This morning BBC 6 Music Breakfast show with Shawn Keavney featured Billy Duffy interview who talks about how he got to know Morrissey.

You can listen again from iPlayer 1:40 (region restricted).

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MORRIZSEY sends the link:

"Billy Duffy on kickstarting Morrissey's singing career" - BBC 6 Music

DURATION: 02:07
BBC 6 Music's Linda Serck spoke to The Cult co-founder and guitarist Billy Duffy about how he helped Morrissey's singing career.

The Cult returned earlier this year with a new album Choice Of Weapon and have also released a prequel to that album, called Weapon of Choice.

During the interview with BBC 6 Music, Billy talked about his youth growing up in Manchester and his involvement in city's punk scene in the late 70s, which led to him giving his friend Morrissey a leg-up in the music world.

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Transcript by davidt:

We were all music obsessives in Manchester and somebody said there's this guy who's...

Dave2006 said:

... they aren't half beautiful

31 Kevin Cummins pics as postcards in a nice box - just what every collector wants from Santa this year

http://site.politecards.com/collections/coming-soon/products/morrissey-the-smiths

Dave

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Cheers Dave, what a great box. Thanks for the tip off!!!
Cheers Moz

He should be your hero Skylarker

As posted by Kevin Cummins on Twitter today

http://t.co/pz0EU52i

KCMANC Kevin Cummins 18 Nov
Unseen photos from my archive. No.2 in a series: Morrissey #TheSmiths at Sheffield University.

Angel Haze: ‘I’d love to work with The Smiths’ - NME.com

‘I want both of them!’ says rapper when asked to choose between Johnny Marr and Morrissey

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An anonymous person sends the link to the original article from The Quietus and writes:

Zero Past A Hundred: Angel Haze Interviewed - The Quietus

Excerpt:

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So it's going to be a rough month in Morrisseyland. Moz's mother is still ill. New Yorkers are mourning the absence of The Mozfather after his brief but thrilling series of NYC concerts in October. -And of course, in a couple of weeks, much turkey will be festively sliced (it's not succulent, tasty or kind). Let's get together to rise above it all & make November 23rd's party an "Oscillate Wildly" to remember! It will be the final edition of 2012.

Every...

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.”

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...