Can this be true? Andrew Collins writes:

Hello Morrissey lovers.
I write for Empire magazine and have just seen a preview of The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, and thought you might like to know that Morrissey has a very brief cameo in the picture as a knight in man's army. Director Peter Jackson is apparently a big fan of The Smiths and also asked Johnny Marr, but he declined. Morrissey accepted because he is a big fan of the book and of Jackson's earlier work. Other famous stars making cameos include Peter Jackson himself and a few other big surprises!
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Update: 12/05 05:57 GMT: I apologize for posting this hoax, my excuse is that I was in a rush this morning with the updates (more than usual) and was not really thinking.

Click below for photos from the second Las Vegas show back on Sept. 7:

Las Vegas, NV (Sept. 7, 2002) - photos taken by Andrea Catoia for Morrissey-solo (31 total)

Ryan writes:

Q magazine have just published their results of the 100 Greatest Albums Ever poll. The Queen Is Dead was 13th in this relatively hideous list (it included The Strokes' and The Vines' only albums, which, according to the editor, is a good thing). It was called their finest hour and the beginning of the end, and of course the writer managed to get a pop in at Some Girls... before the end. It was also accompanied by the pic of Moz lying on his grave. The top 10, just to save you from buying this god-awful magazine, was:
1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. The Beatles - Revolver
4. Radiohead - The Bends
5. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
6. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The...
7. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
9. The Strokes - Is This It
10. U2 - Achtung Baby
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amy lame fan also writes:

Q readers voted The Queen Is Dead their #13 greatest album of all time. Perhaps we have fan power at Morrissey-solo to thank again? Here is the full list:

Kim writes:

WHAT: NEW WAVE CITY – salute to The Smiths
WHEN: Friday, December 6
WHERE: Rawhide, 280 Seventh Street (near Folsom), San Francisco
cover charge: $7 until 10pm; $12 after * 21 and over
(note that at one time, we hoped to have this event on Sat, 12/7, but it IS in fact the night before)

It's our annual salute to Morrissey and The Smiths, with lots of their music for your dancing and listening pleasure, along with all the rest of the best of New Wave, in both DJ dance rooms.

"Upstairs at Eric's"
in the lounge, our guest DJs will feature an hour of Smiths rarities and album cuts starting at 11:30.

This "Night of a Thousand Morrisseys" will include a lookalike contest, with a grand prize of the complete Smiths CD catalog on Warner/Reprise, and the "Best of Morrissey" comp on Rhino for runners-up.