He’s the wild man of rock who became a national treasure.

Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is hitting the road for a new spoken word tour.

The star of more-TV-shows-than-anyone-has-a-right-to-feature-on – including Celebrity Gogglebox, and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here, among many others – redefined the sex ’n’ drugs ’n’ rock ’n’ roll lifestyle during the halcyon age of Madchester.

He’s touring in support of his recent book: Happy Mondays – and Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays. Fans can look forward to a carnival of excess, wild tales, and improbable truths, as they enjoy the talents of a unique rock’n’roll star dubbed Britpop’s answer to W.B. Yeats.

Strap yourselves in and say Hallelujah for Shaun.