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Morrissey Reactivates For UK Dates

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Morrissey has announced his only UK and Ireland tour dates of 2025.

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Morrissey Ends Concert Suddenly When Fan Jumps On Stage

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Morrissey abruptly ended his concert in Texas on Saturday after he became crowded by a mob of stage invaders.

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Johnny Marr performs at the Forum in Melbourne on Wednesday 22 July 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Johnny Marr Corrects Morrissey Dummy Spit Over The Smiths Reunion

by Paul Cashmere

The Smiths co-founder Johnny Marr has addressed the recent Morrissey dummy spit.

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Johnny Marr performs at the Forum in Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Morrissey Wants A Smiths Reunion, Johnny Marr Doesn’t

by Paul Cashmere

Morrissey was clearly shaken into trying to activate a Smiths reunion following the impact of the Oasis reunion announcement by co-founder and lead guitarist Johnny Marr doesn’t want to know about it.

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Morrissey, Festival Hall 2012, Photo Ros O'Gorman

Morrissey To Play Vegas

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Morrissey has announced a two-night run in Las Vegas next month.

Tagged as: 80s, Morrissey, punk, The Smiths, UK

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Morrissey, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Morrissey Blows Out First Australian Show In Perth

by Paul Cashmere

Morrissey’s Friday night concert in Perth was cancelled because of “technical difficulties”.

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Johnny Marr Has Two New Songs On Best of Johnny Marr

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Johnny Marr has released one of two new songs as part of his ‘Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr’ compilation.

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Morrissey To Tour Australia In December

by Paul Cashmere

Morrissey will be back touring Australia in December 2023.

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Morrissey Rips Into The Industry That Destroyed Sinéad O’Connor

by Paul Cashmere

Morrissey has ripped the music industry a new arsehole over the treatment of Sinéad O’Connor when she was alive.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Ireland, Morrissey, pop, rock, Sinead O'Connor, The Smiths, UK

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Rick Astley Performs A Complete Setlist of Smiths At Glastonbury

by Paul Cashmere

Rick Astley performed an entire set of Smiths covers with The Blossoms at Glastonbury on the weekend and quite frankly … it was very good.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, 80s, alternative, Blossoms, Glastonbury, pop, punk, Rick Astley, The Smiths, UK

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Andy Rourke of The Smiths Dead At 59

by Paul Cashmere

Andy Rourke, bass player for The Smiths, has died from pancreatic cancer.

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Morrissey To Start Live Dates This Week

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British singer-songwriter Morrissey has today announced a series of major headline summer shows at London’s Crystal Palace Park on Sunday 9th July and Leeds Millennium Square on Wednesday 12th July. The announcement precedes a highly anticipated upcoming European tour including a sold-out show at London’s Eventim Apollo this month.

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Miley Cyrus Wants Out Of New Morrissey Album

by Paul Cashmere

When Morrissey announced his next album ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ was coming in February he also announced an all-star cast including Iggy Pop, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea and Chad Smith and Miley Cyrus. Now he says Miley wants to be taken off the album.

Tagged as: Bonfire of Teenagers, Miley Cyrus, Morrissey, pop, punk, The Smiths, UK, USA

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Morrissey Walks Out Of LA Gig After 30 Minutes On Stage

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Morrissey abandoned his Los Angeles gig after just 30 minutes at the weekend.

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Joy Division And The Smiths Memorabilia Added To Museum

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Memorabilia belonging to members of Joy Divison, New Order, The Smiths and more will go on display at Manchester’s new British Pop Archive.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Electronic, Joy Division, New Order, rock, The Smiths, UK

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Man City Sirens’ Walter Musolino Channels Morrissey For New Song ‘Love Is So Sweet’

by Paul Cashmere

Walter Musolino of Melbourne’s Man City Sirens has channelled his inner passion for the music of Morrissey for the new Man City Sirens song ‘Love Is So Sweet’.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Love Is So Sweet, Man City Sirens, Morrissey, rock, The Smiths, Walter Musolino

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Johnny Marr Responds To Morrissey Interview Comment

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Johnny Marr has hit back at Morrissey after he was asked to stop mentioning his name in interviews.

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Johnny Marr Signs With BMG

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Johnny Marr has inked a new global album deal with BMG.

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Morrissey Is Pissed Off The Simpsons Played Him As A Depressed Fat Racist

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Morrissey is pissed off at The Simpsons for portraying him as a racist with a fat gut.

Tagged as: 80s, Morrissey, punk, television, The Simpsons, The Smiths, UK

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BMG Drops Morrissey

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Morrissey has confirmed he has been dropped by BMG, insisting the news was “perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020”.

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Morrissey Greatest Hits is getting a vinyl makeover

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Morrissey’s greatest hits is being released in vinyl for the first time.

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Twat Morrissey In Trouble Over Racist Remarks … AGAIN

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Morrissey has sparked outrage again by defending his controversial support for far-right politicians, insisting it’s normal to prefer your “own race”.

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Morrissey To Perform Wedding Bell Blues for Fallon

by Paul Cashmere

Morrissey will join the Jimmy Fallon show this week to perform his cover of The Fifth Dimension’s ‘Wedding Bell Blues’.

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Morrissey Cancels Canadian Shows because of “Medical Emergency”

by Paul Cashmere

Morrissey has cancelled his first Canadian dates in over 20 years because of a “medical emergency”.

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Morrissey Responds Out of Context Kevin Spacey and Trump Comments

by Paul Cashmere

Morrissey has slammed back at German newspaper Der Spielgel for what he claims were his comments taken completely out of context.

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Twat Morrissey Cancels Show Because Its Too Cold

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You are always guaranteed to see at least one Morrissey American show cancelled on every tour.

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Morrissey Opens US Tour And Covers The Pretenders

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Morrissey opened his U.S. tour on Tuesday (October 31) night at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland with a 22-song set that included music from his new album, a Smiths song that has never been performed live and a Pretenders cover.

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Morrissey Debuts New Song ‘I Wish You Lonely’

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Morrissey has revealed a new track from Low in High School, the second to be taken from the record. I Wish You Lonely is out now as an Instant Grat and available on all DSPs. Marrying synths with crunching bass the lyrics rage “Monarchy! Oligarch! Head of State! Potentate!”

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Morrissey Reveals Album Tracklisting

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Morrissey is proud to announce the first single to be taken from his first studio album in three years. Spent The Day In Bed sees Morrissey in fine form with typically assertive lyrics sung over joyful melodies, pleading ‘Stop…Watching the news, because the news contrives to frighten you’, juxtaposing with a final refrain, ‘No Bus,

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Morrissey To Release ‘Low In High School’ Album In November

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Morrissey has announced the release of his new album, Low in High-School, out on 17 November 2017.

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Former Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons sax player Wilbur Wilde has a few words for the thieves who broke into the home of Joe Camilleri and stole thousands of dollars of equipment.

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