CALL the cops, reformed Manchester favourites The Happy Mondays are returning to Bournemouth later this year.

This latest tour celebrates the 25th anniversary of second album Bummed and reaches the O2 Academy Bournemouth on December 5.

The group were discovered by the late Manchester music and TV impresario Tony Wilson in the Hacienda nightclub in 1985 and quickly signed to his legendary label, Factory Records. The boys then went on to become synonymous with the Manchester ‘baggy’ music scene throughout the late 80s and early 90s.

Paul McCartney compared them to The Beatles in their Strawberry Fields pomp, with contemporaries such as The Stone Roses and The Charlatans all tipping their hats to Shaun Ryder, Bez and co.

The wheels finally came off in 1993 after the poor reception of 1992’s Yes Please! led to the Mondays calling it a day.

The intervening years saw frontman Shaun Ryder and Bez form Black Grape and make winning appearances on numerous reality TV shows such as Big Brother and I’m A Celebrity.

Last year saw the original band finally bury their differences with the reformed Happy Mondays playing a glorious comeback show at the O2 Academy Bournemouth and headlining Camp Bestival in Lulworth.

Now 25 years later, fans will have the chance to hear their second album played out in full. Bummed propelled the Happy Mondays into the wider public eye and changed the clubbing landscape of the country forever with its melding of indie and acid house.

There’s the two-stepping Country Song to a meeting with Mad Cyril and a heady dose of Lazyitis along the way.

This performance is guaranteed to be a melon twisting affair of baggy grooves and unpredictability.