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The Smiths “I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish” performed live by Morrissey for the very first time

Morrissey’s 16 date North American tour has begun—with a surprise in his set among the 20 tracks culled from his 35 year long career. During the first gig of the…

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Update: Morrissey makes first Tweet “Spent the Day in Bed…”

“Spent the day in bed…” Verified with a blue checkmark—Morrissey’s Twitter account is now live @officialmoz is now live having appeared over the weekend with the first official Tweet today being exactly…

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The Cult’s Billy Duffy talks about Morrissey at the Hollywood premiere of England is Mine

The Morrissey biopic England Is Mine had its Hollywood premiere on August 24th. After the film, there was Question and Answer panel hosted by the Mexican Morrissey himself—Jose Maldonado. Joining him…

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Tony Wilson’s feelings on Morrissey and his 1984 interview with The Smiths for Granada Reports

The Smiths, and Morrissey, in particular, made many television appearances during 1984 in promotion of the band’s second album, Meat is Murder. One such interview during this time was with none…

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Morrissey Fall 2017 US tourdates are appearing online

It looks like Morrissey will be embarking on another US tour this fall—maybe. According to fansite Morrissey-Solo, dates have been appearing in the official Spotify app for October and November. This…

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The Smiths’ ‘The Queen is Dead’ 3CD/1DVD reissue will include unreleased 1986 live album ‘Live in Boston’

Following a lot of hints and teasing, the official announcement has come regarding the upcoming expanded reissue of The Smiths’ classic 1986 album The Queen is Dead. This morning Rhino Records made the formal…

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Johnny Marr hints at ‘Sheila Take a Bow’ reissue while shooting down Smiths Reunion

The Smith’s have been very active in reissuing their back catalog—fresh off of somewhat officially announcing a special edition release of their third studio LP The Queen is Dead, former…

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The Smiths share Take 1 of ‘There is a Light that Never Goes Out’

“There is a light in your eyes and it never goes out.” This was the original refrain to The Smiths classic single There is a Light that Never Goes Out,…

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The Smiths announce a ‘Super Deluxe Edition’ of The Queen Is Dead

Following the release of a single version of the title track off of their iconic third studio album, The Smiths have announced a ‘Super Deluxe Edition’ of The Queen Is Dead. According…

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Watch the trailer for upcoming ‘Manchester North Of England’ 7-disc box set

Cherry Red Records have shared a 2 minute trailer in promotion their upcoming box set full of Mancunian acts that is due out on July 28th. The 7 disc set…

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