now it&amp;#039;s definitely gonna happen.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, the &amp;#039;Step On&amp;#039; singer defended the group&amp;#039;s previous reincarnations, after The Guardian asked him whether he regrets reforming with the Mondays too soon considering the amount of money offered for The Stone Roses&amp;#039; reunion shows. &amp;quot;What, and got as skint as they did?&amp;quot; he retorted. &amp;quot;No thanks! I&amp;#039;ve got six kids who&amp;#039;ve all gotta go to private school! &amp;quot;Good music always sticks around. That&amp;#039;s just how it is. I haven&amp;#039;t seen The Stone Roses, though, I&amp;#039;ve been away.&amp;quot; Watch the classic music video for the Happy Mondays&amp;#039; hit single &amp;#039;Step On below&amp;#039;:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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