Rock icon Gary 'Mani' Mounfield, bassist for both the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, died at home aged 63, emergency services confirmed. North West Ambulance Service said paramedics were called to a home in Heaton Moor on Thursday morning.

"Emergency crews attended a private address at 10.42am," said an ambulance service spokesperson. It is understood this was Mani's address, and no patient was taken to hospital following the emergency call. Neighbours reported seeing an ambulance outside the home. No cause of death has yet been given.

Tributes have poured in from stars following the star's unexpected death. He had been planning a conversation tour next year running into 2027 with Mani admitting that he was "getting too old now."

Last Thursday, he had revealed a 69-date schedule from

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