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Morrissey Plans Fall North American Tour
Morrissey‘s new album Bonfire of Teenagers remains unreleased, but the former Smiths frontman is pressing on with a fall North American tour, kicking off Nov. 11 in Ontario, Calif. The 13-date trek will wrap Dec. 4 in Boston. Morrissey played five songs from Bonfire of Teenagers at a summer residency in Las Vegas: “I Am Veronica,” “Rebels Without Applause,” “Sure Enough, The Telephone Rings,” “I Live in Oblivion” and the title track. After releasing his last three albums through BMG, Morrissey is at the moment without a label partner for the project, which was produced by former Grammy producer of the year Andrew Watt. Watt enlisted two frequent collaborators and close friends, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and that band’s former guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, to play on the s...
Morrissey to ‘Showcase’ Songs From Unreleased New Album in Las Vegas
Morrissey has revealed that his previously announced residency in Las Vegas will “showcase” songs from his as-yet-unreleased new album, Bonfire of Teenagers, which has been finished for more than a year. At each of the first four shows on his just-launched U.S. tour, the former Smiths frontman has debuted what he said from the stage is the album’s first single, “I Am Veronica.” “The thrill of this album was the speed under which it was recorded,” Morrissey wrote today (May 20) on his website. “Considering the knots of grief I had experience[d] at the time, it made Bonfire an incredible achievement for me.” [embedded content][embedded content] After releasing his last three albums through BMG, Morrissey remains unsigned and without a label partner for Bonfire of Teenagers, which was produce...
Johnny Marr Addresses Reaction to Morrissey’s Open Letter: ‘You Have to Defend Yourself’
Last month, Morrissey set his sights on Johnny Marr in a scathing open letter where he accused his former bandmate of using his name as “clickbait” in interviews. “The fact is: you don’t know me. You know nothing of my life, my intentions, my thoughts, my feelings. Yet you talk as if you were my personal psychiatrist with consistent and uninterrupted access to my instincts.” Moz wrote in part. “Must you persistently, year after year, decade after decade, blame me for everything … from the 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami to the dribble on your grandma’s chin?” Marr addressed the statement on Twitter, writing: “An ‘open letter’ hasn’t really been a thing since 1953, It’s all ‘social media’ now. Even Donald J Trump had that one down. Also, this fake news business…a bit 2021 yeah?” Th...
Morrissey to Johnny Marr: ‘Stop Using My Name As Clickbait’
Morrissey asserts that former Smiths bandmate, Johnny Marr, must stop mentioning his name for “clickbait” in interviews, via an open letter published on his website on Tuesday, Jan 25. He begins the statement with a disclaimer, stating that he doesn’t intend to stir drama but rather that the statement is “a polite and calmly measured request: Would you please stop mentioning my name in your interviews? As the statement goes on, it becomes a little less measured and certainly less polite as Morrissey elaborates. “The fact is: you don’t know me. You know nothing of my life, my intentions, my thoughts, my feelings. Yet you talk as if you were my personal psychiatrist with consistent and uninterrupted access to my instincts.” He continues, “Must you persistently, y...
The 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was A Thing
Three of the 100 are in this picture! The Rolling Stones, in 1964, from left to right: Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones. The problem with lists like this is they are invariably bullshit. So our prime objective was to make sure we didn’t do a bullshit list. I’m not saying we did a scientific one either. Because that isn’t possible — actually, it is, if you wanted some compilation of who sold the most records/concert tickets/has the most fans/got the most death threats, etc., and someone could come up with a bunch of very empirical metrics and create a “heat index” or something, and could deliver an actual scientific ranking! But we, um, didn’t do that. In fact we didn’t even, technically, do the “we...
Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie to Headline Cruel World Festival in May 2022
It’ll be just like heaven for fans of Emo Brit retro lineups. The Cruel World festival which was originally slated to take place in 2020 will finally happen in 2022. Morrissey, Bauhaus, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Blondie and more congregate in Pasadena, California on May 14, 2022 for the event. The one-day festival at Brookside at the Rose Bowl will also see Blondie, Devo, Violent Femmes, The Church, The Damned and dozens more will perform. Additionally, L.A. bands Berlin, 45 Grave and Missing Persons will also be on the bill. In terms of health and safety precaution, Cruel World’s website says, “We will follow all COVID-19 related mandates applicable to the festival and will provide more information as the festival approaches.” The all-ages event will...
Morrissey to Release 11-Song LP, Bonfire of the Teenagers
“The worst year of my life concludes with the best album of my life,” Morrissey said, pulling no punches in the announcement of his new album, Bonfire of the Teenagers. Moz announced the 11-track LP on his website, saying that the record had been completed in Los Angeles with no release date set. The reason why there’s no release date? “Morrissey is unsigned. The album is available to the highest (or lowest) bidder,” it said on his site. The singer revealed that BMG had dropped him in a November 2020 update on his website, titled “BMG Dumps Morrissey,” noting, “BMG have appointed a new executive who does not want another Morrissey album. Instead, the new BMG Executive has announced new plans for ‘diversity’ within BMG’s artist roster, and all projected BMG Morrissey re...
A$AP Rocky Is Teaming With Morrissey and Rihanna on His New Album
In a barrage of news, A$AP Rocky shared that he’s in the midst of making his new album with Rhianna — who he publicly affirms is his girlfriend — and…Morrissey. Speaking with GQ as part of the publication’s June-July cover story, the rapper strongly endorses the controversial Smiths frontman’s participation saying that “Anything you need him to do, he show up and do.” So there you go. Rocky says the new LP has the tentative title All Smiles, and it will follow the experimental direction of 2018’s Testing and says that the new LP a “ghetto love tale” that is “way more mature” than previous music. In the story, Rocky also delves into his time in isolation in a Swedish jail on assault charges. and clarifies that then-President Donald Trump didn’t help him get out of jail....
Listen to the Morrissey and The Smiths-Inspired Song From The Simpsons
Last month (which honestly feels like many months ago), The Simpsons aired an episode that was inspired by The Smiths and mocked Morrissey. Moz didn’t take too kindly to that and he and his manager issued a few statements about their displeasure and even took a shot at Benedict Cumberbatch, who voiced the character. If you didn’t happen to catch the episode but heard the news, you’ll be happy to know that a song from said episode, “Panic on the Streets of Springfield” (yes, it’s a play on the Smiths song “Panic”) can now be heard. It’s a duet between Quilloughby (the fake Moz voiced by Cumberbatch) and Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith) that also happened to be co-written by Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie. Listen to it below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even W...
Morrissey Says He Would Sue The Simpsons If He Had ‘Funding’ and ‘Legal Practitioners Ready to Pounce’
After last night’s episode of The Simpsons, Morrissey’s official social media accounts put out a statement criticizing the show’s depiction of the aging crooner and a parody version of The Smiths. As it turned out, the statement was from Morrissey’s manager (which brought about another statement) and brought more attention to the legendary cartoon than it’s likely received in years. Now, Moz is back with another official statement — with this one seemingly coming from the man himself. “The hatred shown towards me from the creators of The Simpsons is obviously a taunting lawsuit, but one that requires more funding than I could possibly muster in order to make a challenge,” the statement says. “Neither do I have a determined business squad of legal practitioners ready to pounce.” A...
Morrissey Is Furious About His Portrayal in Smiths-Inspired Simpsons Episode
Last night, The Simpsons aired an episode inspired by the Smiths. As you can imagine, it took some turns and Morrissey wasn’t too pleased. In a post on his official Facebook page, the singer unleashed harsh criticisms at The Simpsons, following the beloved show’s portrayal of him. “Poking fun at subjects is one thing. But when a show stoops so low to use harshly hateful tactics like showing the Morrissey character with his belly hanging out of his shirt (when he has never looked like that at any point in his career) makes you wonder who the real hurtful, racist group is here,” he wrote. The post continued, saying the show has taken a “turn for the worst” before praising Saturday Night Live and lambasting The Simpsons for trying to “capitalize on cheap con...
Morrissey Blames Push for ‘Diversity’ for Label Dropping Him
After releasing three successful albums with BMG, Morrissey and the label have parted ways. In a message posted on his website, Morrissey Central, the singer said that the label “appointed a new Executive who does not want another Morrissey album. He also cited the executive’s “new plans for ‘diversity’” as a cause for his departure. Morrissey continued by saying: “This news is perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020.” He added: “We would be critically insane to expect anything positive. “My three albums with BMG have been the best of my career, and I stand by them till death. Recording them has been a pivotal period in my life, and I thank the previous BMG team and everyone involved for that. It’s still important to me to do music my ...
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