Johnny Marr's fantasy super group line-up - NME

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Couldn't have said it better myself..

Drums: Stephen Morris, Joy Division/New Order
“He invented a way of playing the drums that has been a bedrock of really great music ever since. People don’t realise this, but no one actually played the drums like that before Stephen came along.”

Morrissey announces rescheduled tour dates including additional cities - TTY

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Press release: Morrissey announces rescheduled tour dates including additional cities - true-to-you.net

11 November 2012

It's rare these days to see a hyper-literate artist succeed as an over-the-top entertainer.
His band is top-notch.

- Billboard

Morrissey Announces Rescheduled Tour Dates
Including Additional Cities

After nine shows in the Northeast this fall, Morrissey will continue his North American tour beginning in Greenvale, Long Island, NY, on January 9th and ending in Portland, Ore., on March 8th. The 32-city tour includes a date at the Staples Center with special guests Patti Smith and her band, as well as his first performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music in NYC. As always, Morrissey will perform greatest hits from his legendary catalog as well as new unreleased songs. Tickets for the rescheduled dates will go on sale on Monday, November 12th. Tickets for the added dates will go on sale on Friday...

Morrissey's Publicist Susan Blond Discussing Her Early Career

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very nice interview. Everyone should know about these things.

Radio 4 documentary on "Strangeways, Here We Come" (broadcast Nov. 13, 2012)

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In the summer of 1987 Britain's best loved indie band abruptly came to end when guitarist Johnny Marr sensationally quit. The Morrissey/Marr partnership that had produced such a wealth of finely crafted pop tunes was over, just weeks after the group finished recording their fourth album, "Strangeways, Here We Come." Since then, all four band members have separately pronounced the LP as their best work. Bass player Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce also claim that, at the time, they were blissfully unaware of any conflict. So what happened?
In this final part of the Swansong series, Stuart Maconie examines the circumstances surrounding the final recording by The Smiths, revealing the reasons behind one of the most famous breakups in British pop history. With new interviews from Mike Joyce, Andy Rourke and producer Stephen Street and contributions from music journalist Sian Pattenden and Morrissey biographer Simon Goddard


Tue 13 Nov...

BBC North West ''Inside Out'' - 9-minute feature on Morrissey fan culture (Nov. 19, 7.30pm)

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Re: BBC North West ''Inside Out'' 19th November 7.30pm

Cool!

Morrissey International Airport - New book by Dickie Felton (out Dec. 3, 2012)

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Morrissey International Airport
Paperback: RRP £10. 108 pages, 50 colour photos Publisher: Bootle Bruiser Books

Come fly with Morrissey...

Morrissey has a fanbase that follows him to the ends of the earth. Disciples cross continents, time zones and borders to reach his concerts. For the most dedicated fan there's never a gig too far. But who are these people? And what motivates them to travel thousands of miles to watch this 52-year-old singer?

When Morrissey embarked on a tour of far off places, fan Dickie Felton decided to follow. But his attention was not solely on the legendary singer but on his most passionate fans. Meet the most obsessive fans in music who worship at the house of Moz. Why has Margaret from Fresno travelled 5,000 miles for a handshake? And how does Manchester teen, Curtis, manage 27 concerts in barely a year?

Morrissey International Airport is an account of...

Rescheduled U.S. tour dates to be announced Nov. 12, New Zealand and Australia remain - TTY

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f*** ... I need to change my pants :D

Morrissey and Marr included in article on official Manchester United website

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An anonymous person writes:

Manchester United's official website runs a series of articles about the Manchester music scene and in part 2 it features Morrissey and Marr amongst others.

Sounds of M'cr: Part two - Official Manchester United Website

In late 2007, Inside United explored the links between football and music in Manchester. Here we revisit that piece in three parts. Here's part two...

Excerpt:

Managers were similarly intolerant of players who dared to be remotely different. Smiths City-supporting guitarist Johnny Marr remembers being rejected by the Blues, despite impressing in a trial.

“I was good enough for City,” he once said, “but they didn’t follow up because I was probably the only player out there wearing eyeliner.”

He wasn’t the only Smith, it later emerged, who was a football fan. That most unlikely, and uncelebrated United fan, is none...

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