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Paul Wagstaff dead: Happy Mondays and Black Grape star dies as ex-bandmate Bez leads tributes

Published on March 22, 2025 at 08:31 PM

Paul Wagstaff dead: Happy Mondays and Black Grape star dies as ex-bandmate Bez leads tributes

HEARTFELT tributes have poured in for a 90s music star with a “kind heart” after he passed away.

Paul ‘Wags' Wagstaff, who played in bands Happy Mondays and Black Grape, left friends and family devastated after his death.

The star's cause and date of death is still unknown.

His ex-bandmate Bez led the tributes for Paul.

Posting on Instagram he wrote: “Mr Paul Wagstaff (Wags), remembering the good times. RIP my friend.”

Sharing the news, presenter Terry Christian wrote on X: “R.I.P Paul ‘Wags' Wagstaff guitarist with Manchester bands Paris Angels and of course Black Grape and more recently Happy Mondays.

“Like asking where the music goes when it stops playing – that Manchester vibe Paul was a part of will always be in ‘the area'.”

Wagstaff also performed with Domino Bones and played in Black Grape.

The Blackheads frontman Mike Bennett paid tribute to the star in a statement.

He said: “Legendary Paul Wagstaff also known as Wags was an important part of Paris Angels, Black Grape and Happy Mondays.

“I knew him for years and he was not just a musician but a literary scholar, and always had a kind heart and a lightness of touch with the disenfranchised.

“Needless to say I dipped in and out of that category and I have to say that his advice, kind heart scholastic words stopped me from making wrong decision and venturing through dark corridors.

“Despite his own physical deliberations I found him self deprecating, upbeat and creatively of genius proportions.”

Wagstaff is survived by his long-term partner Tamara Smith.

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Paul's ex-bandmate Bez led the tributes to him
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