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A member of The Cure is an executive producer of the Morrissey biopic

An active member of The Cure is an executive producer of a film about Morrissey and The Smiths! The Morrissey biopic England is Mine is currently being marketed as being…

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Watch the trailer for the Morrissey Biopic “England Is Mine”

The events that pk-callout up to the formation of The Smiths Morrissey’s unauthorized biopic England is Mine—a film from the producers of Control has been graced with an official trailer ahead of it’s…

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Morrissey accuses HMV of vulgarly attempting to “Freeze Sales” of Smiths’ single with ‘tacky badge’

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs Double-pack with a photograph Extra track (and a tacky badge) Yesterday, The Smiths celebrated the 31st anniversary of The Queen Is Dead be releasing a…

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The Smiths release 7 & 12 inch single versions of the ‘The Queen Is Dead’

UPDATE The ‘Queen is Dead’ has received a single release on the album’s 31st anniversary. (see previous story below) The 7 inch and 12inch versions of The Queen is Dead…

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Smiths Record Store Day single has “Trump Will Kill America” engraving

Smiths fans have been reporting a surprise in their copies of the new 7-inch of The Boy With The Thorn In His Side from The Smiths—the thorn being a political message inscribed in the…

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Post-Punk street-art has been appearing in Manchester featuring song lyrics from The Smiths, Joy Division, and The Stone Roses

“I’m not bloody Banksy, am I? He’s making a mint, I’m making nothing.” About 2 weeks ago a street artist going by only his instagram user name alshepmcr was interviewed by the…

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Listen to The The’s ‘We Can’t Stop What’s Coming’, their first single in 10 years—featuring Johnny Marr

The The’s Matt Johnson debuted his first new single under his band’s moniker in a decade. You can listen to it on Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6 Music show. Johnson phoned in to the program…

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Johnny Marr teams up with Matt Johnson for a new The The single for Record Store Day

Johnny Marr has teamed up again with The The’s Matt Johnson for a brand new single for Record Store Day. This will be the first collaboration between the former Smiths guitarist and The…

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The Smiths to issue unreleased ‘Boy With The Thorn In His Side’ single for Record Store Day

Last year via Morrissey fan-site True to you, it was announced that two previously unreleased alternate versions of The Smiths The Boy With the Thorn in His Side and Rubber Ring were scheduled…

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Post-Punk bassists Peter Hook and Andy Rourke talk Manchester, New Order, The Smiths, and more

Two Post-Punk bassists have appeared in a recent Talkhouse podcast. Old friends and Fellow Mancunians Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order and Andy Rourke of The Smiths have a 25-minute conversation…

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