When not busy bashing his former Smiths bandmates, making controversial statements about immigration and terrorism and canceling or postponing some 200 shows in the past decade-plus, Morrissey has found time to complete his first album in nearly six years, Make-Up Is a Lie. It will be released Feb. 27 through Sire, to which the Smiths […]
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,” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]